Aug 29, 2016 / Community Pool

Community Pool

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      1. Me too. I like night time as well. Sure it can be bad sometimes but then it gives so much to ponder as well, especially for us writers. I’ll definitely drop by at your place to read that post. Can you let me know the link to that or maybe it’s name so I can find it easily? 🙂

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  5. I’ve just come back from a two week hiatus stronger than ever! My only question is, is my blog too regimented? Monday is books, Wednesday and Thursday are travel right now (usually just Thursday), Friday is Greek Life, and Saturday is Style. Is it too routine? Or do people like to know what’s coming up? Thank you!!

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    2. I think it’s good to have a blogging routine if that works for you. I follow several bloggers who do routine posts (e.g. “Weekend Links”) and because I know what’s coming up, I’ll often check in with their blogs to see what they’ve posted. Perhaps try a mixture of both? It’s great to have a routine, but it’s also fun (as a blogger and blog reader) to publish something a little unexpected.

      As an aside: when you wrote Greek Life, I checked your blog expecting it to be literally about Greece (one of my favourite countries). And then I realized it’s the other type of Greek life. 😀

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  10. Hello Guys. New week. New thoughts. Hope ya’ll had a great weekend because I did. My mother came to visit. The last time I saw her was last year in March. Yea, am sure you wondering. But our relationship was snatched away, but grateful I found her again and for now, she’s trying to recover the motherly love I craved for, for a long time. Today’s post is about her. Please read https://myverytrendy.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/my-mothers-daughter/ and also I had posted Part 1-3 of Mother and daughter relations You can read my whole story https://myverytrendy.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/mother-and-daughter-relation-part-1-forgetting-her/
    Please follow.
    Appreciated.

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  11. Hi, I’ve just started my first blog at gemsjardin.wordpress.com and this post is just what I needed for abit of advice. Please feel free to read my blog and let me know what you think. I will have a look at your blog links up above. Thanks, kind regards Gemma

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    2. Hi Gem

      I’m no gardener but I really like your writing style and the page looks the part. I do agree with the comment below though, and would recommend making sure all the ‘example’ text bits are replaced with your own text asap! Nice job so far though 🙂 best of luck with the garden project!

      You might like my article on meditation, which you can find here:
      https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/four-ways-meditation-will-improve-your-life/

      All the best,
      Alexander.

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      1. Hi Alexander, thank you for having a look at my blog. Is is because I’m writing the blog on my phone that the example text has remained? I’ve tried to remove it but it is still there unfortunately, any advice would be appreciated. I like your article on meditation and will read more of it later, what I have read so far was brilliant. Kind regards Gemma

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  12. Just finished editing everything! My first blog so any opions would be much appreciated 🙂 Thank you in advance.

    charlotteslittlepiecesofheaven.wordpress.com

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    2. I had a look at your blog. It feels like home already. And I want to be in your town. I have been looking forever for a lost place on the map. Let me just save enough money!

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      1. Oh that’s so nice of you to say!! I’ll be sure to post more stuff about our little island in the future 🙂

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      1. Hey,

        I just checked this out because I loved the name, but couldn’t quite work out how it relates to the content that you post (which is also good, don’t get me wrong!). Maybe some kind of explanation about how it/what starts with coffee would tie your brand together more strongly?
        I hope this is useful in some way, just a thought!

        Please feel free to check out my blog and let me know what you think. You’d probably most be interested in the meditation article:

        https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/four-ways-meditation-will-improve-your-life/

        Thanks,
        Alexander.

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      2. “Well, we really have put our sincere thoughts behind the name and came up with it. It signifies the start of your day which normally does with your favourite cup of coffee. It’s freshness, warmness and energising nature alluded here!
        We wanted to present before the world, a blog which would help people gain a fresh perspective towards the world and at the same time entertain them with modern as well as classical literature.
        We are still in inception and looking to get closer towards our objective of being a blog about anything and everything that matters!” 🙂

        Alexander MJ S, your blog is great and just awesome to say. I was mesmerised with the contents which were really worth the time spent reading them.
        Thanks for looking into our blog. 🙂 🙂
        Have a really great day!

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      3. Madhumita and Rohit , great blog. you guys have some great writing and good pictures.
        Consider writing the source of the picture in the caption so that the owner of the picture is credited.

        Do you mind checking out my blog and giving me some feedback. Cheers !

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      4. Thanks for looking into our blog! Your blog-content is is so great and thoroughly researched. I learnt a great a deal from the last post ‘Angelpoise Lamp’ Loved every bit of it.
        Also, ‘They are real!’ post was just great!
        We were working on it and have credited most of the pics from Picture of the day/night. Remaining ones will be credited soon as soon as we find the sources again.
        We welcome your suggestions and are keeping up the hard- work! ::)

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    2. I like the quotes and the animal abilities. You might want to put each post in one category and display a Menu that contains the categories. If one of your readers prefers the quotes, they could click on that category and see them all instead of having to scroll past the other posts. https://gracelead.co

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    1. I loved your blog. I read ’25 facts’. Hahha. I am so happy that you are unabashed about who you truly are, and I totally have a thing for potato waffles, mahn.

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      1. I’m glad you liked it! Haha I tried to be as honest as possible in that post and show who I truly was, I’ll always love potato waffles which ever age I am. 😉

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    2. Hi,

      It’s great to arrive on your page and be greeted by 25 facts! Nice one, it works really well. I also like your tagline, ‘Trying to be as positive as can be’. Keep up the good work.

      If you have the time/feel like it, please let me know what you think of my blog! Thanks,

      Alexander.

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      1. Thank you!! Your book review was awesome,very well written and got me hooked till the end. Maybe you should add more about yourself and the blog to your about page as it is a bit short and for many people it’s the first post that they will read when they discover your blog.

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      2. Hi, thanks for taking the time to read such a long post!
        That is a very good point – I’ve been pretty lazy with the About section so far and will definitely address that.
        Thanks you,
        Alexander

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    2. Tanya, Fab blog !You have been to so many places – this could be a wonderful travel blog.
      Consider the following :
      -Add more images to involve readers
      -You can have a series of mini posts based on locations within the country visited.
      – A lot of us dont travel purely because we are bad at logistics and planning…consider doing help /guide posts to help people plan their travel to the destinations you have already been

      I am from india and I write about beauty, lifestyle and design. Do you mind checking out any one post from my blog and giving me a feedback.

      https://msplainspoken.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/the-aliexpress-experience/

      Cheers.

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    1. Puneet, Great writing!
      You have a good theme and great use of pictures. Consider crediting the image source and work a little on spellings and grammar to make your writing powerful.
      Check out my blog and let me know what you think.
      Cheers

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      1. Yeah, I too visited your blog. It’s all about makeup and it’s nice.All the info and products reviews are good.
        Credits for image is always Google. I will edit when I get time. Regarding spelling errorsand grammar, I write everything on my phone and it’s a pain. I try as much as possible to edit it but still errors remain there. I will try to improve that too. I know grammatical errors maybe there but regarding spellings,i don’t think there’s a lot of spelling errors. Nontheless, thanks for your feedback.

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  22. Konnichiwa,
    I have updated my blog and would appreciate it if you could check it out and give some feedback 🙂 Thanks in advance

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      1. Thank you so much for the advice and yes i checked your blog and it was very interesting and informative, specially the aliexpress post coz i’ve been dying to buy stuff from there but i thought it was unsafe. Good luck with blogging 🙂

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    1. I think the two column layout works great for your blog and content. Only thing I would suggest is that your About page should be just as much about you, as the idea behind your blog. I learned that people like to see or know more about the person as well. Otherwise, looks great

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    2. I like the layout and look of your site. I don’t agree that your About has to be about you. Certainly, if it’s a journal, it’s helpful to tell us about yourself. On the other hand, if your site is not about about you personally, then I think personal info is optional on an About page. https://gracelead.co

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      1. Thanks for your feedback. I checked out your site; it looks good. The book summaries/study guides is a great reference tool.

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    1. My computer died AS SOON as I saw your comment and I got so upset lol. I love that book so much (although I haven’t read it) because I’m a little obsessed without cleaning my room and getting rid of objects with bad memories attached to them. Thanks so much for inspiring me to read her book!

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