unaboutique

I’ve been noticing a pretty neat feature on many of my friends blogs lately…essentially, a widget embedded into the end of a post that reads “You Might Also Like” and includes links to several other blog posts by the blogger, with handy thumbnail images (example below). At first, I thought it was a WordPress feature, but did a quick search to find it was available for blogger, too.  Even better, install took (literally) less than 2 minutes and it’s been working wonderfully since. Today's " Tutorial Thursday " walks you through the simple install process.  Enjoy! How to Add “You Might Also Like” Boxes to the End of Blog Posts Login to your blog In a new window, visit http://www.linkwithin.com/learn?ref=widget Fill out their simple form (email address, blog address, platform, width) Click on “Get Widget” You’ll be taken to your blog to install the widget and save Laura Catherine Otero is a marketing professional and blogger in Charleston , S...

If you maintain a blog, you may be able to relate to the feeling of overwhelm that occasionally visits regarding the creation of good content/posts.  This feeling may a member of the “I don’t know what to post” family, or even worse, the dangerous perfectionism bug.  Perfectionism when blogging can tear away at an otherwise great post until your self-doubt sinks in.  Before you know it, you’ve wasted time find yourself getting frustrated. Here’s the lifesaver: scheduling blog posts in advance using the “schedule” feature available on blogger and/or wordpress.com. This tutorial is here to help us move beyond these negative feelings, and into a positive, prepared blogging mode !  Let's talk about how to schedule blog posts using blogger or wordpress.com.   STEP ONE – Take Time and Write To get started, seize the moment on a particularly creative day (when you’re feeling “in the zone”, smile) and get to writing! Don’t just write one post…write until you run ou...

Have you added your blog to NetworkedBlogs yet? Or, are you following blogs on facebook using the newtoworked blogs “follow” feature? More importantly, what exactly is NetworkedBlogs, and could it benefit you? I came across NetworkedBlogs a few months ago on facebook when I started to notice that several friends had begun promoting their “networked” blog on their facebook page. With the traffic that Facebook gets, it certainly makes a lot of sense to "network" your blog there. According to their website, NetworkedBlogs is the “coolest blog directory on the web.” That could mean many things, but here are their three main bullet points: - Get Found: If a blog is not read by anyone, does it really exist? - Visual Blogroll: Show off a thumbnail image of your blog on your Facebook profile - Discover: Find top blogs in humor, politics, technology, and more. They boast 300,000 blogs (and growing). I would imagine most people come across NetworkedBlogs on facebook, instea...