Oct 20, 2014 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place for advice, feedback, and friendly blogging chatter.

Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Did you recently start your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

Tap into the wisdom of The Daily Post blogging community and leave your question here in the comments. Others can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).

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  1. This is a message to all my fellow bloggers. Vote for my haiku “A Path Is Not Made” or you computer will self destruct. Voting will be over at Midnight (EST) so good luck faithful brave one. 🙂

    Vote Along the Way

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  5. Hello All! I am brand new to blogging and actually have just taken up the challenge to get back into writing after years away. I am not very tech savvy so am learning as I go and it’s a little rough, but I would really love it you could check out my blog and let me know what you think of any of my posts and/or my blog. I’d love your feedback, critiques or thoughtful criticism and please be patient with me as I figure out how to navigate around and read your posts as well! It’s Remembering Language at:

    http:penofareadywritersite.wordpress.com

    Thanks so much! 1924royalwriter

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  7. I am very new on here and only have 2 posts….I have always loved writing and am trying to get back into it since our daycare situation has become very iffy….I may have to leave work and stay home with our children and am working on becoming an effective blogger. Constructive criticism is always welcome and I look forward to any feedback 🙂
    http://southstreetwriting.wordpress.com/

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  8. Hi everyone,
    I created this blog for personal development just a few days ago. As an NLP practitioner, my intention is to help people succeed in life. I discovered that we can create the life that we want through the Law Of Attraction using NLP technology. I have posted a few articles and practical exercises already and I wonder if you can find some resonance with any of them. I am not a veteran writer yet but your comments and suggestions, positive or negative will help me gain the experience. Please let me know what you think.
    Thank you.
    http://nlploa.wordpress.com/

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  9. Hi everyone! I’m excited to read and give feedback on some, if not all, of the 50 some links above. I just started my blog and would love some reads and feedback. I hope to do a post a day in November, but found it hard to share my insights today. Constructive feedback on getting the thoughts to post, along with feedback on the two posts thus far, is greatly appreciated.

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  10. Hi guys. Would love to get some feedback from you about my blog. How do you think do the category pages (menu) work? http://amommasview.wordpress.com/
    Re the category pages, taking “My Life” as an example: Should I list the links to my posts there or just leave it with a little note and then have links to posts in the sub-categories “Family” and “Expat Life”?

    Also, I am trying to create a “Best of” page for my readers to vote on their favorite posts. Mainly to make them read the older posts as well (they all are not that old just yet). But I am not sure if it is a good idea at all. What is your take on it?

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