Well, this is the last blog post I’ll be posting to Make Room for Reading.
For now. When I initially started this blog, it was for a long-term class assignment for one of my communication classes. I chose reading and writing because those subjects were very near and dear to my heart. And while the class may be over, my love for literature is definitely far from over. So, I plan to continue running this blog after a short break for the holidays. This experience running Make Room for Reading was a very valuable lesson in the amount of work it takes to upkeep an active blog or social media account. Continuously producing content every week was challenge enough; I can only imagine the effort that goes into blogs that put out 10-20 articles/posts a day! Of course, those blogs tend to have several editors, tons of writers, and therefore have a lot more stories and experiences available. While this blog did have several visitors over the last couple months of existing, I did not see any comments or feedback from readers. And that’s perfectly ok! If anything, this tells me I need to change something in order to help facilitate audience engagement. When I first started this blog, I could find it just by googling the name. That isn’t happening anymore. I’m going to look into using more keywords and finding other ways to bring more attention to my blog. The Facebook page I set up for it is mostly dead and hasn’t been updated since the 3rd or 4th blog post. The multitasking needed to keep a blog going requires great attention and organization. I still want to continue to post about books, movies, and writing, I don’t feel the topic is the problem, I feel that I need to push MRFR more. I also think that engaging you guys in my blog posts with questions or invitations to comment would help as well. The other big issue is consistency. Because I ran this blog while in school, I was unable to find the time to read enough newer books to write reviews on. Now that an assignment structure won’t be in place anymore and I’ll have more free time to write, be on the lookout for much more content. Especially specific book related content. I can’t wait to see where MRFR goes from here and I want to thank all my visitors for stopping by and checking out my posts! Have a happy new year and see you in 2018!
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AuthorMy name is Elise Detloff and this little slice of the internet is where I hope to share books, words, and ideas with all of you! I'm currently studying public relations and am an aspiring writer. I can't wait to get to know you all! Archives
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