Mar 31, 2017 / 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.

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

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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. One thing I noticed — you’re using a lot of tags and categories on some of your posts. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find your posts, which is sad! If you cut your tags down to the most relevant, you’ll actually draw more readers.

      Welcome!

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    3. I’m sorry for the loss of your mother. You have some great posts on cancer and cancer from the perspective of a loved one on your blog
      I’m sure that many will be able to relate to you and your blog! Best of luck and best wishes! XO c. ❤

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    1. Hey I really like your posts,
      There are a couple of spelling mistakes on your about page though
      “All thr stories shared in this blog or page are the experiences of my friens and my reaction to the same. Some of them are, even hypothetical.”

      other than that looks good.

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  5. Hey everybody! My name is Angel and I just started about 2 weeks ago. My blog is about gardening and will probably end up including a sprinkling of homestead-y topics such as my chickens in the future.
    Here’s a link to my first post fromanisetozinnia.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/starting-seeds-indoors/
    I hope you enjoy and I appreciate and feedback. Thanks!

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    1. I read your Acrostic poem! I loved it! It has been so long since I’ve seen an acrostic poem done well! (I commented that on your blog too.)

      Just a small thought: You have an un-formated widget on your right-hand sidebar. You can edit widgets if you follow these steps: “My site -> customize themes -> Widgets”

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    2. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, on the right — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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    2. I just checked out your blog! It looks like a good start! Keep writing! Also, I couldn’t find a “like” button on your most recent post. Try to format your page where the like button shows up so we can like your writing! (Or maybe it is there and I just couldn’t find it– either way, it should be an accessible thing!)

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget! You’ll also want to remove the placeholder post you have, which you can do at My Site > Posts.

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, on the right side when you’re reading a post — you can remove or edit that by going to one of your posts, then to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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    2. 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 homepage and click on the post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that.

      Here’s your homepage: https://schringe03.wordpress.com/

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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 homepage and click on the post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that.

      Here’s your homepage: https://aaronsview.blog/

      I also noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, on the right — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Welcome 🙂

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      7. Yeah, that can happen it. I will be seeing whats going on on your page from time to time. I will spread the word by sharing it on google plus and sites. i guess you can spread the word on Facebook and other social media.

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  27. Hi, everyone. I just wanted to thank the massive number of people who checked out my blog today. You guys rock! Thank you so much! Keep being awesome!

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