Sep 8, 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.

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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 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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  3. Hi guys! I have been writing off an on for a few years. By that I mean on social media and even the vintage pen and paper. My wife finally convinced me to do more with my writings. I am a Christian Dad and basically write what I feel led to write. Some stories revolving around my family and some about what is going on in the world. I try to bring it all back around to what God is doing. If you get a chance, please stop by and check out some of my post.
    Thanks,
    Ben

    Fixer-Upper

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of individual posts (that is, not on your homepage) — you can remove or edit that by going to view one of your posts, then going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      (For more on widgets, what they’re for, and how to use them, check out https://learn.wordpress.com/get-flashy/)

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  8. Hey, Bloggers! My name is Nitish Nagar. I have recently started a blog as a hobby. As a tribe, let me be honest with you guys, I’m in the very early stages to write a blog. It’s been only two weeks. I have a team of three just like me, I would love to know what are your thoughts about my content and the blog. If you could please take a moment to give it an eye, I will surely mean a lot to me. Thanks and Happy Friday!! 😀

    This is the link to my self-written blog posts, please visit each and every category :
    http://www.mrfeedchief.com/

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  12. Hi, I’m Kristina.

    I have a creative writing blog and would love some feedback on my work.

    Everyone is welcome to comment, but if there are any writers, English language or literature teacher’s out there I would really appreciate some feedback.

    My first post is an autobiographical account of a childhood memory.

    A Picnic at Sunny Sands Beach 

    Many thanks in advance!

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  13. Hello Fellow Bloggers! After years of neglecting myself and my writing ability; I’m finally jumping back in full heartedly. I can’t wait to interact with many others not like myself and just grow from this awesome community.

    Here’s my link to my first officially blog post: https://youngwildandneglected.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/how-to-start-everyday/

    Hope you enjoy it. I’ll be going through other blogs as well for inspiration. Have a great weekend everyone. 🙏🏾

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    1. A tip: 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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      1. Thank Michelle. I notice that the times are different with using tags. yet a lot of big names on YouTube express how important META-DATA is to driving engagement. 🤔🤔🤔 I’m kind of confused by this. But I will play the game and use only three tags from this point on. Hope you’re having a good weekend.

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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, not easier. Make sure you focus on the most relevant ones for each post.

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  21. Hello! Here is my first proper post, I hope you all enjoy it. This blog began as a school project where we try to collect likes, but I believe that my writing goes beyond that motive. But if you do appreciate my post, please send feedback and leave a like! Thank you!

    S#%t!

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      1. Thank you Sophia, thats kind of you!.
        You pictures are fantastic. Love the latest post with the branch-pics . Thats exactly where I am in life…waiting for several answers and its exciting and scary. Lets see where it will take me. Have a great day!

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  29. Hello! I’m a first-timer so… I’d love to explore more about wordpress. I’m now using my mobile phone so I can’t copy the URL of my firsf blog post. But please di visit my blog and tell me your comment about it. I will accept every opinion and suggestions. 🙂 Here it is: blogsofjels.wordpress.com THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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  30. Morning all! My blog is mostly about my adventures in travelling and stories I’ve picked up along the way. I am currently half way through writing a post about the time I accidentally became a nun 😁
    My first post is a review of my current travels in Norway. Happy to hear any criticisms ☺ http://wp.me/p93g3V-J

    Liked by 8 people