Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Feeling Like a Blogger

I have been blogging now for about 4 months and I had been wondering all this time when I would start feeling like a blogger.  My family writes it off as me just spending too much time on the computer and my "land" friends think that I am crazy (nothing new with that).  They all think it is a hobby that I will forget about when the weather changes.  In the meantime, they haven't even paid attention that my blog is growing.....

And now, I feel like a blogger.  Why?  You may ask.  Well, this week everything seems to be unfolding at once.  I got invited to do a review and giveaway (it involves hard work on my part), I got invited to do a guest post and I had someone else solicit me to be a guest on my blog.  And in addition to all this, I seem to get new followers everyday. 

All I gotta say is WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!  I am a blogger!  Yes, I know, a little over the top.  So my next question is, when will I be considered a professional blogger?   I am looking forward to that day. 

Stay tuned for my pending giveaway, details are coming soon.

When did you start to feel like you were really a blogger? 

12 comments:

  1. Congratulations Michelle! So very happy for you!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Michelle - And you're off! Good for you! Keep working it girl. When the family finally recognizes your blog, that's when you've become a professional. (Mine never takes a peek at my blog!) ;)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hi – I’m following you from the hop. I’m hosting a weekend creation blog hop 28th jan onwards and hope you will get involved. It’s my first hop so I need support to get it going. Pop by wordsinsync.blogspot.com to link up. Many thanks – Shah. X

    ReplyDelete
  4. Michelle, Congrats on your blogging success!! You're a great writer with a unique point of view. Keep it up and there's no telling where it will take you:)
    I love to blog. Don't know when or if I've ever officially felt like a blogger. It's just something I like to do to get my thoughts down and share my project with other who are interested. At one point I went a little blog crazy! I have about 5 public blogs and 15 private one. (CRAZY). Of course, most of them have fallen by the wayside.
    Have a great day!
    Cindy

    ReplyDelete
  5. I think I started to feel like a blogger when I got on twitter and realized I wasn't alone out her on this big ol' internet

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hi! I'm a new follower via Google Friend Connect. :) Found you through the Blog Hop! :) Hopefully you can stop by! Stop by and enter my great going on giving away 4 Gift Card to 4 WINNERS to Target, Starbucks and other stores -&- giving away a TASSIMO T-20 Brewer Machine :)

    -Ai Mei
    StudentSavingBucks

    ReplyDelete
  7. I am a follower! I hope you will stop by my blog and follow back!

    Sincerely,
    Emma Michaels
    http://EmmaMichaels.Blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  8. I am still working on feeling like a blogger! Trying how to find balance : )
    Thanks for stopping by Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's
    ~Melissa

    ReplyDelete
  9. Congrats on your giveaway! I think I felt like a blogger when I started getting comments from the same people regularly. I had an AUDIENCE!

    ReplyDelete
  10. That is awesome! Today is my one year blog-o-versary and I haven't been asked to do a review...or a guest post...but I am having a giveaway!
    I think I felt like a "real" blogger when other people started mentioning my blog...which was, like, yesterday.
    Keep up the great work!

    ReplyDelete
  11. How exciting for you! And this made me really think. Because what defines us a blogger or, as you mention, a professional blogger. I'm guessing the latter has to do with earning money doing it. Yes? I felt like a blogger very early on, IMO. When I started getting comments. Lots of little milestones added excitement like my first award, which is probably "not professional" and my one and only guest post. I was contacted for my only giveaway after almost a year. I always wondered how that happens and how bloggers get on the radar of companies.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Karen and fojoy, I contacted MyBlogSpark and registered with them about a month ago and they are the one that set me up with the review/giveaway. You can find them at http://www.myblogspark.com/

    ReplyDelete