Bloggiesta: The Finish Line!
You made it! Thank you everybody for partying during Bloggiesta – the blogging marathon with a fiesta flair!
I hope you had a great time and not only learned lots but got much accomplished! Thank you SO much to everybody who participated. We had 85 participants. You’re enthusiasm was amazing! I loved visiting your blogs and left more than 125 comments; I’ll be making the rounds again to read your wrap up posts. I still am shaking my head with how many people participated when I just began to put this event in the planning stage just a week ago. I love social media. I do.
A huge special thank you to the mini-challenge hosts who graciously accepted the call with literally no notice on my part. The posts, tips, and advice were fantastic. Thanks Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog, Beth from Beth Fish Reads, Jill at Fizzy Thoughts, Emily from Emily’s Reading Room, Deborah from Books, Movies, and Chinese Food, Lynn from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile, Jen from Devourer of Books, Amy from My Friend Amy, Trish from Hey Lady! Watcha Readin’?, Michelle from GalleySmith, Andrea from Book Blather and Ruth from Bookish Ruth. Couldn’t have done it without you!
Another huge thank you to the Bloggiesta sponsors for providing the giveaways that are not only just plain fun, but give us something to work towards. Thanks Tilbury House, Tor and Forge Books, Henry Holt, Unbridled Books, FSB Associates , My Friend Amy, and myself.
Please sign the Mr. Linky again (I know, again!) with the direct link to your final summary post. Tis easier for me to find out your stats, etc. to divvy out the the prizes. Your final summary post should ideally include the number of hours spent on the challenge, what you accomplished, the mini-challenges you participated in, number of comments you left while bloggiesting, what you enjoyed most about the challenge and what you’d like to see included in the next Bloggiesta. Yes! We will do it again!
Now it’s time to send Pedro down to sleep. He’s exhausted. Hasta la vista!
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Thanks so much for hosting this challenge! You did a great job! I haven’t tallied all my comments yet as I’m not done commenting.
on June 21st, 2009 at 5:08 amThank you so much for hosting this event, Natasha! It was so much, and I’m so glad I signed up for it.
And now, I am going to sleep.
on June 21st, 2009 at 5:46 amIt was so much fun. I really am tired.
on June 21st, 2009 at 5:47 amThanks so much for hosting this challenge. I had a blast! I ended up not doing the errands I was supposed to do yesterday and I worked on the blog most of the day!
on June 21st, 2009 at 5:59 amI’ve had a great time this weekend, although there were too many distractions. The only improvement I could suggest on this Bloggiesta (in preprarion for the next one) is a little more notice so that I can be a bit more organised coming into the Bloggiesta weekend.
Before I forget, here is my Bloggiesta Finish Line post.
Thanks Natasha for you’re great work in getting everything organised for this weekend. Thanks to all the other bloggers who hosted mini-challenges as well – I’m planning to work my way through the ones I missed this weekend during the coming week.
I’ve been inspired this weekend. Thanks everyone!
on June 21st, 2009 at 6:20 amNatasha – I can’t thank you enough for this. I learned so much, was introduced to so many other blogs and bloggers and got a lot of work that needed to be done, done. I realize that I didn’t track the hours, more tracked against my goals – here’s my final post: http://baileysandbooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/hasta-la-vista-bloggiesta/
on June 21st, 2009 at 6:44 amThank you again for all your kind words and encouragement!
Hello and Thanks so much for hosting the challenge. It was a very fun weekend.
on June 21st, 2009 at 7:10 amHi Natasha,
My Bloggiesta Finish is posted. Thanks so much for hosting this! I had loads of fun and learned lots of new stuff! Have a great day!!
Sherrie
on June 21st, 2009 at 7:32 amThis was an awesome challenge Natasha! I think it should be a seasonal thing. I’ve posted my links on Mr. Linky but, just in case, here they are again.
Undercover Book Lover
on June 21st, 2009 at 7:42 amThe Eclectic Book Hoarder
I think you have a hit on your hands!
on June 21st, 2009 at 7:50 amI don’t think anyone can say that the Bloggiesta! was anything but a brilliant success. Here’s to the next one!
on June 21st, 2009 at 7:55 amWell done! What a fun event.
on June 21st, 2009 at 8:05 amBloggiesta is over, at least for me! The post-party of reading everyone else’s wrap-ups is just beginning.
And a special, huge, I can’t say enough Thank You to Natasha. You came up with this idea, organized it, and helped us all and cheered us all though the process.
on June 21st, 2009 at 8:52 amThis has been really great for me (and everyone else, from the look of it). I still have a lot left on my list to accomplish, but without the challenge I’d have kept putting it off. I’m going to try and keep the momentum going. Thanks for hosting!
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:14 amThank you so much for putting this challenge together. It was so much fun and I got some great ideas and tips from everyone. I still have quite a list to go through but it’s a relief to get a big chunk of my to do list done.
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:14 amBTW, I love all the pictures your husband did!
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:31 amI had a lot of fun. This was a great idea Natasha.
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:34 amI hadn’t planned on participating, and didn’t add my Linky
, but I did end up doing a lot of (and am still doing more) improvements to my blog. Reading everyone’s posts and challenges were inspiring, and I think the blogosphere will be the better for Bloggiesta. Ole! 
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:37 amThank you Natasha, for putting together this fantastic challenge! I had a wonderful time and I can’t wait for the next one! And thanks to all the mini-challenge hosts too – the motivation, hints and ideas were perfect and just what I needed
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:38 amI have posted my recap on the challenge. Thank you so much! I don’t know how I can express how much this is appreciated.
My blog does not look the same as it did on Thursday night before the challenge started and for that I am thankful!
To you and to the Mini Challenge Crew:
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:53 amNice job, Natasha! I didn’t participate, but I got a lot of interesting ideas and had a blast watching/reading the blogs who did.
Lezlie
on June 21st, 2009 at 9:56 amAll done
http://erotichorizon.blogspot.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-round-up.html
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on June 21st, 2009 at 10:22 amThanks for an amazing event, Natasha! I can’t wait for the next Bloggiesta!
on June 21st, 2009 at 10:30 amGood job everyone!!!!
on June 21st, 2009 at 10:32 amWow! this was a great weekend…
I met lots of new people, found some great new blogs for inspiration and I got some things accomplished on my blog!
I’ve also got lots of ideas for the future so it will keep improving!
I can’t wait til the next one!
on June 21st, 2009 at 11:40 amYou have done a great job planning this event and making other bloggers feel welcome in joining!
Thank you so much for hosting this event! I can’t wait for the next Bloggiesta!
on June 21st, 2009 at 11:56 amThank you so much for planning and hosting this Bloggiesta! I’m new at this and it was such a great source of information and motivation to work on my blog.
It was so generous of you and all the hosts of the mini challenges to give so much time, effort, and advice. Thank you!
Here’s the link to my final post – I’ve also uploaded it to Mr. Linky
Gaby317 @ Starting Fresh
http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-final-summary.html
on June 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pmI was an occasional participant
but I learned a lot! Thanks!
on June 21st, 2009 at 1:07 pmWell I did manage to get some things done so I think all it all things went pretty well.
on June 21st, 2009 at 1:36 pmThanks for hosting this fun event, Natasha. I think everyone was able to get something out of it.
on June 21st, 2009 at 2:01 pmThis was fantastic! I had a such a great time doing this and I learned about so much! Thanks so much for hosting you did a fabulous job!
on June 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pmDitto. What everyone else said. What a great resource for the future. How many projects do you have going at once anyway? I think you have more than enough from what I can see. Don’t get burned out, please.
on June 21st, 2009 at 4:23 pmThis is a great tool for everyone. And by the time we do another one, there will be lots of new book bloggers who will appreciate the help, and then we will all need a pickmeup by then also! I enjoyed the increased traffic to my site also.. I guess it was via #bloggiesta twittering.
and then there will be lots of new things to try out with more widgets etc.
Who else has a favicon installed? I’ve been wanting to check them out! Comment on The Burton Review if you have a favicon so I can come see it.
on June 21st, 2009 at 4:41 pmAnyway.. see y’all next time!
Natasha:
Thanks for putting together and hosting such a great challenge! Your work is appreciated!
Laura
on June 21st, 2009 at 5:06 pm[...] June 21, 2009 by Gaby317 Too ambitious yet again! Here’s my final post for the Bloggiesta festival conceptualized and executed by Natasha at Maw Books Blog. [...]
on June 21st, 2009 at 10:04 pmThanks, Natasha! I had an amazing time. It was so much fun! You did a fabulous job & thank all the wonderfulbloggiesta confetti tossers.
Looking forward to next time
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on June 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 amWhat a wonderful challenge project. Thanks again to you and the mini-challenge hosts. I only got to spend a few hours on the challenge, but will be going back to look at everyone’s posts and making tweaks to my page all week, I’m sure!
on June 22nd, 2009 at 8:09 amThis was a wonderful idea Natasha and excellently executed. Loved doing it. Next time I hope to be able to do more.
on June 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pmThanks Natasha!!! Looking forward to next time!!
on June 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pmEven though I did the mini-challenge about cleaning my feedreader I’m already woefully behind again. UGH.
At any rate I wanted to thank you for putting together such a wonderful event. It was a tremendous amount of fun, educational, and productive. You made “working” seem less like work and more like play.
Great job!
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on September 13th, 2009 at 8:07 pmEven though I did the mini-challenge about cleaning my feedreader I’m already woefully behind again. UGH.
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