18 years of blogging
This month marks the 18th blogiversary for this blog. On November 10, 2006 I posted my first blog post. Today, I’m publishing my 1679th post. (That includes the posts I’ve deemed worthy of repeating.)
Eighteen years of blogging—I can’t even believe it. I’m very proud that I’ve been able to blog consistently. I’m very grateful to my web designer, Nora Brown for encouraging me to start a blog. It’s possible I had never even have read a blog when she suggested it.
Blogging has required discipline, creativity, and effort, but all that has been paid back in spades. My blog has allowed me to connect with folks I would not otherwise have known (and vice versa), from all over the world. It has helped Peace of Mind Organizing be in the top of the search engine rankings for folks looking to hire a professional organizer in St. Louis. It allows my clients to get to know me before they hire me. It establishes my expertise. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
This blog has paid huge dividends. I do think it has served its original purpose of allowing prospective clients to get to know me (and continues to do so), but it has been useful in so many other ways:
- It helps keep my website high in search rankings
- It establishes my expertise
- It allows me to view the world through the eyes of a blogger—I’m constantly looking at situations and wondering how I can turn them into something helpful for my blog readers.
- It’s made me more reflective
- It’s put me in front of reporters who then interview me (check out my Press Room for links to some of those articles)
- It’s helped record my personal history so I don’t have to rely on my memory (in a way, it’s a very public journal)
These are just some of the reasons I blog. And I obviously enjoy it. In 2012, I added a second blog, Organize Your Family History and in 2023 I started a third one at my budget coaching website, Peace of Mind Budgeting. I try to blog once a week at each of them.
Internet marketing for small businesses has changed so much since I started Peace of Mind Organizing back in 2005. Blogging has taken a back seat to social media and video marketing. People don’t get as much information from blogs as they did when I started this blog. But I keep blogging and I keep benefitting.
It may sound weird, but my blogs feel like friends to me. I love giving them the attention they deserve and they give so much back to me in return.
I’m darned proud to celebrate my 18th blogiversary!Comments
About Janine
Hello! I’m Janine Adams — a certified professional organizer based in St. Louis, and the creator of Peace of Mind Organizing®.
I love order, harmony + beauty, but I believe that the way that you feel about yourself and your home is what truly matters.
If you’re ready to declutter with a purpose and add more ease to your life, you’ve found the right blog — and you’ve found the right company.
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- National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals
- Organize Your Family History
- Institute for Challenging Disorganization
- Peace of Mind Budgeting
- Are you interested in becoming a professional organizer?
- Getting to Good Enough podcast
- Shannon Wilkinson, life coach
- NAPO St. Louis
- Ravelry
Congratulations on 18 years! Doing anything consistently for 18 years is EXPERTISE, at its finest. Well done. And, yes, I’m very glad you are proud. (I played piano & took lessons for 13 years and I’m proud of that. But I do wish that I had continued that, at least the playing part ……. but I guess I could “oil” my joints and slowly get back into it.) Thank you for your positive spirit and your great ideas!!
Tina Slater December 15, 2024 02:33 PM