Nov 10, 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!

For technical questions, visit the WordPress.com Support Forums.

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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.

      An easy way to start cutting down: get rid of super-general tags like “blog” or “trip.” Think more specifically about your post and what it’s really about, and think about what *you* would search for to find a post like this.

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      1. Thank you so much Michelle, that’s really helpful advice. I didn’t really know where to go with the tags so this is great to know. Thanks for taking the time to tell me!

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  14. I couldn’t get my blog post to show up in my previous attempt on here for you guys. Will try again. Please check it out and comment or like it. Thanks!

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    1. I can’t get it to right now for some reason. Just check out eyreonthesideofcaution.wordpress.com I have two blog posts up so far

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    My name is Joanna and I am the blemished beauty blogger.

    I have started this blog with the hope to comfort and inspire others who have insecurities about their skin, after personally suffering with acne rosacea for thirteen years (and counting).

    At fifteen I was prescribed antibiotics to clear my adolescent skin. After two years of no results, I ended the course of treatment only to discover I was left with more than just acne scars. In result of being on antibiotics for so long, I had developed a very sensitive gut; Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

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  17. Hi again. New to this so please forgive my earlier post. This below was my very first post! Before I thought I did it right but it was a link to the site itself and not first post. Sorry! Looking forward to learning about the blog community and sharing ideas. This was a fun day. Have a great week. Sharon C.

    The Changeup 

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  26. Hey Everyone,
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  30. Hi, I have only just started my blog and picking up the pen (aka hammering the keys, creatively) again after a long absence. I am posting a response to yesterday’s one line prompt: Black – I missed the opportunity to comment but still used the prompt. Let me know if you like – any comments appreciated xhttps://mumpoet.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/to-black

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