Uniquely Yours Craft Journal

Dear Fellow Journalers,

After reading all I could about blogging, I started researching web platforms. A friend/neighbor, suggested word press. Four books later, I started my craft blog: uniquelyyourscards@wordpress.com My categories include: Pursuit of Happiness (monthly), Friday Scribblings, paper adventures, tutorials and to date I have 35 followers. The WordPress books are as follows:

1. “30 Minutes to a word press web site” by Erick Alyn
2. “How to create a website using word press” by Brian Patrick
3. “How to create a web site with word press and start a profitable on-line business” by Ming Jong Tey
4. “WordPress for all” by Chris O’Connor

I started by selecting my categories and deciding on a schedule of posts. Many of the books suggest writing 2-3 times a week, so I decided on Monday and Friday for the craft blog and Wednesday and Friday for this blog. I started collecting my craft topics in a notebook and my journal topics and Pinterest pics in an email account expressively set up for the blog(s).

For this blog, I wanted a word press theme that would reflect my writing/craft lives and be un-cluttered. The “Koi” theme has hand-drawn illustrations on a parchment page. Widgets are pre-determined.  I try to write posts about 3 months in advance. I set aside a week at a time. This allows time for ideas to “percolate”.  Most all of the content is either written by me or my authors. I don’t subscribe to sites that offer to write content for you. I also don’t write with SEO’s in mind. In the beginning, I thought it might be an avenue to explore to bring more traffic but decided to travel a different path. I guess all of you agree!

If you want to contact me “off-line” you can email me at uniquelyyourscraftjournal@outlook.com. You can follow me using the Follow Button which is on the right side of the blog.  The other authors, “G”, Paul and Marybeth email me their posts and I put them up. I do not edit them. I feel that it would be a great disservice since they are sharing their creative endeavors with us. One last thing, some of you want to know some of my secrets and I do have a few links I can share with you. If you refer my blog to 3 others, I’ll be glad to email you the link(s).

I hope I have answered all of your questions! Keep those comments coming!

‘Til next time,

Sallie

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