Starter Tips |
Post a Blog |
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1. Write about what you care about. Your genuine voice is what’s going to start a conversation. 2. Shorter is better. Everyone is busy, try to keep posts to 300-400 words. If you have a big topic, break it up into a series. If you find yourself on a passionate rant and figure out a huge problem in 19 steps you can illustrate, well, then, let it all hang out. Just know that fewer people will slog than scan. 3. Research is great. Research plus your experience or plans is even better. Starting with facts is a great place to start, but stories are more memorable, so is application. 4. Fresh. Always. Blogs move especially fast. This is a great place for hot topics. If you are addressing cold topics, find a way to create some friction. 5. The conversation is the most important thing. Even more than posting, commenting on others blogs is a huge contribution to the community. As an author, comments on your blog will get e-mailed to you. It’s polite, good practice, and wonderfully educational to respond to comments with comments of your own. Dialogue is the best. 6. Pictures are worth 1000′s of words. Plus they make everything more fun. Pictures make a short post deep. (www.flickr.com is a great place to find pictures with a creative commons license, make sure to link or attribute when you use them.) 8. Have a go. This is the most important thing: just try. Blogs aren’t books, or even articles. They don’t last long; if you are wrong you can fix it with the next post. This doesn’t mean be sloppy, but if you are like me, your challenge will come from over-thinking out of exposure nervousness rather than under-thinking out of laziness. Think just enough, then err on the side of having a go. |
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5 Easy Steps To Posting A Blog
If you don’t have an author account set up, no problem, get started here. |
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| 1) Go to —-> http://www.typepad.com/t/app | ||
| 2) Enter in your Username and Password | ||
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| 3) After logging in, your main page should look similar to the picture below. Next to the blog "Activities + Affairs: One for All" there is a button that says "Begin New Post" click that button. | ||
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| 4) Create Your Blog: - Enter a "Title" - Pick a "Category" - Copy and Paste your article into the "Post Body Section" |
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| 5) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save" | ||
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| Bonus Step – Dance in celebration beacuse "You Still Got It!" | ||
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