Bloggiesta # 3 Wrap-Up

I am finished, kaput, throwing in the towel, and crossing the finish line on this Fiesta baby.

It has been a very worthwhile endeavour. I have learned tons and accomplished bunches, but my back is ready for the easy chair and my brain wants to vegetate in front of the boob tube!!!

First here is a list of all the challenges which I participated in over  the last three days:

• Jennifer at Girls Gone Reading - Do you have a review policy?  Do you even need or want one?
• Sarah at Puss Reboots  – What is RSS and how to make it so your feed is easily discoverable.
• Pam from MotherReader  – Be brave in your writing and push the limits of what your comfortable with.
  
• Danielle at There’s a Book  – Do you know what programs you can use to discover your stats and what the heck do they mean anyways?
• Cass at Bonjour Cass – It’s often said the best part of book blogging is the community.  Go discover them in this commenting challenge!
• Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog – Getting out from underneath the feed reader.
• Beth from Beth Fish Reads – Using categories & labels to find what you’re looking for.
• Jackie from Farm Lane Books – Do not lose it all!  How to back up your blog.
• Trish from Hey Lady! Watcha Readin’? – What the heck are favicons and gravatars and why you should have them. 
• Michelle from GalleySmith – Anchor text.  How to make the most out of your link love.
• Pam from Bookalicio.us – There is nothing worse than seeing your post on somebody else’s blog.  Talking about blog copyright and what you need to be doing to protect yourself.
• Amy from My Friend Amy – Blogging buddies!  You should get one!
• Beth from Beth Fish Reads– Creating list and opinion posts.
• Emily from Emily’s Reading Room– On vanity alerts.
• Deborah from Books, Movies, and Chinese Food– Do you have an elevator pitch?  You should be able to talk about your blog easily.
• Ruth from Bookish Ruth – Have you ever had your blog anaylzed?  Now’s the chance!
• Lynn from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile – Getting your blog listed in several blog directories.
• Jen from Devourer of Books– Got some old material?  Taking time to update key pages and posts.

Thank you ladies for making this weekend more fun and enjoyable while also teaching me so much. 

 Because of these challenges I now have

• Cleaner labels on all my posts.
• A cleaner more organized feed reader(with cool new add-ons)
• A backup of my blog
• Installed meta tags
• A favicon and gravatar
• Four fabulous blogging buddies ( more about them next week)
• A copyright statement
• A review policy
• An RSS Feed  and Twitter in my sidebar
• Actually added my design background to my Twitter page and learned how to use Twitter (still a bit unsure of this though)
• Written a list post about Cover Glam and posted it
• A couple new reviews ready to post
• An opinion piece
• Edited my About Me Page with my nearly written elevator pitch
• Spent several hours researching for possible topics in the near future

Total Time Spent over the last three day: 32 hours

Friday: 12 hours

Saturday: 10 Hours

Sunday: 10 Hours

I want to thank Maw Books for organizing this it was educational and fun, fun, fun!