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Most bloggers — if not all of them — have some (or many) goals in mind for 2008. In order to participate of Daily Blog Tips’ latest group writing project, I am supposed to write about my own goals here.

This is my problem: I’m very reserved, hence I’d rather keep my blogging goals to myself. On the other hand, if I do it I won’t be able to take part in the writing project. It seems I’ll have to open my mouth this time… (Damn! They shouldn’t do this to a shy woman like me! *whines*)

Let me see if I can find a way to reveal my aims without exposing myself too much. Hmmm…

All right, this is what I have for you: after much pondering, I could only conclude that all of my blogging goals for 2008 are directly or indirectly related to my wish — and need — to become a better writer.

I could spend weeks and weeks working on a thousand ways to drive more traffic to my blogs, get more backlinks for them, increase their Alexa Rank, find them some advertisers and so on. But the truth is that I already know how to achieve it all. So there are really two things that hinder me from starting a more aggressive promotional campaign: persistent lack of time and a rather limited ability to produce compelling content. The former depends on things that I don’t have total control over, thus being out of this post’s scope. The latter, on the other hand, is my fault and no one else’s.

I have devised a little (perhaps not that little, now that I think of it) plan to improve my writing skills. Putting said plan into practice is the most important step that I must take to accomplish my blogging goal. If nothing goes wrong, by the end of 2008 I’ll have learned how to write that kind of content that makes blog readers come back for more. Then I’ll open the traffic hunt season.

This year I learned that I’m definitely not the worst blogger on Earth. Next year I’ll do my best to reach a higher blogging quality level. But I don’t want to do that alone. I want you, my dear readers, to follow me during this journey. So be nice to me and click here to subscribe to a1-fan-fun’s RSS feed. *grin* Oh, and don’t forget that your supportive comments are welcome. *double grin*