Jet Set Life on Facebook
You know when you have something in your gut, something that just tells you that you need to be doing something. Not the should be doing something (actually I try not to should all over myself). It’s the need , the burning desire, the feel it all over, reoccurring, like a boyfriend (or rash) you just can’t get rid of, it’s that passion.
I’ve always loved writing. In fact, my elementary school claim to fame was winning a Young Authors contest, but past that little first grade honor, I never really did anything with writing.
Fast forward about twenty years….My poor husband often had to hear about the next idea I wanted to write about. There was always a new topic, a new idea, a new book on the horizon, but nothing ever got onto paper. Why not you may ask? Well, there was a simple answer. The problem was, I wasn’t following my heart, at least not completely. I was choosing subjects that I was half interested in. Nothing I was truly passionate about.
Then one day, my husband said, "Why don’t you write a blog for our new company (Jet Set Life)?". I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy it, I wasn’t sure if I’d be any good at it but I said I’d give it a shot. After I wrote my first post I was hooked. I didn’t care if anyone read it, liked it or wanted to read more. I finally connected my two passions writing and traveling .
My first post was at the end of April 2008 and I got 28 views during the last six days of April. I’ve got to tell you that I was so excited for those first little 28 views (they were probably all my Mom and Dad), but I didn’t care. I caught the bug.
During the month of May I worked my way up to 1,139 views on my blog. This was due to my Twitter friends mainly. They’re the best!
Then I found the God of all blogs, Guy Kawasaki and Alltop . Alltop was the only place that I felt I could find blogs that I was interested in. What a concept, all the top blogs in one convenient location! Wow, I was in blog heaven: Tony Wheeler , NY Times Travel , Lonely Planet and of course mad chef Anthony Bourdain where all there.I couldn’t help but ask, why wasn’t I? So, let’s just say that by six o’clock that evening My Jet Set Life was on Alltop, at the very end, but on it never the less. It was an amazing start and I’ll never forget the chance that Master Guy Kawasaki took on this little baby blogger. I’ll always be in his debt.
Life since Alltop is amazing. In less than one month since my Alltop debut, my blog has almost tripled in views and I’ve written two guest blogs. More important than anything: I’m excited. I’m passionate. I’m thankful.
Thank you Guy, All Top and my Twitter Family for making my blog a success.
This is only the beginning of My Jet Set Life.
Yrs,
Kimberly
80°F Sunny & No Humidity
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thats amazing! i love writing too, and perhaps maybe thats why i have my site. i use it as my creative outlet, but to be honest i haven’t really written anything interesting on there. nor have i started on anything creative besides daily blogging and getting the site up itself. however, i hope you enjoy the writing. i love reading entries like these. they inspire me to do something about my writing
Congrats!
Being on alltop has been another one of those amazing stokes to my ego… I don’t know how I’d feel if I ever ‘dropped off’ the list. I’ve definitely started to see some traffic, too. It gives me a nice kick-in-the-butt to keep writing “alltop” quality stuff.
How did I not know about Alltop before your post? It is fantastic!
Thanks for this post.. being in the travel niche as well it was great to discover a few new travel blogs on Alltop.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers!
Tara
Three of my passions – travel, writing, and Kimberly Murgatroyd all in one place… I couldn’t be happier! I love that you are on fire! Keep burnin…
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
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