Blog Writing Project: 2008 Blogging Goals

Whether you are a student, worker or athlete, you probably know the importance of setting goals. Goals help companies and individuals to focus the energy, prioritize activities, measure performance and refine the overall strategy along the way.

Bloggers are no exception, and that is why I decided to end this year with a group writing project focused on goals.

What do I need to do?
In order to participate you just need to write a post on your blog sharing your blogging goals for 2008 (no limits on the number of goals). Once your post is live leave a comment below with the URL.

Why should I participate?
I am pretty sure that many bloggers will have the goal of improving their blog design in 2008, therefore I contacted my friend Brian Gardner to sponsor this project.

As you probably know Brian recently released a complete family of premium Wordpress themes. They come in four styles (News, Magazine, Tech and Sports), and they are perfect for bloggers aiming for a professional look.

The single user license for each revolution theme costs $99, but Brian will be offering one free theme to 3 lucky participants of the project.

Apart from the prize I will also publish a list with all the participants next week, so you should get some traffic as well.

I am not sure what my goals should look like!
Earlier this year I wrote a post titled “Blogging Strategy: Goals” where I covered the process of setting up goals. Basically I stated that goals should be measurable (else you won’t be able to tell if you achieved them or not) and realistic (else you won’t be motivated to achieve them).

As a blogger here are some factors that you can use to set your goals:

daily unique visitors
daily page views
RSS subscribers
number of weekly posts
average number of comments received per post
Alexa or Compete rank
Technorati rank
Google Pagerank
monthly revenues
backlinks
search engine ranking positions
popularity on social bookmarking sites (i.e. stories featured on Digg)
popularity on online communities (i.e. MyBlogLog)

Notice that these are only suggestions. You are free to get creative with your goals.
What are the deadlines?
You have until the midnight of next Sunday (December 23) to leave the URL of your post on the comments below.

I will publish the final list of participants and declare the winners on the following Wednesday, December 26.

Good luck to everyone, and I am looking forward to see your blogging goals for 2008!

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Daniel Scocco on December 18, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Projects

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153 Responses to “Blog Writing Project: 2008 Blogging Goals”

André on December 18th, 2007 12:01 pm

Vale para blogs em português também?
Daniel on December 18th, 2007 12:19 pm

Sim, qualquer lingua.

Blogs written on any language are welcome to participate.
Ben on December 18th, 2007 3:36 pm

Daniel,

Here’s the link for my entry.

http://makinghomemadewineandbe.....-blog.html

Enjoy the Holidays !!!
Tad Chef on December 18th, 2007 3:48 pm

I’d suggest less number oriented goals for blogging success. Something along the lines of “becoming a blogging superstar in your niche”, “getting used panties send via snail mail”, “being invited to conferences as a speaker.”
Daniel on December 18th, 2007 3:56 pm

Ted, the last two goals you mentioned I agree that could be used, since you can measure them.

“becoming a blogging superstart in your niche,” however, is easy to measure hehe.
Sk8Dad on December 18th, 2007 4:56 pm

Just starting a new blog so the timing is perfect!

http://www.sk8dad.com/2008-plans-for-sk8-dad/
costa on December 18th, 2007 6:31 pm

Hi Daniel.

Good project. Here’s mine.

http://blogigs.com/group-writi.....-for-2008/

Merry Christmas!
WishBoNe on December 18th, 2007 7:03 pm

So excited! I’m in!
http://itlife.escrito.info/200.....ing-goals/
Chip on December 18th, 2007 11:04 pm

Hi, I like this project and, as I didn’t write the 2008 goals on my blog previously, I wrote it now, as part of your project.

We all can learn from other bloggers’ ideas.

Here is my article and my goals:

http://blog.butterflymedia.ro/2008-blogging-goals/
Scott on December 19th, 2007 1:34 am

My goals for 2008 :

http://scottandrewbird.com/200.....-2008.html
Ibrahim Cesar on December 19th, 2007 2:57 am

Here is my:

http://1001gatos.org/objetivos.....para-2008/
Justin Dupre on December 19th, 2007 3:10 am

I’ve been looking at the other lists of goals and all I am seeing is “I want more traffic” or something else that just replaces the word traffic. People really need to go read up on what a goal is, and how to make it measurable.

You want more traffic, well I just viewed your blog. Do you feel like you satisfied your goal?

Think like you are in high school. Thats an easy one. What was everyone’s goal? “I want to get an A in all my courses.” Obtainable? Yes. Measurable? Yes. Of course the only people that got As were the ones who worked for them. You want it? Gotta put the effort into it…

Anyways, here is my draw up on my 2008 goals. I thought them through to make sure they were all ‘measurable.’ I put in some more of my own thoughts on goals as well.

http://moneyandblogs.blogspot......-blog.html
kriz cpec on December 19th, 2007 3:21 am

This is my entry:
http://krizcpec.blogspot.com/2.....-2008.html
Erz on December 19th, 2007 6:13 am

Hi Daniel,

Here’s my entry:
http://blogodise.blogspot.com/.....theme.html

Thanks!
Christopher Scott on December 19th, 2007 6:46 am

Thanks for hosting this event!

http://christopherscottblog.ty.....-2008.html
Susan on December 19th, 2007 7:19 am

Great project idea and rather timely. Here is my submission:
2008 Blogging Goals and The Rewards They Earn
Rod Templeton on December 19th, 2007 7:40 am

Here’s my entry:

http://www.bloggingnotes.net/b.....-for-2008/

Thanks, Daniel.
Martin on December 19th, 2007 7:48 am

Answering the question slightly differently…many thanks for the idea.

http://theuniversityblog.co.uk.....-for-2008/
felix on December 19th, 2007 10:42 am

I just posted mine. Good to have something to work towards!

http://comments.deasil.com/2007/12/19/2008-goals/
Kim Black on December 19th, 2007 11:54 am

Always good to have a set of goals for the new year.

http://www.agilenavigator.com/.....r-2008.php
Karen Zara on December 19th, 2007 12:33 pm

Oi, Daniel.

Here’s my submission to the group writing project:

http://a1-fan-fun.com/goals-fo.....-has-some/

My goals may not seem clearly measurable for some people (many critics could also say they are unrealistic :-P). But since these are my goals, what matters is that I am able to track and measure them. And I know how I’ll do it.

Thank you for offering us all this opportunity.
Sean P. Aune on December 19th, 2007 3:24 pm

And my entry is ready to be laughed at… er… read…

http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/.....-for-2008/
Amanda on December 19th, 2007 5:44 pm

mine is up:
http://www.mommymandy.com/2007.....goals.html
Robert Hruzek on December 19th, 2007 5:50 pm

Thanks for the project, Brian! OK, here’s mine:

Why I Never Set Blogging Goals
Blaine on December 19th, 2007 7:07 pm

Here is my entry (it goes live on Friday):

http://www.thegeneticgenealogi.....ing-goals/
newopps on December 20th, 2007 1:19 am

Hi Daniel,

Here is mine, http://horeki.com/2007/12/20/g.....ing-goals/

Merry Christmas.
Contest Beat on December 20th, 2007 1:35 am

Hi there

I blogged about your contest here - http://www.contestbeat.com/pos.....s-and-win/

All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!

Regards, Matt.
Jummy on December 20th, 2007 6:38 am

Although I’ve blogged (at various addresses) for five years, it’s never occurred to me to come up with goals for my blog, particularly because it’s a personal blog. But as I think of perhaps monetizing it, or creating another blog, it just makes sense to have goals for it.

Here’s my entry on my blog goals for 2008: http://ooof.ca/blog/?p=578
paracha on December 20th, 2007 7:00 am

Hi Daniel,
Here is my entry

http://www.zparacha.com/blogging_goals/
Nick on December 20th, 2007 7:46 am

I had been planning a post on my goals for 2008…so I guess now is as good a time as any to share them!
Here are my Blogging Goals for 2008:
http://www.learnhow2earn.com/2.....-for-2008/

Thanks!
Nick
MyBlogContest on December 20th, 2007 9:06 am

Here is my goals for 2008

http://myblogcontest.com/2008-.....ss-themes/
isabella mori on December 20th, 2007 9:13 am

interesting! i had JUST posted my goals, as part of my blog birthday post. a mutual friend pointed me to your project.

here’s my post: http://www.moritherapy.org/art.....ge-therapy

thanks for putting together this project. i know this takes time. (and you’ll see that doing such a project is one of my goals for next year)
Rishi on December 20th, 2007 9:28 am

Hi Daniel,
Great idea for a group writing project.

Here is my entry BTW…

http://www.rishiraj.in/not-so-.....-for-2008/
Jake Bouma on December 20th, 2007 10:59 am

Hey, thanks for the invitation to participate. Here’s my post:

Blogging goals 2008 » JakeBouma.com
Xue on December 20th, 2007 12:49 pm

Hi, I’m in too! It’s good to have this kind of writing project. Without this I maybe never haven’t thought about these things. So thank you!

My blog is in Finnish, but here are my goals:
Xue on December 20th, 2007 12:52 pm

Oops! I forgot to insert the address. Sorry. Here it is: http://paasykoe.blogspot.com/2.....goals.html
Dee on December 20th, 2007 2:11 pm

Nice project…I started my blog early this month, and after reading through your project, I figured it would be a good one to join in on.

It has forced me to write down some goals, put them out in the open, and hold myself accountable for the results.

Here is the link!
Steve Nguyen - BeyondBehaviors.Com on December 20th, 2007 3:22 pm

Beyond Behaviors Blogging Goals for 2008 - http://www.beyondbehaviors.com.....r-2008.htm
Fashion By Jenni on December 20th, 2007 3:47 pm

I came across this post and it inspired me to organize my thoughts for my blog about unique fashion. I’m really glad I did this, because now I can aim for certain goals instead of trying to accomplish numerous things and in process accomplish nothing, because there are so many. Check out the post at http://fashionbyjenni.wordpres.....s-for-2008
Dan Cole on December 20th, 2007 7:23 pm

Well here are my 2008 goals… http://ledgerpad.ath.cx/uncate.....n-for-2008
terra on December 21st, 2007 12:58 am

here’s mine: http://rilah.wordpress.com/200.....a-xontest/.

i’m excited about this one. excited enough to actually come out of lurking!
Planet Apex on December 21st, 2007 3:24 am

Hi Daniel,
Thanks so much for this great project. It’s a great topic and timely too. I don’t think I would have given much thought for what I hoped to do in the new year regarding blogging if it weren’t for this project.

Here’s my submission,
8 Blogging Goals for 2008

http://planetapex.blogspot.com.....-2008.html

Once again thank you and happy new year
Lillie Ammann on December 21st, 2007 6:19 am

Thanks for hosting this project. My post is up at http://lillieammann.com/blog/2.....ans-maybe/
Romance Tracker on December 21st, 2007 6:56 am

Here’s an entry from Romance Tracker, thanks!

http://www.romancetracker.com/.....ing-goals/
Global Warming Hub on December 21st, 2007 7:08 am

I’d like to enter the writing project with my new global warming blog, this is the post:

http://www.globalwarminghub.co.....-new-year/

Thanks again for sponsoring a cool writing project!
Mohsin on December 21st, 2007 7:21 am

Daniel, here’s my motivational contribution:

http://bloggingbits.com/settin.....roductive/
Aseem Kishore on December 21st, 2007 9:30 am

Another great project! Thanks. Here’s mine:

http://www.online-tech-tips.co.....-for-2008/

Aseem
Carol on December 21st, 2007 12:16 pm

Great project idea! I am enjoying the chance to check out the different blog sites.

Thanks for the opportunity. Here’s my entry:

http://blog.concholakeaz.com/?p=114

Carol
ConchoLakeAZ.com
Contest Blogger on December 21st, 2007 1:09 pm

Hey dude, Contest Blogger has an entry for ya! Link below, cool project man!

http://www.contestblogger.com/.....than-this/
betshopboy on December 21st, 2007 2:01 pm

Hi Daniel

Here’s my entry:
http://www.betshopboy.net/smar.....oals-2008/

Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Matthew on December 21st, 2007 3:25 pm

Heres my entry and goals

Thanks for this

http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2.....-for-2008/
Blog Contest Central on December 21st, 2007 6:41 pm

Hi there,

Here’s my entry for the Group writing contest. My Blogging Goals for 2008 for Blog Contest Central.
Carol on December 21st, 2007 7:40 pm

My entry for the Group Writing Project 2008 Blogging Goals:

http://blog.concholakeaz.com/?p=114

Thanks,
Carol
Domtan on December 21st, 2007 8:41 pm

Daniel, great contest you’re hosting.

Link:
http://www.domtan.com/blogging.....anta-claus
Collin LaHay on December 21st, 2007 8:48 pm

Here is my entry:
http://mixedmarketarts.com/200.....-for-2008/
Pearl on December 21st, 2007 11:21 pm

hey Daniel

heres my entry

http://fresh-perspectives.net/.....-2008.html

thanks for the great idea!
Vincent Chow on December 21st, 2007 11:48 pm

Those WordPress themes might not be too useful to me, but I guess I would join the fun. My entry:

http://www.vincentchow.net/184.....s-for-2008
Writing Nag on December 22nd, 2007 6:38 am

Thanks for the motivation to set goals! Here’s mine for 2008.
http://writingnag.blogspot.com.....goals.html
Shawn on December 22nd, 2007 9:04 am

Here’s my submission:

http://shawnw.org/my-blogging-goals-for-2008/

Good luck to everyone!
Maki on December 22nd, 2007 11:01 am

Hey man,

Here’s mine: http://www.doshdosh.com/the-va.....ncomplete/

Happy holidays!
Maki
Aaron Stroud on December 22nd, 2007 1:41 pm

You’ve got quite the response to your writing contest. I just finished my new year’s resolutions for my blog.
Madhur Kapoor on December 22nd, 2007 2:04 pm

Hi Daniel,

Here is my entry
http://www.whoismadhur.com/200.....-for-2008/

Have a nice day
Ritu on December 22nd, 2007 2:59 pm

Here is my post on my blogging goals:
http://worknplay.net/2008-blogging-goals/

Merry Christmas everybody!
Karthik Kastury on December 22nd, 2007 7:53 pm

Hi Daniel,

thanks for motivating me to list out my goals for 2008. Well here they are :

http://dailyapps.net/2007/12/w.....s-in-2008/

I know, they are pretty big goals to aim for, but success comes only when you aim big right?
Wynn Currie on December 22nd, 2007 10:28 pm

http://gimmeadream.blogspot.co.....-2008.html
These are a few of my blogging goals for the coming year. I’m sure as time passes in the next day or so I will add others. Thank you for the opportunity to participate.
Dave on December 22nd, 2007 10:47 pm

Even if I do not win anything, this challenge was a good “kick in the pants” to set some goals. Now that they are out there on the web for the world to see it gives me more incentive to achieve them even more.

http://www.tailgatingideas.com.....-for-2008/
Emma on December 22nd, 2007 10:55 pm

I was planning on doing this post anyway so being part of the contest is a bonus. Winning one of those cool themes would be an extra cherry on top of the bonus. Here’s my link:
http://www.itswritenow.com/476.....-for-2008/

Merry Christmas and Have a successful New Year!
Linda Lauer on December 22nd, 2007 11:22 pm

http://miamariposa.wordpress.c.....-hard-way/

HI.. I’m brand new to the world of blogging, but a quick learner, highly motivated, and excited about being part of this group if possible.
My goals will grow and become more finite as I learn more about what blogging entails… after only three days I’m posting quite a bit..
Love you idea of the group…
Bilingual Blogger on December 23rd, 2007 1:07 am

I didn’t get my submission in on time to participate in this contest but that’s OK. It was a good reminder and motivation for me to set my goals for 2008. Here are my goals for the new year:

Develop two new topic areas at my blog. (I already know what they are.)
Maintain blogging pace of posting at least 5 days a week.
Figure out how to use Technorati and find a way to get them to start properly indexing my blog.
Become active in at least two, possibly three, social networking/bookmarking sites.
Podcast at least 40 new episodes of my current program.
Launch one, possibly two, new podcasts related to my current one. (Ideas already in development.)
Reach 1000 subscribers.
Generate more comments on the blog.
Post at least 5 comments a week on different people’s blogs focusing on the same niche as mine.
Seek out opportunities to guest blog or actively contribute in some way to other people’s blogs via guest posts. Do at least six of these in 2008.
Identify and reach out to specific, relevant prospective sponsors interested in reaching readers of my blog.

Thanks for reading this far. This is really for me. Writing things down makes me more accountable.

Good luck to everyone participating in the contest!!
Israel Jobs on December 23rd, 2007 1:39 am

Daniel, how are the winners going to be chosen? I reread your post to make sure that I didn’t miss that bit, and I’m surprised that no one else commented on it.

Jacob
Daniel on December 23rd, 2007 1:48 am

@Bilingual Blogger, you still have some 10 hours to go before the deadline ends.

@Jacob, sorry for not clearing that out, it will be a random draw.
NasirJumani on December 23rd, 2007 5:47 am

Here is my post:
http://www.nazjam.com/2007/12/.....oals-2008/

Merry christmas and a happy new year… :~)
Israel Jobs on December 23rd, 2007 6:29 am

Thanks Daniel, that’s what I figured.

Here’s my entry:

JobMob 2008 Blogging Goals

Jacob
Terinea Weblog on December 23rd, 2007 7:07 am

Excellent idea, here are mine…
http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/.....e-in-2008/

Jamie
Fred @ Newest on the Net on December 23rd, 2007 7:24 am

Thanks for doing this Daniel. Here are my goals for 2008:

http://newestonthenet.com/my-2.....n-the-net/

Thanks again,
Fred
blaiq on December 23rd, 2007 8:30 am

Here’s my entry:

http://blaiq.typepad.com/misen.....ssion.html
campeuno on December 23rd, 2007 8:33 am

My entry for the blog project is - http://visitors-book.blogspot......-2008.html
campeuno on December 23rd, 2007 8:48 am

Here’s another one -
http://unplannd.blogspot.com/2.....uture.html
Mark on December 23rd, 2007 9:42 am

Greetings - I actually wrote about my 2008 blogging goals as a guest post on NorthxEast…Here is my entry:

http://northxeast.com/general/.....-new-year/

Kind regards, and Happy Holidays.
Mark
Thom on December 23rd, 2007 10:09 am

Ok, simple but measurable and reasonable. Here are my goals for 2008. Happy New Year everyone and happy blogging!

- Thom

http://www.jtrigsby.com/2007/1.....html#links
Vikram on December 23rd, 2007 10:48 am

I hope we still have some time, i am almost done!
Vikram on December 23rd, 2007 11:38 am

Thank you for giving your fellow bloggers this opportunity Daniel.

I hope to see many more group writing projects on Daily Blog Tips from 2008. My entry for this project is:

http://digital-musings.com/200.....xperience/

Also a heartfelt thanks to Mr Gardner for the sponsoring this Group writing Project. I have always liked your work.

Also Good Luck to all fellow participants. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!
Ruchir on December 23rd, 2007 11:38 am

Here’s mine:

http://www.technomoney.net/my-.....are-yours/

Have a nice weekend and happy holidays!
Ruchir
TechnoMoney
Ruchir on December 23rd, 2007 11:39 am

Here’s mine:

http://www.technomoney.net/my-.....are-yours/

Have a nice weekend and happy holidays!
Ruchir
TechnoMoney

Ooops I guess I forgot to add my email properly in the previous comment, sorry!
inspirationbit on December 23rd, 2007 12:51 pm

Here’s mine:
http://www.inspirationbit.com/.....t-in-2008/
but it’s scheduled to go live in 5 hours
reno on December 23rd, 2007 12:58 pm

Here are my goals:

http://cyberstreetreport.com/2.....ing-goals/

Thank you for getting me to think with this writing project. I really hope I win because I need a new theme desperately. Happy hollidays everyone.
Mary Emma Allen on December 23rd, 2007 2:08 pm

Great idea!
Here’s the URL for my blog post at Mary Emma’s Potpourri of Writing.

http://maryemmallen.blogspot.c.....-2008.html

Happy Holidays
Mary Emma
Gaurav Mishra on December 23rd, 2007 2:20 pm

I totally love your group blogging projects.

Here are my blogging goals for 2008.
Lisa on December 23rd, 2007 6:17 pm

Well, I’m totally last minute…but here are my goals for 2008!
http://ebizparent.com/2007/12/.....ing-goals/
Isabella J Mori on December 23rd, 2007 7:59 pm

Ok, here’s a post on my other blog:

http://www.alphablogs.net/arti.....-for-2008/

Once again, thanks! Great to see how many people are participating …
Code4Gold on December 30th, 2007 7:42 pm

Has the list of winner been published yet? Too bad I missed out on this one and didn’t see it posted until today
Jacob Cass on January 7th, 2008 5:03 am

MY blogging goals….
http://justcreativedesign.com/.....ts-of-jcd/
Amanda on April 8th, 2008 12:39 am

I did a 4 month re-cap!

http://www.mommymandy.com/2008.....recap.html