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Jun 22, 2016 3:30 PM
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This topic will be for updating you with all of the plans I have for the future of the blog. Be sure to reply, if you want to share your opinion or disagree with anything I mentioned.

UPDATE #1

Alright, as promised I will share my ideas for UNOTAKUs future and I want your opinion on them, since teamwork is important to me :)

1. My goal for the next two months is to at least double the visits on the blog. And my ideas for increasing the traffic are:


  • guest blogging/collaborating with other bloggers
  • inviting more authors to join the staff -> more posts per week
  • be more active on social media + starting to promote fb page
  • do a special giveaway for our followers


Alright, I believe all listed points are self-explainable.

I'm already working on a collab with another blogger, but if you guys know any other blogger, who might want to do a small collab, feel free to text them and share your ideas. Since you're also part of the team you can represent UNOTAKU in guest posts aswell - just let me know if your working on anything with another blogger.

The same goes for inviting people to join the team - if you guys know anyone, who has great english skills and perhaps even an anime blog themselves, show them the "Work With UNOTAKU" page, if they feel like joining.

The giveaway will probably start sometime in July or August, but I will give you further details as soon as I have the products. I can tell you now though, that it will happen on facebook and/or twitter and one must share the post and be a follower in order to participate.

2. I'd also like to do a bigger spring 2016 round-up, so I wanted to gather all of the shows we've watched this season, so everyone could write their opinion on the ones they've watched.
I will focus on Mayoiga, Kiznaiver and Re: Zero. Let me know what you guys have watched. But I will do another update post for this topic soon.

3. This is the most exciting idea I will share with you today! As soon as we've reached the goal to increase the traffic - which hopefully will happen this summer - I want to start an anime magazine.

Crazy, huh?

Well, I basically already took care of everything exept for the articles for the magazine.

I already know the content of the magazine, but let me know if you have ideas and how you like this idea in general! I'm going to discuss this topic in a different post aswell, since we need to focus on getting the audience for the magazine first, and I need your help with that!

Okay, I think I've written enough for the first update post :D

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

And don't forget to list the spring 2016 anime you've watched and your opinion on the ideas!

I'll see you guys around!
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Jun 22, 2016 4:26 PM
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Ah! An anime magazine? I'd love that.
Just saying, Amy-san, I'm actually a page designer for my school newspaper. And I'm doing a workshop on page designing soon, so maybe that could help! I've always wanted to do a magazine. This'd be a great opportunity!
Jun 22, 2016 4:45 PM
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Oh wow, that sounds really interesting - I'll definitely keep that in mind, you would really be a huge help! :)
Jun 24, 2016 6:20 AM
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Tsukke!!!!

A anime magazine. Cool!!!!, i would really like something like that.

wrenflyingaway said:
Ah! An anime magazine? I'd love that.
Just saying, Amy-san, I'm actually a page designer for my school newspaper. And I'm doing a workshop on page designing soon, so maybe that could help! I've always wanted to do a magazine. This'd be a great opportunity!


Dude, well, I am the head of the newspaper club in my school. It's a pleasure working with you.

And most importantly, if we are making an anime magazine, we should have a proper schedule. Well, I once was appointed to make a school magazine, and it took a hell lot of work to do so.
Jun 24, 2016 8:37 AM
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Taro__Tanaka said:
Tsukke!!!!

A anime magazine. Cool!!!!, i would really like something like that.

wrenflyingaway said:
Ah! An anime magazine? I'd love that.
Just saying, Amy-san, I'm actually a page designer for my school newspaper. And I'm doing a workshop on page designing soon, so maybe that could help! I've always wanted to do a magazine. This'd be a great opportunity!


Dude, well, I am the head of the newspaper club in my school. It's a pleasure working with you.

And most importantly, if we are making an anime magazine, we should have a proper schedule. Well, I once was appointed to make a school magazine, and it took a hell lot of work to do so.


Okay, I'm not actually sure how to reply in MAL. SO. Apologies...

That's so cool, dude. (I'm calling you dude since I don't know what to call you. Taro? Tanaka? By the way, you can all call me Wren. I'd change my MAL username since it's old. But...meh.)

I only started newspaper last year. Sooo. Haha. But I'm aiming to be page designer next year ;)

Yeah. A schedule would be best.

And I might be working on a book blog thing too. So...
Jun 24, 2016 10:38 AM
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wrenflyingaway said:
Taro__Tanaka said:
Tsukke!!!!

A anime magazine. Cool!!!!, i would really like something like that.



Dude, well, I am the head of the newspaper club in my school. It's a pleasure working with you.

And most importantly, if we are making an anime magazine, we should have a proper schedule. Well, I once was appointed to make a school magazine, and it took a hell lot of work to do so.


Okay, I'm not actually sure how to reply in MAL. SO. Apologies...

That's so cool, dude. (I'm calling you dude since I don't know what to call you. Taro? Tanaka? By the way, you can all call me Wren. I'd change my MAL username since it's old. But...meh.)

I only started newspaper last year. Sooo. Haha. But I'm aiming to be page designer next year ;)

Yeah. A schedule would be best.

And I might be working on a book blog thing too. So...


A book sounds good.
Jun 27, 2016 3:07 AM
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I'm glad you guys like the idea of creating our own anime magazine - yes, it'll be a lot of work, but I think we can manage to figure everything out :)

But before we start planning everything, we need to build a bigger audience, so that we have supporters who actually read the magazine haha
Jun 29, 2016 5:36 AM
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UPDATE #2

Topic(s): Anime Season Roundup, Upcoming Anime Season, Answering Questions


Welcome to our second update! This time I'd like to concentrate on the current anime season that is coming to an end, and the upcoming one that should start in a few days - so without further ado, let's begin!

1. Anime Season Roundup


As I mentioned a while ago, I'd like to finish the spring 2016 season with an article, which mentions all the anime we've watched that season, and which shows our opinion to each one. And in order to create this article, I need to know which shows you guys watched this season (if you've watched any at all).

Once again, I will be talking about Mayoiga, Kiznaiver and Re:Zero.

Be sure to write below which ones you'd like to talk about - it doesn't matter if they're still on-going, they just have to be from the spring 2016 season.

2. Upcoming Anime Season

For the upcoming season I'd like to have a couple of weekly anime reviews, if possible.

I'll try to do one myself (probably Danganronpa and/or Orange), but as you probably already know, I'm not really good with episodic reviews...xD

So my question is: Does anyone want to try to do weekly reviews for an anime this summer? That would be really awesome!

Let me know by replying to this message below!

3. Answering Questions


@Taro__Tanaka:

"And also, about the YouTube Channel, how about I manage that Channel.
I figured, u must be busy, trying to handle, all the social media, and the site and all the other stuff related to the blog.
And also since our channel, is inactive for over a month, how about i make it active again?"

Answer: Thanks for the offer! Yes, it's pretty hard to be active on every social platform - I was actually thinking of doing another video next week. But if you feel like helping out with the YouTube channel, I will gladly accept the offer!

I will be sending you an email with further information on this topic.

"Hey Dazzi,
What anime should i write a review of, next?"

Answer: You can review whatever anime you like :D How about One Punch Man or Durarara? They're both very popular and it seems like you've watched both.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask them!

Otherwise I'll see you guys later! ;D
Jul 15, 2016 4:17 AM
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UPDATE #3

Topic(s): Article Design, Similar Articles and/or The Same Topic

1. Article Design


Both of you guys have already posted a lot of content on UNOTAKU in the past few weeks, which is really great! So I feel like we can take it a step further - I want you to publish the articles yourself.

Since you have been part of the team for a while now, and I've already been asked when you would be allowed to publish your own content, I think it's almost time for that.

But in order for you to publish yourself, I must know that I can trust you, that I don't have to go over your posts everytime. I've noticed some things, that you guys can pay attention to while designing your article:


  • Try to insert pictures every now and then - but also not too many!! That takes away the focus that should be on the content of the article - every 200 words seems very nice; And don't forget to center the images and make them a bit larger

  • Start your article off with 1-2 short sentences that capture the readers interest
    --> "Today I want to talk about xy" - not so interesting
    --> "Have you ever wondered why xy? Well, we did too, and that's why we made this list!" - a little more interesting!

    Add an image afterwards, not before.

  • Justify your text

  • Check for SEO and Readability - it shouldn't be red, orange is okay and green is very good!

  • ALWAYS double-check your post - nobody likes typos, especially when there are so many of them - it's not the end of the world, if you make a small grammer mistake or so (since english isn't my first language, I make a lot of mistakes too), but that's why you need to take the time after writing the post to read it once again - because nobody likes reading articles, when the sentences don't even make sense anymore!

  • The featured image is one of the most important parts of your article, so make it look nice - it's supposed to make the reader want to click the "read more" button, so don't just give them an un-edited picture you found on Google images - take a look at the featured images I make and try to make similar ones (I almost only search for pictures on Pinterest and I edit everything on Canva). It's something you can do in just 5 minutes, but it looks like you've invested much more time in it!


2. Similar Articles and/or The Same Topic

So, we recently had the problem, that both of you wrote a review about the same anime. Of course that sucks, since you both put a lot of effort in your posts and it would be a waste to not publish both. But since we only post 1 review of every anime, I couldn't publish both.

And to prevent this dilemma to happen again, I created a "review list", where you write down which anime you'd like to review. If somebody else wrote it down, you can't write a review of it. As soon as the review is published, either you or I will erase the title from the list.

This is just a temporary solution - I'll figure something else out as soon as I have the time.

Here's the link to the list, but you should've gotten a mail aswell:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pjbsd1614N-Aaf1o1ShYqufCbZBfKa-p1nuaKwpZw0g/edit#gid=0

I hope this update wasn't too overwhelming - if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Jul 15, 2016 5:58 AM

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daziigirl said:
UPDATE #3

Topic(s): Article Design, Similar Articles and/or The Same Topic

1. Article Design


Both of you guys have already posted a lot of content on UNOTAKU in the past few weeks, which is really great! So I feel like we can take it a step further - I want you to publish the articles yourself.

Since you have been part of the team for a while now, and I've already been asked when you would be allowed to publish your own content, I think it's almost time for that.

But in order for you to publish yourself, I must know that I can trust you, that I don't have to go over your posts everytime. I've noticed some things, that you guys can pay attention to while designing your article:


  • Try to insert pictures every now and then - but also not too many!! That takes away the focus that should be on the content of the article - every 200 words seems very nice; And don't forget to center the images and make them a bit larger

  • Start your article off with 1-2 short sentences that capture the readers interest
    --> "Today I want to talk about xy" - not so interesting
    --> "Have you ever wondered why xy? Well, we did too, and that's why we made this list!" - a little more interesting!

    Add an image afterwards, not before.

  • Justify your text

  • Check for SEO and Readability - it shouldn't be red, orange is okay and green is very good!

  • ALWAYS double-check your post - nobody likes typos, especially when there are so many of them - it's not the end of the world, if you make a small grammer mistake or so (since english isn't my first language, I make a lot of mistakes too), but that's why you need to take the time after writing the post to read it once again - because nobody likes reading articles, when the sentences don't even make sense anymore!

  • The featured image is one of the most important parts of your article, so make it look nice - it's supposed to make the reader want to click the "read more" button, so don't just give them an un-edited picture you found on Google images - take a look at the featured images I make and try to make similar ones (I almost only search for pictures on Pinterest and I edit everything on Canva). It's something you can do in just 5 minutes, but it looks like you've invested much more time in it!


2. Similar Articles and/or The Same Topic

So, we recently had the problem, that both of you wrote a review about the same anime. Of course that sucks, since you both put a lot of effort in your posts and it would be a waste to not publish both. But since we only post 1 review of every anime, I couldn't publish both.

And to prevent this dilemma to happen again, I created a "review list", where you write down which anime you'd like to review. If somebody else wrote it down, you can't write a review of it. As soon as the review is published, either you or I will erase the title from the list.

This is just a temporary solution - I'll figure something else out as soon as I have the time.

Here's the link to the list, but you should've gotten a mail aswell:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pjbsd1614N-Aaf1o1ShYqufCbZBfKa-p1nuaKwpZw0g/edit#gid=0

I hope this update wasn't too overwhelming - if you have any questions, feel free to ask!


Ooops, Sorry,
I kinda read this post after typing out 2 anime review drafts?!!!!!!
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Well,
Oh Cool, I'll publish an article from my next post on-wards !!!!
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BTW,
LOL, what anime did both of us review? LOL
And, that's a good decision to make spreadsheet of out posts !! LOL
xD
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daziigirl said:
[b]UPDATE #2

"And also, about the YouTube Channel, how about I manage that Channel.
I figured, u must be busy, trying to handle, all the social media, and the site and all the other stuff related to the blog.
And also since our channel, is inactive for over a month, how about i make it active again?"

Answer: Thanks for the offer! Yes, it's pretty hard to be active on every social platform - I was actually thinking of doing another video next week. But if you feel like helping out with the YouTube channel, I will gladly accept the offer!

I will be sending you an email with further information on this topic.

"Hey Dazzi,
What anime should i write a review of, next?"

Answer: You can review whatever anime you like :D How about One Punch Man or Durarara? They're both very popular and it seems like you've watched both.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask them!

Otherwise I'll see you guys later! ;D


Hey There,

Well, I will gladly except the offer to continue our YouTube Channel. You mentioned that you will email me the details? I haven't received it yet........

And also
I have reviewed about Durarara, but not One-Punch Man. I will post about it in due time ?!!!!
Okay?

Peace Out :)
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