Miscellany: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 10}

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We made it! The last and final stop in our How *I* Write a Blog Post series! I hope you haven’t been bored out of your mind. I hope it has been helpful. I kinda liked writing it. I’m intrigued by blogging and social media so I love talking about it. I want to end [...]

Pinterest: How *I* Write a Blog Post {Part 9}

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Pin It Ahh, Pinterest! The newest site to take Social Media by storm. If for some reason you’re under a rock and haven’t heard of it, it’s a beautiful website that mimics a pinboard. You find cool images, posts, articles or websites online and pin them on your own boards. I have boards for food [...]

Twitter: How *I* Write a Blog Post {Part 8}

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Do you like the way it takes me almost 20 days to do a 10 part series? Me, too. Anywhoo, welcome back to How *I* Write a Blog Post. Where were we? Oh yeah! We’ve written our post and are tryin’ to get it OUT there. After I facebook it, I tweet it. Now, I [...]

SEO: How *I* Write a Blog Post Part 5–Top Ten {Tuesday} Style!

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Have you been following along with my How *I* Write a Blog Post series? Well, it originally started as a crazy-long Top Ten {Tuesday} post which I turned into a series. I’m basically outlining every single detail of what I do when I write a post. It’s a nice step-by-step series if you’re a newbie [...]

A Picture is Worth: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 4}

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When I first started blogging I did not want any pictures on it because I didn’t want them to take the place of my “writing”. [insert guffaw here] But if you want your posts to be noticed and immediately attractive, get a picture in them! YOUR PHOTOS Of course a personal photo is best IF [...]

Sticky Posts: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 3}

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I’ve written my post, done some proofreading and now it’s time to make the post sticky. I don’t want people to read my post then leave. So, adding links TO MY OWN BLOG within my posts help them stick around. For example, on Asa’s Toy Story Party Food post, I linked to myself FOUR times: [...]

Proofread: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 2}

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OK. So, after I write my post, I have to proofread it. Now, before we begin, I have to tell you (and this won’t be a surprise if you have read my blog for any length of time). I am not the Grammar Police. I’m all for the correct their/there/they’re and for using loose/lose appropriately. [...]