the best and the worst: week 02

if there is one lesson that i can take away from blogging this week, it would be this... not everything that i find interesting is interesting... some of the posts (actually most of them) fell flat. though i claimed to be not too concerned about the figures this week... the whole 'i'm not a fashion writer but a writer of fashion' mantra, it stinks to know that no one is reading your material especially when it was such a good week previously.

so what were the aims and objectives of this week?

1) tap into my asian, national and racial influence which i did, evidently from all the posts...

2) try to find material that would score higher page views with readers from asia. as of now, singapore and the usa dominate my readership but i do hope to write material that people from other asian nations can find relevant as well... this didn't go so well...

3) less fashion, more writer... i deliberately took a backseat on the fashion critique and tried to hone in on viewpoints... more like a bystander of the fashion world and style... perhaps, it's how the posts were pitched... but i learnt. hopefully there will be a better balance in weeks to come.

now that all's been said and done... here's the best of the week:

BEST: i love singapore!

haha, what's not to love about this post? comic relief, trunks, close-up of trunk in trunks, lots of 'glad i'm not the one wearing that' moments, lots of 'what were they thinking?' moments... and of course, we love our country... a little national pride goes a long way... (helps when the thumbnail is of a bunch of guys in trunks too!)

and now, the worst post:

WORST: asia's fashion weeks

this was the second 'heavier' post of the day (third numerically)... usually, the first and third posts are the ones that i put the more interesting content. the post just before this one was about po from kungfu panda... i personally thought that readers of a fashion blog will not take too well to it but surprisingly, it scored pretty high on the views. 

well, my personal prediction was actually romancing singapore... cos it was not a well thought-out post... i had ideas but when it came to writing it, boy, was it tough... 

to conclude... this week was definitely not as good in terms of the readership (which i expected) partly cos the hype is no longer there and the writing was a slight departure from the regular fashion material... but no worries, there will be fashion writing... you just have to check back regularly!

did i mention that you can add me on twitter? i tweet every new post so once there is new material, you'll know... and onto MORE shameless marketing, i also have a facebook page... click here NOW! help me cross the fifty mark... please... hehe 

fash'on... BAM!

going global, staying local

good monday morning... hope you slept well last night... i did! much early than my usual bedtime because i was utterly worn out by dragonboat training and work. a heavy dinner after that helped too... so i'm feeling refreshed for a new week (not as gloomy as the week before... evidence here!)

so i'm starting the week with a question: if you have a voice... make an impact... say what you want... what would your message be? 

for the entire past week, i was attempting to find my voice as a blogger... this week, i am still on the search... i am, after all, an infant when it comes to blogging... of course, when i feel down, i hear of encouraging words from friends and a friend of mine even wrote a post to you! (yup, it's for you, my virtual friend reading this post!) all these kept me going for another week...

in addition, The Online Edition has gone 'global' in the past week with views from Austria, Malaysia, Germany, United Kingdom, Costa Rica and the United States. a big shout out to everyone reading from Singapore... 

last week we went back to basics... from black and white... ran a full day of posts featuring Chanel (post 1, post 2, post 3!) to trending the hoodie (a basic must-have...)

this week, i'm digging further than before... i'm going to tap on my asian voice... i am asian (proud to be one) and singaporean (proud to be one) and chinese (also proud to be one)... it's going to be a great week on The Online Edition so don't miss out on the fun... fash' on, BAM!

ps: if you don't want to miss out on any of the posts that i put out, follow me on twitter or just key your email address into the email updates box and let technology do the rest!

the best and the worst: week 01

so i finally wrapped up a full week of blogging... it's been a challenge learning about the world of blogging... writing the posts are one thing, getting people to read them is another... of course i became a shameless opportunist, getting my friends on facebook and twitter to visit my blog often just for the spike in numbers...

of course there were hits and misses this week... i'm not expecting everyone to love everything i put out but i'm learning so bear with me...

well these are the best and worst posts of the week... (much like the best and worst dressed!)

BEST: you have it so flaunt it!

my thoughts: pretty surprised this made tops... i'm not certain if it was due to the Jessica Simpson label, or maybe it was the male model... of course, i'm trying to convince myself that people were genuinely interested in their set of pearlie whites... anyhow, this one took the top spot.

WORST: Faces and Looks of Chanel

my thoughts: i must admit that this is a shocker given the (shameless) labels i had. perhaps you don't want just pictures... even my silly announcement that i'm on twitter (speaking of which, do follow me @TOnlineEditor) and my *yawn* post about household bleach got more unique views ... this was a tribute to Chanel for crying out loud... so i am still in shock... well, what's done cannot be undone...

ps: the numbers are compiled based on the individual hits on the posts... also i did roughly monitor the spike in page views for the entire duration of the post...

i'm on twitter...

in a bid to not spam the timeline of my personal friends with my blog posts and all things blog, i've created a separate account for The Online @dition... you can follow me @TOnlineEditor or just click on this link... hope to see you on twitter too! you will get some intimate (behind the scenes) look at how i'm churning out posts and material... BAM!