Up Your Game part two

Hello class. This week we continue to work on improving the quality of our social media presence. Here are some examples of the kinds of things that we talked about in class. Please read all the blog post. Your WRR will be on these posts.

Collaborate

A private Facebook page is one way to build a community. The sense of scarcity makes followers feel special, you can offer things to just those followers, and your followers end up creating much of the content. 

http://inspiralized.com/pot-sticker-bowls-with-spiralized-rutabaga/

This blog regularly features interviews with other bloggers and real life business people. It is an opportunity for mutual promotion.  The blog gets content and the guests get free advertising 

http://howyouglow.com/jordan-younger-the-balanced-blonde/#

Self promotion

Look at all the ways this blogger promotes herself throughout the post. Particularly the links to other posts the reader might be interested in. 

http://travelfashiongirl.com/how-to-avoid-checking-luggage/

Using your blog to promote readers to follow your other social media

http://www.amynewnostalgia.com/what-i-learned-winter-edition/

http://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/03/sixty-one-park-a-farmhouse-restoration.html

Use one social media post as part of another

http://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/02/ditto-lays-egg.html

Look how she provides an easy to pin image to encourage people to link to her post through Pinterest

http://travelfashiongirl.com/what-to-wear-in-kyrgyzstan/

Another example of making it easy to pin 

http://www.livesweetblog.com/finns-cake-smash/

Look at all the ways she connects to her other social media AND promotes her product. A product that she was able to create because of the blog. 

http://detoxinista.com/2017/03/what-i-ate-3/

Using a hashtag to get your readers to promote your blog (and create community)

http://tatertotsandjello.com/2017/03/colorful-happy-home.html

Easy Ways To Make Good Posts

This blogger has this post theme every week. Knowing she has this, she can be collecting content easily during the week and put it together easily. Notice how at the end, she lists links to other blogs. This is also quick and easy content style that a lot of bloggers employ either as part of a post or its own post. If your reading other blogs in your area, it should be easy to put together a few links to other quality posts. 

http://www.readingmytealeaves.com/2017/03/my-week-in-objects-mostly-139.html

Take a blog post idea and develop it over more than one post. 

http://abeautifulmess.com/2017/02/part-2-red-wine-soaked-gummy-bears.html

Here's another sample of how providing a link to another bloggers post you like, can make a
quick, quality post for you.
http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/happy-monday/

Here is another themed post that this blogger uses regularly but would be easy to create.
http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/happy-pictures/

And another (she takes a photo and makes a sign inspired by it)
http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/hand-drawn-love-73/

Another theme post
http://abeautifulmess.com/2017/03/10-things-i-love-sunday-3.html

Collaborate with others
http://tatertotsandjello.com/2017/03/great-ideas-early-easter-ideas.html 

http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/happy-monday/

Here is another themed post that this blogger uses regularly but would be easy to create. 

http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/happy-pictures/

And another (she takes a photo and makes a sign inspired by it)

http://www.designlovefest.com/2017/03/hand-drawn-love-73/

Another theme post

http://abeautifulmess.com/2017/03/10-things-i-love-sunday-3.html

Collaborate with others

http://tatertotsandjello.com/2017/03/great-ideas-early-easter-ideas.html