November 7, 2007 marks the 5th month anniversary of Blogging Mix. Although that is 15 days from now, I’m already thinking about ways to celebrate it. In today’s post, I have decided to write about my thoughts on ways to celebrate your blog’s anniversary. Here are my suggestions.

how do you celebrate your blog's anniversary?

Make a Post About Your Blog

A simple way to celebrate your blog’s anniversary is by making a post about it. Tell the rest of the world how old your blog is? Broadcast to the blogosphere your blog’s achievements, create a list of your best articles or tell your readers what to expect on your blog in the coming months. Alternatively, you can write a post about the challenges you’ve encountered as blogger and how you’ve managed to overcome those challenges.

Your blog’s anniversary is also a great chance to thank all your blog readers and subscribers for their continued support. You should not forget to thank your mentors and critics for their contributions in the improvement of your blog. A link love is probably a good way to send them a thank you card.Putting some efforts into your post by being more creative is another idea you should try when making a post to celebrate your blog’s anniversary. You can display pictures of your blog’s evolution using the Way Back Machine or take a snap shot of your growing blog traffic then share it to your readers. Although creative posting is not an easy task for most bloggers, it’s sure worth trying. Brian Clark of Copyblogger made a post about how to write remarkably creative content you might want to check out.

Hold a Blog Contest

If you have the connection or the budget, you can opt to hold a blog contest. If you plan to celebrate your blog’s anniversary through a blog contest, you should start it week/s before your blog’s actual anniversary. This way, the best part of the contest which is the awarding of prizes will take place on your blog’s anniversary.

You can solicit prizes from your blog sponsors or you can just commit your blog’s one month revenue. The blogosphere is full of advertisers who are willing to shell out cash in exchange for a review or a month long advertisement. Darren over at Problogger made a great post about finding a sponsor for your blog.

Change Your Blog’s Template or Theme

You can give your blog a new dress on its anniversary, which I did on the 4th month anniversary of Blogging Mix. There are lots of available free blog templates and themes in the blogosphere but it’s advisable that you design your own or hire someone to do it for you if you have the means.

Otherwise, you just have to find some cool templates or themes available for free. You can find a list of reviews I’ve made to blogs and websites offering free Blogger templates and Wordpress themes at the right side bar of Blogging Mix. Each post contains at least one link to these websites. Just be patient as the list is long. :)
Request or Pay For Blog Reviews

Another idea to celebrate your blog’s anniversary is to request for a blog review from your network of blogger friends. This is when social networking and establishing a good relationship to other bloggers comes handy. For Blogging Mix, what I did was to send emails to my friends over at BlogCatalog informing them of my blog’s fourth month anniversary. Some replied with a short review but most replied with a congratulatory note. Nonetheless, it was still worth the effort.

The more effective way to get a review for you blog is to pay for it. SponsoredReviews, PayPerPost and ReviewMe are the more popular website offering this service.

There you have it. Now it’s your turn. What do you do to celebrate you blog’s anniversary? Do you do any of the above mentioned? It would nice if you can add something on the list through the comment. Feel free to make your own post and add the list your ideas on the list.

Thanks for your time and Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)

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