Nov 25, 2016 / First Friday

First Friday

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

Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolebeaulac/14523302989/in/photolist-o8nHZF-8rm4S3-4qSDKZ-59PhPN-oehCvG-6L4biF-o8oMhZ-59K5dR-6L4j72-okR4Ln-5PiY9A-59K4UX-52g3dU-27Nf81-2ZYhE3-oL2VyZ-dGfrZn-6L8rvj-8hS4H5-6BcEmP-5Gx2tR-ocxbCS-8WLdjF-6BcGne-7e1ndv-oL2syE-oXdQbM-8KcZem-oiNrGn-6L4cEi-bjKZne-8g3bLG-bgykmz-6L8mio-8WLdjV-8WLdjv-aL4fMr-9X1RoC-boow88-oBYMUV-esxgv1-525zPK-duqKvE-pHSTmW-eewW8e-o92SFa-aL4fSV-2LvJoi-7e5gij-6L4az8">Nicole Beaulac</a>.

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.

Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to their first post with the larger WordPress.com community. To share your post, copy and paste the link right into a comment here.

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. 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!

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!
  • The third time is not the charm: don’t share your stuff repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • 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. These will be removed as well.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments or repeatedly replying to comments with your link; this is considered spammy. (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 @eternalsoul25,

      First Friday is really a space for brand new people to introduce themselves and meet one another, and for others to welcome and support them. As a blogger with a few posts under your blogging belt, I’d suggest checking out the Community Pool, which is where any blogger can seek feedback on any aspect of blogging.

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    1. Welcome! 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, public home page page and click on a post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that. Here’s your site: https://nakedfaceblog.wordpress.com/

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  5. Happy to part of the blogging community. I started my blog this week. I write and will be sharing podcasts on contemporary American social/political commentary, film and music, books, mass surveillance, race relations, economic stratification, and much more. Here is the link to my first post, any feedback and sharing would be greatly appreciated.

    United By Country, Divided By Fear – Wendyam Mathias-Jack Ouedraogo
    https://sonofdecember.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/first-blog-post/

    Thanks and enjoy!

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  6. Hi everyone, I started my website about four weeks ago, I intend to focus on Photography (as I have quite a lot of them from my travels around the world), Travel and Entertainment. Thank you @Michelle W. for this opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with fellow new Bloggers.
    Here’s the link to my first Blog post.. I will appreciate honest feedback, I desire to learn and get better at it.
    https://awefirm.org/2016/11/01/musings/
    Thank you.
    Awefirm

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      1. Thank you Solaritraveller. There are just a few stories, short quotes and pictures there.. The difficulty in navigation is something I really don’t understand. I thought it’s easy to navigate. I will look into this..

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  9. Hi everybody, my first blog is my story so y’all can get to know me better and so my blog can be about advice so email me your questions and i will respond to you either on my blog so other people having the same issues can relate and get help or just one to one, me giving advice to you. Go check it out! and sorry of my writing is bad… I’m new to this… https://simplyricki.wordpress.com

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    1. Hi @kittyreadsandquotes,

      You’ve shared a preview link to a post in your dashboard. That’s private, so no one can read it.

      The simplest way to get the public link is to go to your blog’s main, public home page page and click on a post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that. Here’s your site: https://kittyreadsandquotes.wordpress.com/

      To create a pingback, include a link to the post you want to pingback to in your post. For any daily prompt, click on the “Show instructions” link below the prompt and you’ll see a link you can copy and paste into your post to create the pingback.

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      2. This coming Friday, you can paste a link in a commen to the new post for “First Friday.” (We’re pretty strict about one invitation to comment on a first post per person.) A new “First Friday” feature appears each Friday at 12 noon Eastern.

        In the meantime, if you’re feeling adventurous, you’re welcome to comment on the Community Pool, to seek feedback on any aspect of blogging.

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  20. Hey guys…this isn’t my first post, but I haven’t been confident enough to share my writing before, even tho it’s always been online. I still feel nervous sharing them with friends cuz they’re extremely personal. So I’m just gonna quietly leave a link here and if it does something for you, do get back to me. Hope you have a great day and a greater life💜

    I Saw The Wolf In My Sleep

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    1. Hi @betheeverythinggirl,

      First Friday is really a space for brand new people to introduce themselves and meet one another, and for others to welcome and support them. As a blogger with a few posts under your blogging belt, I think you’re ready for the Community Pool, which is where any blogger can seek feedback on any aspect of blogging.

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  23. Hi Fellow Bloggers,

    Check out my blog. You won’t be enough disappointed. I guarantee as you read it, you will connect with it. Also, leave a thought!

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    1. Hi there,

      Please don’t share your site / posts repeatedly — we just delete the duplicates. The full guidelines for participation are in the body of the First Friday post. Thanks for understanding!

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  27. Hey. I am really new to this, I have written a couple of blog posts but am really struggling to draw readers in. I would really appreciate it if people could give me some feedback on my last and second to last posts? I will read some of other people’s who have commented tomorrow.

    Thank you so much for setting this up!- it’s a great idea!!

    https://jemfindsthings.wordpress.com/

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  28. Hello everyone! I’m looking forward to doing some serious blog exploring after this! Check out my first post on WordPress (previous posts are imported from my last blog) at the top of ren8123.WordPress.com! Please and thank you!

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    1. Hello there, @reynnadelacruz23,

      First Friday is really a space for brand new people to introduce themselves and meet one another, and for others to welcome and support them. As a blogger with a several posts under your blogging belt, I think you’re ready for the Community Pool, which is where any blogger can seek feedback on any aspect of blogging.

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  29. Thank you I’m a new blogger and I have posted two blog posts so far black Friday biggest blowouts ever and the return of the Jedi … star wars. No comments so far so if you go there thanks.

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