I started writing this blog for my FDOM class at Texas State University, but I imagine that I’ll keep posting a few articles even after this semester is over. I really enjoyed doing this. Writing about sports is what I want to do for a living, so this was a nice tryout of my dream job. I’ll probably show all of my published writing to potential employers so they see what I can do. This blog will essentially act as my portfolio. If there is one thing I wish I could’ve done better, it would be to maybe trim my articles some. When writing I was going for more of a professional article like the ones I read rather than a blog post, but I still felt like the posts could get a little wordy.
I definitely could’ve promoted my blog better. I did promote my posts on Twitter as required, but my following there is pretty small. I did post my blog to my Snapchat and Instagram stories one time each. Each time led to a lot of traffic coming in for the next day or two. I feel like if I posted more on the social medias that I had an established presence on, then I would’ve gotten more traffic.
My most popular week was March 9-15, I got 76 views and 64 visitors. I don’t know why that is because I didn’t do anything special to promote my blog that week. However, I saw that a lot of people came from FaceBook, so someone must’ve posted a link to my blog there. My most popular post was my All-Star Break Breakout Predictions article. It was one of my earliest posts, so it had time to accrue views. It had 31 total views, half of which came in February, the month it was posted.
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