Jun 3, 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.

For other help:
If you’re not new and are looking for support or feedback, the Community Pool is the place for you!

For technical questions, visit the WordPress.com Support Forums.

To learn more about blogging, take a Blogging U. course.

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.

We know it’s Sunday, not Friday! There was a scheduling glitch; First Friday posts will typically go up at 9AM Eastern Time on Fridays. Sorry for this week’s delay — have at it!

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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  6. Hi folks, I started a blog last week too – it’s a mental health blog, a living-with-depression-and-anxiety one. I would love any feedback. Thank you!

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  10. What a great idea. I wish I met this post when I just started publishing… But on the other site, if you are a new blogger with not much content people are unlikely to start following you, you really need to show them that you’ve got more.

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  12. Hello everyone just wanted to say im new to blogging and wondering if there are amy baby bloggers out there. My whole profile is about my journey to trying to become a mother And looking for women having the same experience or a now mother with many children. Check out my blog and see what you thank!

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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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  20. Hi everybody! I’m doing blogging 101, and I’m a little behind on the assignments. I just published my first post in my new blog about depression and wellness. I’d love it if you guys could check it out, connect with me, and give me any feedback you might have. Thanks 🙂

    https://moodtornado.wordpress.com/

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  23. I am new to blogging, and my goal is to be able to educate and inspire others to take control of their own lives.
    I was told by a friend to come here to be able to reach more people (Not my first blog post but I am new to blogging but just have made a few posts quickly)

    I hope It can inspire anyone out there! 🙂

    Diseases of Attitude

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  24. Hello everyone. I am an amateur blogger on personal and professional Emotions. Something that most of us can relate to.. Check it out at nocaptionblog.wordpress.com.. Waiting for your feedback 🙂

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  28. Hey All, I’m new to blogging! I would love some feed back on my posts or maybe start a dialogue! feel free to share your blogs as well!

    (my page is still under construction)

    callhertiodja.wordpress.com

    thank you!

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