{"id":1637,"date":"2009-05-05T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2009-05-05T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T19:46:11","slug":"thank-you-so-so-much-bwagy-blog-turns-1-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.local\/thank-you-so-so-much-bwagy-blog-turns-1-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you so so much &#8211; bwagy blog turns 1 today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I celebrate a year of blogging! Woo hoo!<\/p>\n<p>I started off initially 1 post a week, then ramped up to three posts a week (a huge step). \u00a0Then in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/2008\/09\/\">September<\/a> decided to try and do one a business day. \u00a0Since then I have been set. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have explored doing more than 1 post a day but tend to avoid it. \u00a0By limiting my output I enhance the value of the posts that do make it. \u00a0Often I find myself deleting posts that are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/great-but-not-great-enough\/\">great but not great enough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the cool stuff that has happened as a direct (or indirect) result of my blogging:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Written my first book<strong> The Best Ideas are Free<\/strong><strong>*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Succesfully got my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/12-hour-startup-is-gaining-momentum\/\">ChangeThis<\/a> proposal voted in (yet to be released). \u00a0Thanks to all that voted.<\/li>\n<li>Had the chance to interview <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/tom-peters-wind-down\/\">Tom Peters<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Xn7Yb9j51o\">video here<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priceless friendships &amp; network<\/strong>s that typically require years to build<\/li>\n<li>Had the blog republished on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getfrank.co.nz\">GetFrank<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Also earlier this year after recommendations from readers of the blog it is now republished once a week on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nzherald.co.nz\/blog\/start-ups-and-strategies\/?c_id=1502815\">NZHerald<\/a>, one of New Zealands biggest media sites. \u00a0Consequently it is the #1 Business Blog on the herald (in traffic &amp; comments).<\/li>\n<li>Built up my <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bwagy\">twitter network<\/a>, meeting many many great people.<\/li>\n<li>Got invited to speak on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X5MY8qYm_mk\">Gen C &amp; Entrepreneurship (video link)<\/a> at the Digital Summit earlier this year<\/li>\n<li>Prepared several manifestos &amp; ebooks <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/blogging-strategy-updated-edition\/\">Blogging Strategy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bwagy.com\/store\/\">Blogging Strategy: Extras for Experts edition<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/bwagy-marketing-manifesto\/\">bwagy marketing manifesto<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/book-reviews-are-boring-create-a-manifesto-instead\/\">Business Stripped Bare<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Generated of hours attention and thousands of visitors<\/li>\n<li>Established bwagy brand<\/li>\n<li>Forced me to <strong>explain myself, challenge myself, am much much smarter this year than last<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/start-a-blog-today\/\">Reasons on why to start a blog today<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=04Mc14gHrWs\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>By my calculations processed about <strong>16,200 emails!<\/strong>&#8230; (compared to 2000 the year before).<\/li>\n<li><strong>214 posts &#8211; 353 comments<\/strong>&#8230;untold spam haha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list goes on, it has been a wonderful year &amp; I look forward to many more&#8230; so keep watching &amp; participating, glad to have you here.<\/p>\n<p>I just want to thank you all for reading &#8211; keep an eye on the blog for a follow up special* announcement later in the day \ud83d\ude42 -Ben.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I celebrate a year of blogging! Woo hoo! 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