Oct 6, 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.

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>.

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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 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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  2. Hi everyone,
    I am new at blogging. I love to read or say I live to read but recently I started to pour my thoughts into poetry. Anything that strikes me find its way in my diary.
    I really hope that you will check out my blog and like it too.
    Below is the link to my first post…. Feedback is appreciated

    Empty house

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  3. Hi everyone.
    I’m a brand new blogger and I want to write for Christians who want to get more out of their relationship with God. I want to talk about the topics that other people avoid because they are taboo or too controversial. I want to address them with out being too conservative, but by acknowledging that freedom from the things we feel is holding us back is possible. This is my first post and I would love to get some feedback. I’ve shared it with some friends but they are reluctant to comment and I feel like they might just be too nice to give constructive criticism.
    The most important things I’d like to know are 1. Do I sound authentic, and understanding.
    2. What can I do to make my material more shareable. I’m concerned that because my stuff is taboo people aren’t going to want to repost it on their Facebook page or wherever.
    Thanks for the feedback.

    http://proverbs2426.com/2017/10/03/good-girls-dont/

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  13. Hello and welcome, new folks! We’re really excited to meet you.

    As usual, I just want to remind everyone that we moderate the comments on First Friday pretty heavily — this is really a space for brand new people to introduce themselves and meet one another, and for others to welcome and support them.

    If you’re not here to either share your (recent) first post or leave a supportive comment, please head to the Community Pool, which is where any blogger can seek feedback on any aspect of blogging. And if you’re not sure what the guidelines here are, please read the above post — or just ask!

    Happy blogging, y’all:)

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  15. Hello everyone! I’m theafricanteenager and I love to read and write. I created this blog to enable me share the plight of the African child and to have a platform to express my feelings.
    I do hope to have a good time with you guys. Thanks.

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      If you look over to the right of your posts, you’ll see a bit of placeholder text — it’s meant to help you learn how to work with widgets, and you can remove or edit that by 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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    1. Welcome 🙂

      Looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that by going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity.

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    2. One other little note — we’re glad you’re so excited about your new blog (yay!), and that you shared your link here. We’d appreciate it if you didn’t leave links to your blog in ever comment you leave here — it’s considered a little spammy and we’ll remove any duplicates. The best way to get people to visit you is to visit them and/or leave them some meaningful feedback!

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    2. Looks pretty good, you may want to go in and edit your about me and contact pages, you also have some example text widgets on your home page that you may want to edit or remove.

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  23. Hey everyone i wrote my very first ever blog on Tuesday and im very excited to get stuck into more! My blog will focus on self development, positivity and general ways we can improve ourselves but in a fun and informal manner. Love helping people and also a big fan of animals to likely to include animal related content too! Mean alot if you could take the time to check out my blogs and leave feedback. Many thanks
    Laura x
    https://lauraandkarl.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/amazing-homemade-organic-facial-moisturiser-using-only-three-ingredients/

    Liked by 11 people

    2. You may want to take some time to make change your about me page, you currently have the generic text widget that’s standard on blank themes.

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  27. Hi all 🙂 I’m a new blogger, blogging my ongoing journey with secondary infertility but in a humorous (I hope) way. I have struggled to find anything lighthearted for those struggling to conceive, everything is so medical and serious! A bit of joking and terrible illustrations is the basic premise! Would love it if any of you could take a look 🙂 Becki

    “At least you already have one…” – talesfrommyuterus

    “At least you already have one…”

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    1. Welcome!

      You might want to choose a different color for the title of your blog, or choose a different header image — the dark purple is pretty hard to read against the dark colors of the photo in your header.

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      1. Yes the purple is hard to read in the mobile layout. I’m not sure how it looks in any other layout.

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