Today’s task: read six posts written in response to the same prompt, and leave comments on at least two of them. I really messed up this assignment. I found myself writing about something from a different daily prompt. I started out following the assignment’s directions by going to my WordPress prompt from July 20 and checking out some posts from … More Blogging 101, Day 12: Increase Your Commenting Confidence
Today’s assignment: publish a post based on your own, personalized take on a blogging prompt. Day 11 six days late. I experienced writer’s block. I was also overwhelmed by trying to herd the information swirling around in my brain, as well as physically compiling the stuff for photos I wanted to use and then putting out the … More Blogging 101, Day 11: Make a Prompt Personal – Kid Rock, Foreigner and Hurricane
Today’s assignment: create a blogroll to share a few links you love. Why do this? You tell readers more about yourself through what you choose to share. Giving readers recommendations turns you into a trustworthy source of great stuff. When other bloggers see you referring them traffic, they’re likely to drop in on you — a traffic win-win. … More Blogging 101 Day Ten: Build A Better Blogroll
Today’s assignment: write a post that builds on one of the comments you left yesterday. Don’t forget to link to the other blog! A blog topic that I could build upon dawned on me rather quickly. When I read whereshappy’s totally relatable I Can’t Turn My Head to the Right, I was reminded of one of the things that delayed putting … More Blogging 101 Day Nine: Get Inspired by the Neighbors
Today’s assignment: leave comments on at least four blogs that you’ve never commented on before. I’ve been a sucky neighbor. I haven’t commented on any blogs to date. I have been reading and liking and following and learning from other blogs, selfishly sucking it all in but failing to give anything back. I am going … More Blogging 101, Day Eight: Be A Good Neighbor
Today’s assignment: create and upload a simple header, background, or both. Already done? Try a widget. As for the header…Yay! I already have a header so I’m one step ahead with today’s assignment. I have access to branding and design peeps so I was able to do this fun part early on. My logo is … More Blogging 101, Day Seven: Keep Personalizing
Today’s assignment: create and publish your About page, then either adapt it into a widget on your home page or add it to your menu. I am no longer afraid to click buttons in WordPress so I think I am getting somewhere. I made so many drafts of my new About page…if you happened to visit … More Blogging 101, Day Six: Make an Irresistable “About” Page
Today’s assignment: try out at least three other themes — even if you’re happy with the one you first chose. Try one you’re drawn to, and one you would never use. I needed a new theme badly. I chose Book Lite early on because it was plain, clean and simple (“…wrapped up nice and tight…”)(sorry, … More Blogging 101, Day Five: Love Your Theme
Today’s Assignment: publish a post you’d like your ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-you element in it. Today I’m going to cheat just a bit and use one of the “practice posts” that I wrote over the past two years while this blog thing was germinating in my mind and awaiting my technological know-how. I finally … More Blogging 101, Day Four: Identify Your Audience – With an REO Speedwagon Story
When I read this assignment I thought “Great!” I finally get to spend some time leisurely flitting around random WordPress blogs and The Blogging 101 Commons. Silly, silly girl. This has been a highly frustrating exercise for me. I think I’ve learned that I simply don’t have the hang of “tags” quite yet. And my restlessness, … More Blogging 101, Day Three: Say Hello to the Neighbors
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