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Four Years of Blogging!

October 7, 2013 by Ciera Holzenthal 10 Comments

When I started my blog, I could have never imagined where it would be today! Since I’m celebrating four years of blogging this month, I thought I’d give y’all a little history of how it all got started. Then for the rest of the month I will have some other special posts and surprises for y’all!

Ciera Design Four Year Blogiversary

In 2009, I had been at my agency job for a few years and I wasn’t really feeling satisfied by the design work I was doing anymore. I decided to start a blog to get some of my ideas out. It started as a photo dump. I would post my random iPhone pictures with a little caption and might expand a little here and there. I had no plan and no organization. Soon after, I left my job to start my own business and I knew that I needed to create a portfolio site that potential clients could check out. So in 2010 I decided to take my site and blog to the next level. I started posting on a regular basis with relevant and consistent content. It has been growing ever since into what you see today!

I love networking and meeting new people who I probably would have never had contact with if not for blogging. In January, blog friend and contributor, Mariah and I roomed together at Alt Summit and at Circles Conference last month I got to be roomies and hang out with another blog buddy, Patti! I love hearing about adventures of other bloggers who work for themselves and love following along with other creatives!

One of my favorite opportunities that has come from starting this blog was being able to attend Alt Summit this year! It was SO inspiring! When I walked into the Bing It To Life Lounge at Alt Summit the LAST thing I expected to see was my travel map pin board, but there it was, and it was huge! Bing took submissions of ideas to showcase and my DIY creation was chosen to come to life! It was really special to see bloggers from all over interacting with my idea and pinning their business cards to the map! It was so surreal to see it all over Instagram and it was such a cool way to see where everyone was from.

I’m always trying to take this blog to the next level and I can’t wait to see where it takes me in the next four years! Thank you so much to all of my readers for encouraging me, challenging me to keep creating unique content and for all of your comments over the years, it really means the world to me!

Jasmine took these photos for me.

About Ciera Holzenthal

Hi, I'm Ciera! I specializing in visual brand development and adore working with passionate entrepreneurs to design captivating and cohesive brand identities allowing them to fulfill their greatest potential and skyrocket their businesses to new heights. I’m passionate about using my skills in branding, marketing, design & social media to help your business succeed.

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Comments

  1. Patti says

    October 8, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    Congrats!! 4 years wowza! You are doing amazing things. Loved spending time with you in Texas and sharing stories of running our own businesses. Cheers to continued success & creativity! XO – Patti

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    • Ciera says

      October 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks Patti, had a great time hanging in Texas too!!!

      Reply
  2. web design says

    October 8, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    Congratulation on 4th lovely years….

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    • Ciera says

      October 8, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      thanks!

      Reply
  3. Nesha of Betty Red Design says

    October 8, 2013 at 5:24 am

    Congrats on 4 lovely years of blogging! I’m on the same amount of years myself but not with the same blog. We’re old-timers now haha!

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    • Ciera says

      October 8, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      thanks! congrats to you too, love your blog!!

      Reply
  4. Angel Y. says

    October 7, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Happy four years! Time flies when you’re blogging. How exciting to be able to have so many opportunities to meet new and inspiring people. It’s been my favorite part of blogging and I wish you more success!

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    • Ciera says

      October 7, 2013 at 6:54 pm

      thank you so much Angel, time really does fly!

      Reply
  5. Shelley @ThatGirlShelley says

    October 7, 2013 at 11:56 am

    Happy 4th Birthday!! Here’s to even more success and the opportunity to meet even more amazing people!

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    • Ciera says

      October 7, 2013 at 6:53 pm

      thanks doll!

      Reply

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