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Hello everyone,
this week I did a piece explaining my skepticism towards smart connected in-car technology:
http://onefortyone.ws/?p=323
Have a great week!
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This was very thought provoking for me. I followed CES and saw all of the cars that were showcased. I thought the advancement of technology was always for the better in cars. But you gave great points in your skepticism.
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Thanks for the feedback, glad it struck a nerve!
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Hello boys and girls, i’ve just released a new post on the sea in an extended response to the photo prompt challenge. Does it resonate with any of you? https://ringladytraining.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/serenity-in-the-tide/
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Also, if anyone could help me work out why my spaces disappear as soon as i post i’d be grateful!
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I can’t say I relate to the female response you mentioned, but I too adore the ocean
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hello, I would like some feedback on the stuff that I post? I have just started my blog and I am very insecure when it comes to my writing. I don’t mind late feedback, i do hope that you can take some time out to check out my blog though. Thank you.
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I don’t think you should be insecure at all. A blog is a platform for YOU to express your feelings however you want to and I think you are doing a great job of it so far.
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thank you so much, that means a lot. A lot.
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I agree with variant–you shouldn’t be insecure about your writing, at all. Your posts are short and powerful. ‘Sad’, ‘Acid,’ and ‘Void’ were my favorites. (I realize they don’t have titles, but it makes its easier for me to refer to them by some name.) Each one had real emotional impact.
My main suggestion would be to name the poems/essays, even if its just with one simple word. As a blog reader, I am used to scanning post titles to see what grabs me and missing titles threw me a little curve. On the other, having just the little clock and ‘4 days ago by noctecaelom’ at the top gives the posts a haunted feel. Which is kind of a cool effect. But I think it might make the site cumbersome to navigate as you accumulate posts.
And I really like your about page song. I think your off to a great start.
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Your writing is vivid and comes from your heart (which seems to be in some anguish). Keep writing! I am sure there are many people who will be able to connect with the feelings you are expressing.
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This blog is a kind of random thoughts and ideas blog by the way… The last post was about “Nothing becomes nothing” (it gets more precise)
https://cambriacollins.wordpress.com 🙂
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Hi everyone, I have a Leadership blog at theleadit.wordpress.com. I want to ask you all if the site, the layout and the design do suit the niche? Is there anything else that I should add in the widgets to attract more traffic and highlight my posts?
I also want to ask you to subscribe/follow . Thanks in advance.
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https://www.theleadit.wordpress.com
– to be more specific.
Thanks
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I can’t access your site. Seems to be some errors?
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Can you try again? You can also check out http://www.theleadit.com
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It looks great. But you might want to make it easier for people to share.
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Hi everyone,
I recently wrote a blog post about winning the Liebster award. However, I now need to nominate other blogs which I like and have less than 200 followers. Since I haven’t managed to find enough blogs to nominate I decided that I would give my readers the opportunity to be nominated. All you have to do is read my blog post and comment on it. I love discovering new blogs and I also really appreciate any feedback which I receive.
https://infinitedaydreamer.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/my-first-blog-award/
Thanks 🙂
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Hi guys, just posted a new story that I’d like some feedback on (if possible, on the post itself on my blog). Would also love some to know your thoughts on my new theme. Thanks in advance and as always, I’m happy to return the favor. Just leave your link in the comment section 🙂
https://conqueringanthropophobia.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/black-out/
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Your take on the different versions of blacks was really cool to read and I love how you related everything as a metaphor because it truly is. I love your theme, it really brings and adds an artistic flair to your writing
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Thank you so much! I’ll be sure to check out your blog too 🙂
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Sorry…can’t access your blog. Did you delete it?
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That’s weird.
Try this link: https://streamtechmedia.wordpress.com/
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Hello everyone!
Would love some feedback on my new blog! It’s just a personal journey as a freelancer working to get into the gaming industry. Will be documenting the ups and downs of finding jobs and working on some development skills.
Thank you!
https://jemconnects.wordpress.com/
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oops sorry for the double post! thought I lost the first submission.
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I like everything I have seen so far, I only had problem finding your posts because I didn’t know it was under the “get to know me section”. Other than that I can’t wait to read more about your freelancing adventures.
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Thanks! Yes, I sorta realized that after posting my link. I think I fixed so hopefully the navigation is better.
If not I’ll keep playing around with it.
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I like the layout and design that I’m using at the moment, but I wonder if the homepage lacks enough in the way of post previews and that it isn’t the easiest to navigate. I’m thinking of upgrading my account to be able to improve my theme and get it exactly how I want it, but I’d love to hear some first impressions from other bloggers.
URL is https://zestandherbs.wordpress.com/
Thanks
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I personally would wish that the featured images for your posts were larger and that, as a food blog, you had a more visual and sensual look – maybe fewer gray elements on the page? I am not sure if you would have to upgrade to achieve that but I would recommend to browse through the themes (again) and check if you find one that is more visual and let’s you show many posts on the front page. I see that you do not use many widgets, even the newer themes with slide-out sidebars might work for you.
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I agree that larger images would look better. There’s a right sidebar on actual posts that I have a few more widgets on but I’m apprehensive about slide outs because I use a tablet for most of my blogging and they’re usually completely incompatible when you don’t have a cursor. Really appreciate your input – many thanks.
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Hello everyone!
I have taken the leap as a freelance blogger. I will be documenting my life through the ups and downs of finding a job into the gaming industry. I love to write, but I could never find my niche or special topic. Hopefully this blog will help me out in as I go along with this.
Thanks to whoever will be taking a look!
https://jemconnects.wordpress.com/
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Hi Jem,
Very impressed you met the legend that is Manny Pacquaio! Your blog is nice and simple. I know you’re just starting off but a fuller bio of yourself and why I should read your blog compared to the millions out there would be a nice way to draw me in. No pressure 😉
Aidan
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Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll come up with a longer bio very soon. Drop by again maybe by next week and see if it’s more effective 😀
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Hi everyone, I posted yesterday about why we should all relax a bit and be less uptight. I’d love some feedback on whether it works and fits in with the rest of my blog. https://albiontoamerica.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/the-case-for-being-silly/ Thanks 🙂
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Great post! I can’t help being the occasiona immature 13-year-old like I used to be.
Some people just need to loosen up.
Also welcome to the US and good luck with your visa!
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Thank you! I’m really glad that you liked it 🙂
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I thought your last post was hilarious. It definitely fits in with the overall tone of your blog –> mildly irreverent? Very British.
it would be cool if you could split the image in your header into two – one for each England.
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Thank you for checking it out, I’m glad you liked it. I hadn’t considered the header idea before it’s great. Now to find the pictures to do it!
P.S. your blog is great and I’m now following you 🙂
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The more different the better! Or more similar?
Thanks for following! I’m tryin. I appreciate it.
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I could definitely use some more followers, and would like some feed back on what my book review blog could use. Any help would definitely be appreciated.
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https://booknerdsgalore.wordpress.com
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I’d suggest: centering the cover images (they’re hanging left). Ages in parenthesis ought to have clarification; i.e., “(age 16)”. Put your authors in the tags so that they’ll come up in listing when clicking on them. Add other qualities other than a single rating—how readable are the books? etc. More info, such as publisher, link. There is a blockquote element for quotations—makes them stand out with the theme.
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Thank you, I will definitely work on those things. My plan today is to go through my blogs and do a little updating.
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My only suggestion would be to avoid centering your text-its a bit distracting
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The layout and design of your blog works and it looks like you’ve centered the images now, so those are good. I agree with Ben that centering the quoted passages doesn’t quite work. It might look artistic from a visual standpoint, but it makes the text less readable, too much like calligraphy.
I read several of your book reviews and enjoyed them. You have me interested in some books that I might not have considered before. And I really like the fact that you gave To KIll a Mockingbird five out of five, but didn’t care for Huckleberry Fin. (I agree with you 100% on both of those.)
My suggestion would be to try for more consistency in your book reviews. By that I mean having a list of issues that you try to evaluate for every book. You’ve done a good job in all the reviews I read, writing about the characters and whether or not the book is appropriate for various audiences, but you don’t write as consistently about the plots and endings. I want to know if the book has a satisfying ending. I don’t want to know what the ending is, but whether or not I’ll be frustrated when I read that last page. Is the book a cliff-hanger or did they tie up the loose ends? You’ve discussed the issue in some of your reviews, but not in others. And was the book engaging all the way through, or was the middle a bit of snooze. Those are some of the other things I want to get out of a book review.
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Thank you so much, I was just rereading some of my posts as well, and was just getting that same conclusion about not discussing more of the book, without telling to much of it. I will definitely have to go back in and rewrite a lot of them. I am glad you picked up on that, so I know that my thinking was correct. Why thank you, for the Kill a Mockingbird comment. I felt very passionate about that one. I am also glad that I was able to help you consider reading a few books you would not have thought about reading before, that was my goal when I decided to start this particular blog. I wanted a place I could share what I thought about different books, and so could others. If there was a particular book anyone thought I should read, that I may not have read before also, I am always open for new book ideas. I recently just started writing all the books I have ever read down, so that way I can put them on my blog, and become a little more regular in my postings.
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I enjoyed your story. It seemed so true to family relationships.
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Thank you so much for reading! I am really glad you liked it.
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I would appreciate feedback on this post.
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Hi All,
I’d appreciate your general feedback on my blog of course, but I’d specifically like to know if the fonts are legible
https://auniversefromwords.wordpress.com/
Thanks!
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I really like your blog. ‘The Invention of Holiness’ and ‘I think my keyboard is trying to kill me’ are both powerful posts. I am following.
However, the text is a problem. Though the background images are beautiful and go with your blogs title and add drama, the white text over dark is really tough to read. The bold font on the ‘keyboard’ post was easier on the eyes than the normal font, but it’s still a challenge. And though I am a big advocate of the read more tag, many of your posts are short enough that they don’t need it (a.k.a. Holiness).
Though the readability is a problem, your content is great!
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Hi Stacey,
Many thanks for your detailed and extremely useful feedback. I’m seriously planning on working on the background’s opacity. The last thing I want is for people’s eyes to hurt every time they visit my blog – too bad for the ophthalmologist, though 😛
I want you to know that your feedback and follow are significantly valuable to me and they mean a great deal to me. I’d really appreciate it if you show me your blog so that I could have the honor of visiting it.
Thanks again!
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Hi everyone, could you please check my blog and give me some feedbacks? Somehow I don’t get any traffic. It’s at http://www.girlsdiscovery.com/
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The title for your blog is showing up as a hyphen—ought to fix that.
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Thanks, it’s fixed.
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I’d certainly like a few suggestions so mine could be closer to working order.
https://libertarianinmind.wordpress.com
For each reply, I’ll see what I could suggest in return on theirs. (I’m not all that well-seasoned at this though.)
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Hello all! I would really love some advice on how to start a blog (as i am only a sophomore.) Blogging really just let me escape the stresses of school and I would really like to continue. Thank you i would really appreciate it! https://iamdannynguyen.wordpress.com
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You’ve got a start — just keep doing it!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Hi Danny, I visited your blog and read your posts. I read about your past….but happy to hear that now you have got friends whom you can really trust. Anywho, good starting on your blog!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Danny, I like your views and would love to have your thoughts shared on my latest post https://muhammadashhar.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/science-curse-or-blessing
If not interested, just ignore.
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Hi Press’verse, I’d love some more feedback on my last post – Yugen – and on my About page. Thanks!
https://truefandom.wordpress.com/about/
https://truefandom.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/yugen/
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I like this post, and I like that I learned a new term! I also read your “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life” and enjoy your writing style. I think most everyone can relate to first day jitters! 🙂
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Thank you! I appreciate it.
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Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.
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I’m still lost on how you define ‘true fandom’. You got the poetic element down, but if feels like a lot of fluff and not enough substance, and I got lost on where you were going with it.
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Heh, thanks for this. I wasnt sure if why im writing comes accross, so ill continue to think about how i can be more clear.
Badically, I want my blog to be an expression of “true fandom” (fandom that is positive and inclusive, think Olympics vs NFL/NBA/etc) – from the perspective of someone who works in an industry that creates content consumed by fans. Make more sense?
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Hey there! I’ve just started writing blogs. I’d like to have suggestione from those who have already been writing For a while.
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I have visited and commented! Your blog tackles some difficult issues very well.
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New poem up that could use some feedback: https://faykesby.wordpress.com/
Thanks peeps x
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Hi
I love the imagery on the poem, specifically the last line.
I like the layout of the poem, it flows so nicely because of this
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Thanks!
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I published chapter 2, part one on one of my blogs. I have published a couple of other things also. I would love some feedback from anyone who has time! If you read mine and give feedback, I will read yours as well. Thanks!
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I started to write a story based on fiction. I am a new writer and blogger. Besides my spelling errors, let me know what you think of the story… Thanks 🙂
https://amyvanya.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/first-story-ever/#comments
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I enjoyed the read. Great for a first story. Would be great if you could read through the travelogues on my site and give me some feedback, too. 🙂
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Thanks for taking a look at my story. Your writing is great, so much details. I love the pictures.
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Hey, thanks for the nice comment and for taking the time to read it.
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Thank you. I just read your blog its great!
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Hi all, I’ve recently started a blog in the past few weeks and would appreciate any feedback 🙂 Thanks in advance
http://lisavstheworld.wordpress.com/
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Looks like you have a lot of adventures in your life. I also love the fact that you share delicious foods you eat, I love food. Can’t wait to read more.
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Thank you! Do you have a blog you’d like me to have a look at?
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Yeah if you wouldn’t mind
https://streamtechmedia.wordpress.com/
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I really like your blog actually. Although I was surprised that it wasn’t all about technology given your URL; but for me that was a good thing! I like the continual scroll and the fixed side bar, but I found it hard to look at your archives in the way I would have wanted to, e.g. by category
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Thank you do much I’ll try to fix that
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I really like your blog which is why I decided to follow it. I also love reading and would love to have the chance to travel to many places in the future. If you have time it would be great to get some feedback on my blog. 🙂
https://infinitedaydreamer.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/summer-is-over-my-tips-for-getting-back-to-reality/
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I’m sorry I attached the wrong link. Here is my front page. I look forward to reading your future posts.
https://infinitedaydreamer.wordpress.com/
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it and I hope you enjoy reading about my journey! I’ve taken a peek at your blog too; I like the tone of your writing and the theme of your page. One comment though, once your reader is reading a specific post then there’s no obvious button to reach your homepage (as far as I can tell). I’ve followed though and look forward to reading more!
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Thank you for the feedback as well. My theme doesn’t really allow you to access my home page at the moment but I will try to fix that. 🙂
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Ahh yes, the endless limits of themes- I know that pain! There’s never quite the perfect one; always compromises need to be made 🙂
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The images in the recent post are great and I got very hungry reading the description of the roast!
I love your blogs name too.
Great content, will definitely be following.
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Thank you for your comments! I like your blog too; great theme choice! I like that your top posts/pages is lots of thumbnails; your blog is very visually engaging. I found it a bit hard to navigate by category as I couldn’t see this anywhere in your sidebar or pages
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Okay, I’ll have a look into adding a sidebar for categories!
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I’m just gonna leave this here…
https://youaintspecial.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/uncomfortable-story-time/
comments/criticisms/whatever. Everyone’s welcome, thanks 🙂
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Hey fellow bloggers I am a rambling blogger who would like some feedback and would be very to give some as well…my blog is http://convosihavewithmyselfat4am.wordpress.com
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Really enjoyed reading our posts. I like the whole theme of your blog, it really works well.
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Thank you very much hey…truly appreciated…can’t seem to get to your blog but will give feedback as soon as I can
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thank you so much, here’s the link https://streamtechmedia.wordpress.com/
My topics vary in nature so it might seem a bit jumbled.
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love your blog and Im glad you don’t limit yourself to one theme/topic…your sense of humour really comes through…I enjoyed your posts
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Hi,
I actually really like your writing style. The funny thing is I am kind of an insomniac myself and I have wrote a blog post about often writing at night in the past. I have followed your blog because I think I will enjoy reading your future posts. It would be great to get some feedback 🙂
https://infinitedaydreamer.wordpress.com/
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thank you so much and I have followed back…not only because its the polite thing to do but rather because I see we have many mutual interests the main ones I see being the love of books and writing…I also love how honest you are in your writing and as a fellow writer that’s always my aim
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I like your blog and you have an interesting perspective; it would be great to see more posts in a similar vein. Two things that I would suggest are having an “About me” page so readers can find out a little about you and choosing a theme that suits your content more. With your current theme the content only takes up about a third of the width of the page. Hope this helps!
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Thank you very much…writing an “about me” page is really something thats always stumped me and now that I truly know who I am I’ll get right to it…and choosing a theme was also kinda difficult and I chose the easy way out by choosing what I saw first so I will definitely put more effort now…and I loved your blog…great writing style and its hilarious…I love the name as well, very witty.
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Hey. Do you think my content is good enough to hold the interest of readers or do I need to improve it? Thanks.
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hey I like your content…its refreshing to read a young man talk about manual labour rather than swagging while hittin the gym…your content is short and straight to the point and there seems to be some central theme in your posts seems to be fitness and that contrasts a lot with my blogging which is all over the place…just blog more
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Yes Just Started!!!
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