May 27, 2016 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to some other new faces, and find your first few readers.

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To find, copy, and paste your link:
Head to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community. To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment.

Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
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    1. Hi Monica,
      I was hooked from the first paragraph! I wanted to know more about this woman who was all of these things haha. I love the reveal though and adored the reason behind the title of the post. You’ve got some great content already! Go you 🙂
      All the best 🙂

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      1. Oh what a lovely message, thank you so much for taking the time to read. Im really pleased with your kind words and glad you found the story catchy, it took me a while to try to write about myself in a different way.
        Anyway, your introduction is amazing, you write beautifully, I look forward to your posts from now on.
        Thanks again regardingregan.

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    1. FYI: that link goes to your dashboard, which is private, so people won’t be able to see your site. The simplest way to get the public link is to go to your blog’s main page and click on the post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that.

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  17. Hello,
    had some new posts up..and wanted feedback, as I have been unable to get into a regular routine of self blogging or reading others frequently. I know I should. New to blogging..so mind is blank sometimes and then on overdrive at others. Help! I think I am just writing to find me. Blogging is just the excuse to be able to do so. But the process is muddled.

    But here are my recent posts/ -https://ksn2016.wordpress.com/about/tread-softly and https://ksn2016.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/the-business-of-thoughts/.

    ANY feedback/views would be loved. Thank you!

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    1. I’ve found that the prompts and challenges on here help challenge and inspire me. Trying to create something for those helps me think differently as I was getting in a rut.

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    2. Hi! Congrats on starting your new blog. I started mine this week as well. I love what you have to say so far, and look forward to reading more (I followed you!). Since I’m new myself, I don’t have a ton of advice, but here’s what I’m planning on doing in the next few weeks:

      -Re: writing new content, maybe just write when inspiration strikes, and schedule your content to post throughout the week?

      -Re: reading others’, perhaps try to set aside a specific time each day to do this. My goal is to read and connect with others 30 minutes each morning before work.

      Hope this helps!

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    1. I’ve found that the prompts and challenges on here help challenge and inspire me. Trying to create something for those helps me think differently as I was getting in a rut.

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      1. Sorry, that was meant to go on another comment! I’ll definitely visit the blog.

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    2. Great start, the only suggestion I’d make is add a/some photos. I’ve found that there are loads of interesting ones you can freely use on Foter.com, you just need to give the author credit. Something illustrating a small town for instance.

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