I don’t really read any of the ‘how to blog’ or ‘making money online’ type blogs but a link on Twitter brought me to ProBlogger’s 7 Link Challenge and I thought it might be an interesting way to bring new readers into the loop a bit quicker with a summary of some posts. Plus I’ve seen these popping up all around the net and they’re fun to read.
My First Post – Another Blog for the Pile
Back when I wrote my first post I didn’t have many expectations for this blog. The reason I got started with the whole blogging thing was to connect with other travellers and like-minded people. I actually hated the blogging platform at first and moved to it reluctantly. I’m happy I stuck with it, though!
The Post I Enjoyed Writing the Most – 24 Travellers to Inspire You
It was really fun listing off all of the travellers who’ve inspired me over the years in a lot of different ways. I found some amazing new blogs to read and I was certainly uber inspired by each of the 24 people in a bunch of different ways.
A Post With a Great Discussion – 10 Reasons Why the Olympics are a Better Event than the World Cup
This recent post about the World Cup vs the Olympics got a few people fired up and a pretty good discussion came out of it. (Olympics rule!)
A Post I Wish I Had Written – The Benefits of Selling Everything You Own
First, I’m not that into ‘stuff’ so I love the topic of this post. Second, it’s a really, really funny read and I love a slightly warped sense of humour. It’s also nice to find someone else who’s slightly obsessed with their Macbook Pro.
My Most Helpful Post – How I Wrote My First Ebook
This post got a lot of positive feedback from people and it’s one of the few posts I write where I give a step-by-step sort of summary of what I’ve done. I couldn’t really find too much information at the time on writing, designing and marketing an ebook all in one place so I hope this post pointed people in the right direction.
A Post With a Title I’m Proud Of – Short Skirts and Learning to Say Yes
Titles aren’t my strong point but I quite like the title of this recent post. I usually write the blog post first and when it comes time to write the title, I just want to get the post online and don’t usually put much thought into it. I’m going to try to get better at my titles though. Starting on my next post…
A Post I Wish More People Had Read – This is Why I Love Travelling
I used to have this blog and another travel blog but I combined them last year. It meant that the posts from my unpopular travel blog got buried in the content of this blog and not a lot of people read them. I really love this post because it reminds me of the bizarre or uncomfortable moments that make travel great for me.
If anyone else has taken part in this 7 Link Challenge thing, post links to your own entries in the comments so we can all take a look. I think it’s a great way to get new readers up to speed so hopefully I’ll find some cool new blogs to read!
Thanks for including our selling stuff post here – it’s an honour! Simon certainly is obsessed with the Macbook Pro although we don’t regret selling the rest of our stuff at all.
I enjoyed digging through some of your old posts.
Kirsty – your post “Short Skirts and Learning to Say Yes” really cracked me up. I could feel your discomfort. You gotta get some long slacks for times like that!
I’m busy reading the rest of the links. More pictures … please! I think we all want to see more of Kigali and what it looks like there.
Following advices from Darren Rowse is really good if you are a serious blogger. I just read your post about 24 travelers to inspire you and that is really great.
What a great concept. And thanks for sharing.
I don’t read nearly enough bloggy stuff either, but doing my seven really made me think about what I should do more of.
Here they are: http://travelswithanineyearold.com/2010/07/31/7-link-challenge-travel-family-children-kids/
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Cute. I may do the same actually. I’ve been reading Darrens blog for ages. Useful stuff.
Just read your first post and looks like you already had a pretty good direction. I remember when I first started posting on my blog…I barely knew what I was doing, just added a few completely random articles. This links challenge looks like a pretty good way to remember the development of what your blog is now.
Thanks for the summary of some of your top posts. Reading the article about your interests for journey can be really great and it is really cool to study your points as you walk the earth.
I really like your feelings Kirsty when you would have started getting success cause you say that you were not that serious when you started blogging.
Thanks for the link, pretty useful, have to admit I went off problogger for a while as he seemed so smug and holier than thou, but then I thought as a blogger we probably have all been there too at one point!
This looks like a fun idea, its always good to go back to your first post and see how you improved over time. I enjoyed reading this list.
This was such a great idea from Problogger. I just finished my own list. It’s really fun to go digging back through those old posts. I agree that your 10 least romantic situations post was excellent.
Great article post really. This looks like a fun idea, its always good to go back to your first post and see how you improved over time. I enjoyed reading this list. Awaiting for your next one informative.
You having some unique and interesting post , sure participation will work for you.
One thing I love about your blogging is it doesn’t feel like you wrote the blog just to rank hire in Google but of the pure joy of sharing your thoughts and experiences with us and that’s what makes your site great