Happy Birthday to you blog!!!!! We have made it nearly 100,000 pageviews and going strong. I know my readers we cannot be in love with
something that is intangible and does not have a soul, mind, or heart. However,
this is something I have loved doing and you know what apparently you can love
something as long as it has made you smile and happy. I am proud to announce
that my blog is turning 7 years old. Yes I started my blog on October 21st, 2008
when I was in my junior year at Hunter College. I was taking a Basic Reporting
class and I remember my professor vividly telling us all in the class you will
have to sign up for Google.com, create an account, then next sign up for
Blogger.com and then the next thing she told us each of you needs to decide
what topics you will discuss in your blog. From that moment I knew instantly I
know what I have to discuss. The topics I am passionate about the most. It
started off with music and entertainment at first. I did my first blog post on
Beyonce’s 2008 two- sided cd her second
album, “I am…Sasha Fierce” and how
she influenced so many women with being strong, confident, and empowered. From
that moment on I started discussing everything happening around music but then
it expanded. I started discussing my life too and then it just kept growing,
the topics grew, but I always tried to focus on entertainment: books, music,
television series, political, and social issues. I even tried to discuss body
image issues for my female younger audience that’s one that’s really important to
me. I want to see young ladies know they can truly be themselves and
comfortable no matter whom they are or where they come from too. I try to
target the age group of the (18-50) crowd. My blog is probably read by
teenagers, young adults, and possibly senior citizens as well. So for me it
doesn’t really matter who is reading as long as you support my blog and come
along the journey with me.
As time has progressed I kept changing
topics and went into fashion and just kept growing with it. I cover major
designers. If you have seen some of my posts I talk about major fashion
designers I have discussed Christian Louboutin and Chloe as well. After a while
I noticed my numbers going up and up I went from 13 followers at first and then
it went to 500 page views and then after seven years we are at nearly 100,000
page views now. I am praying for over a million and more. I have grown with the
blog and really learned the trick of how to engage your reader. Firstly, be
honest, speak your mind, speak from all experience, and most importantly
discuss topics that are relatable. There’s no judgment in my blog, the only
time to judge is making it look professional and grammatically correct. I still
aspire to be a journalist and writer. So I have to make sure all of my facts
are correct and if they aren’t it’s easy for me to fix and edit right away. I
have had so much fun doing this blog and it can only grow and become a
beautiful garden full of topics to discuss from here. I have discussed how I
was born premature, how premature babies mean a lot to me, how to be healthy, I
discuss popular bakeries and restaurants celebrities dine and order from, the
news how it affects us throughout the
year, the highs and lows of the year. I
discuss the most popular stories we all talk about at the water cooler. I even
discussed a lot of my personal life as well.
It has helped me show the world that yes I
have a voice. I have always had one I just had to figure out my angle and how
to use it. For me it has allowed me to come up with so many ideas, visit places,
travel, and promote everyone and anything I love and enjoy as well. So to have
my blog I am so grateful seriously it is hard to break into the industry
without knowing people off hand. I am fortunate I know some people now compared
to seven years ago when I first started out. I was 21 when I found my blog and
it really has grown with me a lot because I knew I couldn’t talk about partying
in college forever right. Even though there’s a lot I can do with that I would
just flip it. 5 years have passed since I graduated so now I would say how to
make sure you don't burn yourself out in college. That way you look great when you
graduate too. I am thankful to Professor Karen Hunter, who’s a journalist as a
well thank you a million times. She's has written many books that I have posted about via social media and read as well. Professor Hunter told me to channel your inner “Sasha Fierce” and
believe I found her and she’s here. I have found my voice and apparently I have
some people who like it too. So Happy Birthday my blog, you are truly my first
baby I am so proud of us look at how much we have grown together. Nearly
100,000 page views, the stories and ideas keep on rolling. I applied and even considered advertising with Google for "ad sense" you may have seen it if you are a writer too. Google who controls Blogger even replied
to me to let me know I had to make some changes if I ever wanted to consider
earning profit. I didn’t protest or even fight an appeal I just decided let me
continue doing it for free until I write my next blogs if I do decide to build my own personal website one day. =) So love to all of
you every person I promote, every topic I discuss it is purely out of love and
straight from the heart and hard work but that I enjoy. Most of all my readers you are all apart of me, whether if you know me personally, you know how much I put my heart and efforts in to this, and those who may just be a stranger, or acquaintance you're apart of the HBS crew too. so hugs, smooches, bacios, and besos. Chloe J. Riccardo aka "Honey Brown Sugar"! To the next 7 years and beyond...there's more to discuss always.
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