Open Mic Recap: Regular Events

Our last open mic about regular events was a bit better than the first one. There’s still room for improvement, but it’s a good start. Thank goodness. Proof that you just have to keep working on ideas.

Anyway, highlights include:

• Genesis saying: “I haven´t gotten around to starting any regular event on my blog, I just don´t have enough traffic yet.” To which I responded: “Sometimes, one way to actually drive traffic to your site is by holding (or participating in) events.”

  This brings up the question: When is a good time to join events? Do you have to wait to have more readers so there will be people who’d participate? Or, do you start them so you can attract more readers/visitors?

• Busy Mom writing: “I don’t have regular events at my blog, though I’ve thought about having some sort of give away. I’m not entirely sure why, I think I have it in my head that people come to read what I’ve written, rather than to attend an “event”. I have no real support for that theory, though. I tend not to participate in events, usually because of poor planning on my part for such things as blog carnivals. I need to get better at them, as they can be a good traffic source.”

  Do you agree with Busy Mom?

Thanks again for participating in our 2nd open mic event. New one comes up on Monday!