Feb 26, 2018 / Community Pool

Community Pool

Where WordPress bloggers support each other with feedback and advice.

Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Are you redesigning your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

The Community Pool is for peer feedback and advice. Looking for more specific information? Check out some of these resources:

Tap into the wisdom of The Daily Post blogging community and leave your question here in the comments. Others can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).

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Are you a new blogger looking to share your very first post? We have a special forum for bloggers just like you in our weekly First Friday posts.

To help us make the Community Pool a productive space for discussion, here are some tips and guidelines you might find useful:

  • While you’re not required to, we encourage everyone who requests feedback to also reply to at least one or two other bloggers who need some help. Spread the love!
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  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
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      1. An audiobook is always a good option since you can multi-task while listening to a book. I hope you’ll be able to follow me. I usually post once a week and review the book I read that week. Or I also post about books I’m looking forward to read.

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      3. Yes, I totally agree listening to audiobooks while driving keeps me sane too and less cranky when someone cuts me. LOL! I usually borrow both the book and audiobook from the library. And it is because I sometimes want to see the print version most especially the illustrations. Like, the book I’m reading right now.

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  2. Hey guys…check out my new post…

    https://shweta07bharti.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/hard-to-bear-the-pain/

    Its about the pain of failure…short indeed cause I was falling out of words to describe it…yet i tried to get something out…to atleast try to tell how it actually feels…maybe you can connect to it….

    For more do check out my other blogs…it basically tells about my experiences with the world…also i have some interest in clicking pictures of my experiences….do check them too…

    About My Blog…

    Thank you and stay connected…for more dont forget to follow…😊😊😊

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  8. My second comment to to encourage other bloggers who feel that they are struggling with getting followers and readership. Please do not give up. Be consistent. Write with a passion. Blogging is like have a pet. You need to give it quality attention. Don’t fall into the trap of asking people to follow up and you have little to impart. Hone your craft, fall in love with your own writing. Engage other bloggers and the followers and readership will come as a consequence. Peace ✌️

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  9. This post about liberation from so called “daddy issues” has received an incredible response, so I thought I would toss it out there again. Cheers to liberation and empowerment!

    Upon meeting again, face-to-face, the other half of my DNA, I was sedated by a surprising lull of indifference…

    Daddy Issues: A Myth 

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  10. Hello everyone! 🙂 It’s Monday and I decided to deal with the topic of violence. Why? It is very important to me. We all write about our recipes, travels, technology issues and the world is cool. But maybe we should encourage more people to talk openly about their torturers? Shouldn’t we stand by those who are victims? Do you ever think about the violence statistics? Here’s what I wrote: https://wp.me/p8JFLn-BZ Our life goal should to be to be a good human ❤

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    1. Love the pic…keep calm, it’s my first blog. Hahaha. Welcome. I’ve only been here a month and hoping for the same. I’ve started a list of posts any time I think of something. I just added to the list.

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    1. I really like the layout of your blog. I don’t know much about poetry but I know what I like to read and your writing is beautiful.

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    2. I’m rubbish at being exact with my schedule. I always seem to manage to post 1-2 posts per week. But I publish them on random days whenever they are ready.

      I find it quite interesting to see the reactions I can get by posting at various times/days of the week.

      I normally get a better reaction by posting on weeknights (Wednesday or Thursday) vs the weekend.

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    3. Is it bad that I first read your blog as having something to do with donuts? That aside, great post. I love seeing what you are thinking.
      (I post weekly for sure, sometimes twice)

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    4. Great post! My schedule is very random. Generally was around 4-6 posts a month which worked well as they were quite long posts. I’ve added a couple of shorter posts this month and I seem to have doubled my posting without a pattern. But I’ve had a couple of blogger award posts and they are easy to write as apposed to the history research I generally have to do. Good luck with your blog!

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      1. Thanks for reading and for your input. I thought of doing something more freestyle-ish on another day of the week but I like the idea of doing a short post. Hmm maybe that can be my philosophy category. You’ve got me thinking. Appreciate it.

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      1. I share your love/hate relationship with it. I developed this feeling after having a job that required me to be on call 24/7!

        After that, I have a bad habit of not charging my phone, but the attachment is still there.

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      1. yes, ma’am! Obviously, I’m not too experienced at this yet. Up until now I never considered myself a writer, so I still have a lot to learn. Any comments, suggestions, criticism welcome!

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      2. There’s a lot to take in at once! If you’ve been here less than a month I’d definitely recommend posting on the first Fridays thread on Fridays and also working through some of the WordPress tutorials. They really are quite helpful and I go back to them often!

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  28. Hello everyone! My blog is called Taulkabee blogs and its mainly about musings, ramblings and some poetry. I was on a break for a few months and just started blogging again last week. I hope to come up with interesting content for my readers. I would be very happy to know about your thoughts on my posts! Here’s the link to a latest one:

    Pursuing Childhood Ambitions

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    1. I loved the post about being charged for water. In America, you don’t get charged for tap water. I would understand being charged for water if the country was in a big drought but other than that it is just ridiculous. They are probably getting the water from the sink and how can you be charged for that?

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