A popular favorite is back, along with two new courses to help you break the blogging ice.
NOTE: Registration for all December courses is now closed.
December in Blogging U. brings three great options for stretching yourself as a blogger — and they all end in plenty of time for you to relax and enjoy the end of the year.
Blogging 201: Branding and Growth, December 7 – 18
A perennial favorite, this two-week course helps you develop your blog’s branding and lays the groundwork for growing your readership. Delve into social networks, beef up your visual identity, learn to use your stats, explore blogging events, and more. Check out the full course description.
Writing 101: A Poem a Day, December 7 – 18
This new two-week challenge lets any blogger begin to explore the world of verse. Daily word and photo prompts — contributed by WordPress.com community members! — provide the jumping off point for daily poetry. Check out the full course description.
Blogging 101: Commenting Bootcamp, December 14 – 18
Many bloggers are more intimidated by commenting than by publishing posts of their own; let’s work through that together! This one-week challenge gets you comfortable with commenting — the mechanics, the etiquette, and the substance. Check out the full course description.
How do Blogging U. courses work?
Blogging U. courses exist for one reason: to help you meet your own blogging and writing goals.
- Courses are free, flexible, and open to all.
- You’ll get a task or writing prompt each by emails weekday at midnight GMT, along with our best advice and resources. Do them on your own time, and interpret them however makes sense for your specific blog and personal goals — we’re not grading you, we’re not checking to make sure you complete every task, and there’s no “wrong” way to use the resources we give you. Weekends are free!
- Each course has a private community site, the Commons, for chatting, connecting, and seeking feedback and support. Daily Post staff and Happiness Engineers will be on hand to answer your questions and offer guidance, and we’ll be posting our favorite resources there for easy reference.
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Blogging 101 was a pretty awesome one! Guess I’m signing up for the 201 course too! 😀
https://kevinsunny.wordpress.com
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I loved it as well, however, I’ve completed the blogging 201 course already… maybe I’ll try it again.
Feel free to check out work from my first go round categorized writing challenges!
https://Simplexpressionism.WordPress.com
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Sure Stephen. Thanks for choosing to reach out to me as a part of your audience. I will be sure to check it out!
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i want to do this! I really need to know this stuff!
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I could probably use a Commenting Bootcamp.I always worry that I’ll have nothing good or interesting to say so I don’t comment on other blogs nearly as much as I should, or want to. A Poem a Day sounds fun too 🙂
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I think that is the main reason i don’t comment either. Or i think- who the hell am I that my opinion would even matter. Aside from the occasional ‘great job’ or ‘interesting post’ i really don’t find i have much to offer. Hopefully, this commenting boot camp works a miracle!
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I hope so too. I get such amazing and inspiring comments on my own blog and I’d love to be able to do the same for others.
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i really want to do this
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Novice want to upgrade blogging skills
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Definitly looking forward to these awesome classes. Thanks
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Such a great initiative guys! Can’t wait to learn some new blogging skills 😀
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I consistently enroll in these courses. Even ones I’ve completed because each time I find they enhance my blog & writing a little more!
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I’m really excited about this! Can’t wait to learn more about blogging, thank you for making these courses 🙂
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This is a great thing to have! How exciting!
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Signed up! Definitely looking forward to these classes 🙂
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Signed up! All look super good and useful cant wait.
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I’m looking forward to this….a good kick to get me going.
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Would love to sign up for this as I recently launched http://www.janerunswild.com. Thank you! 🙂
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heyy please help me , new to this xoxoxox
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It has been a few months since I last posted onto my blog. I’m excited to get back into it with these courses to help in very different ways.
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I love the blogging u challenges! Even if i have completed the course i enroll again! Each time i do, i find my work enhanced in either writing, style of speaking, idea developments, and other ways!
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I signing up for Blogging 201 and commenting bootcamp for sure! So great they’re for free! 🙂
http://thesecretgardn.wordpress.com
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Just signed up for blogging 101 and 201. Thank you for the free courses!
https://theprofessionalnappers.wordpress.com
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I am soo looking forward to these great courses! Eager to make new friends! 🙂 Thank you!! hugs!!! xoxoxo
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I’m signing up.
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I am very excited and looking forward to explore better blogging. 🙂 It would teach alot which can enhance my writing skills. 🙂 thank you
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Awesome I really needed this one..
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This is so exciting! I’ll probably sign up for one or two. 😉
Jazzy @http://thetruthsofmyheart.wordpress.com
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This is really a good thing. Looking forward to joining.
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Can’t wait to check out this course ^_^
https://inkpapaillion.wordpress.com/
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it really is a great course that I am willing to take but I was unable to locate the form to sign up. Can anyone help?
https://dailyuphaul.wordpress.com
https://guardianmentor.wordpress.com
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click the take our survey at the bottom! 🙂
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I’d love to take this.
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I do want to do it as well
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Yeah! Let’s do this!!! Can’t wait for another Blogging U course!
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SIGNED UP!!! as a new blogger am very keen to get going! 🙂 thank you for this! x
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