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HS^2 bloggin’ upd8 2020-01-17

Alright, morningblogging yesterday’s 2020-01-17 upd8 to Homestuck^2 let’s go!  Spoiler-free again.  I kinda don’t want even the next chapter names image-spoiled above the cut anymore so I’m going to have to figure out WHAT to put above the cut in these liveblog posts for visual reinforcement... a unique silly icon?  Going back once I’m done with the upd8 and posting something non-spoilery but weird-looking out of context?

Eh, can’t be assed.  Just know that after this I’m going to pony up for the Patreon commentary and skim it for anything plot-useful to y’all (in a separate post).  Let’s get started.

Okay, what’s next:  Any bonuses?  Oh, none!  Phew.  Unless those are coming faster too and just staggered differently, which would mean I gotta overcome my irrational pre-Homestuck-reading anxiety even MORE often.  :T

No Homestuck you don’t GET to ask how my-- ah, right.  :P

(FYI, HS^2 has been good to my emotions so far, quite a balm for the epilogues, so once I START reading I’m usually fine; but after being hurt so badly how could I possibly convince my lizard brain to trust it until it’s right in front of me?  Seriously, just hearing that the upd8 has landed messes me up a bit until I come fix it by reading w/ y’all here.)

Okay, so whose feelings?  As much as I’ve been waiting for Jade, I hope this isn’t about Jade.

> ==>

Ah fuck, we’re finally with the Pursuit Crew.  Bracing myself.  That means we get to see probably sleeping Jade ( :C ), full-swing DaveKat (approving nod), the first canon onscreen look at masculine-mode Roxy (<3), a probably pretty pissed off Kanaya (possibly either the feelings target, the one Saying How Are Your Feelings, or both), and uh... did they drag Callie along?  Or leave her back there with her meta freakout?  Probably left her back there, but... hm.

Let me turn up the brightness on this screen to sear these next pages into my retinas.  (Also, it feels odd to still be using a four-person “==>” for these, although if Jade is still asleep the numbers might fit on both ends... :c )

> ==>

I don’t think Dad is in the spacefaring business, so this is probably one of Jake’s shittier spaceship designs.

> ==>

...well that’s a touch disturbing.  Is that a Jade-occupied bed or are those just pillows?

Oh what the fresh fanfic’y heck is this command.

> i enter.

Okay that’s great.  I got a kick out of that.

JADE [in calliope red]: the prince’s power grows.

--but that’s not.  That explains the narrative command text, it’s alt!callie talking through a still conked-out Jade.  Please let her wake up between speak-throughs, please tell me you’ve learned that trick??  I already know you’re gonna pull an “oh she was asleep pretty much all of those THREE YEARS OF TRAVEL” thing on me and that’s hard fucking enough to deal with.

KARKAT: JESUS CHRIST!

He’s actually using the full curse correctly, huh?

...These commands.  Guess part of the puzzle is how much alt!Callie is being typically morbid and how much she might actually be wising up enough to get a kick out of this.

> the knight of blood falls.

DAVE: dude can you chill for like even a single fucking second DAVE: also are you ok

Has CallieJade chilled for even a single second this entire trip??  Is he asking just if Karkat’s okay or Jade too???

--yeah I’m overblowing things out of nervousness.  Just wait and see a bit, boots.

Alt!Callie has at least learned to be more of a smartass:

> karkat is characteristically appreciative of the alarm call.

Shirt trade Karkat, nice.  And uh, Jade’s dress sure is a... dress.  Hm.

(Did alt!Callie alchemize adjustments to did she just luck out to have a red-symbol’d Bec belt and accent leggings?  I’d prefer the former, because as much as it would be acceptable within Homestuck proper, using the transition between the epilogues and this new-author’d work to just HAPPEN to give her a fitting outfit without an excuse via providence is kind of lazy.)

KARKAT: OH, PARDON THE FUCK OUT OF ME FOR OVERREACTING A LITTLE WHEN MY GOOD FRIEND "POSSESSED JADE" BUSTS INTO MY RESPITEBLOCK AT 5 AM! KARKAT: NEXT TIME I’LL JUST PULL THE COVERS BACK AND LET HER CLIMB IN! JADE: i am uninterested in that scenario. KARKAT: GREAT! POSSESSED JADE ISN’T EVEN HORNY! HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?

...please let that mean he’s not used to her being possessed all the time and she wakes up sometimes.  PLEASE.

DAVE: but im pretty sure i locked that door JADE: i unlocked it with my mind. DAVE: fuck KARKAT: FANTASTIC. JADE: the prince’s powers are growing, but so are mine.

Dave, I’m pretty sure regular-ass no-Green-Sun Space powers can flip a few lock tumblers too.  (--though, I guess from context this was a Jakeship technolock.  Confirmation on the ship’s bad taste in design.  --I think I’m foggily remembering it said in the Epilogues that they took one of Jake’s ships just like Dirk did, too... man, being depressed so much by the Epilogues sure took a lot out of my ability to recall them decently.)

KARKAT: LIKE YOU DON’T FLOAT AROUND LIKE A CREEPY PIECE OF SHIT ALL DAY AS IT IS?

God DAMN IT she’s been asleep and possessed the whole fucking time.

> sleep is abandoned, coffee sought.

More obligatory DaveKat being cute, somehow only emphasized by the embarrassing glowing-with-power observer who doesn’t really get any of it.

Ah, here we go:

> the rogue is also awake.

Oh huh.  Cool!

Hero outfit, understated...  her his choice of heart-shades color-coded to stand out from Dave more to avoid further mistaken identity cases.  Works well!  (Holy shit I only JUST remembered at the end to go back and correctly gender Roxy as him, that was close. I blame the epilogues for a lack of visual reinforcement; I shouldn’t have as much trouble soon enough.  Seriously, I don’t remember ANYTHING without visual reinforcement, I think that’s why I remember so much of Homestuck proper so clearly.)

KARKAT: OH SHIT, THERE SHE IS! I DIDN’T EVEN HEAR HER FOLLOW US! ROXY: sometimes a girls just got to get her drift on i guess ROXY: it be like that

ilu roxy.

I missed Roxy so much, you guys.  I need more of him remarking on all this crazy shit if I’m gonna stay sane though all this.  (And I need more of him and AWAKE JADE kicking ass independently or together if I’m going to continue to believe there’s justice in the world.)

> ==>

We rarely saw Rose drinking anything but the rare coffee in canon, but I think Kanaya would have gotten her plenty into tea, yes.  Or at the very least, wanting the aesthetic of drinking tea with Kanaya would have gotten Rose into tea even if it never crossed Kanaya’s mind to try the stuff.

ROXY: well i mean who knows what she drinks now ROXY: dirk probs tossed the coffee machine out the space window right away ROXY: dude doesnt "believe" in "substances" > the prince is contemplated for a moment in silence.

FUCK, Dirk can see the narrative all the way out here???  No wonder alt!Callie’s forced to have possession turned on 24/7.  That’s fucking disappointing.  How the hell are we going to get any proper Jade time with THAT hanging over our heads?  She’d only be able to do anything when Dirk’s knocked out, and maybe not even THEN!

I was virtually promised more of actual non-asleep Jade getting shit done in HS^2.  Now there’s an even longer wait on it than I expected.  This sucks.

(EDIT: BOY did I misread that link line. Thinking “is contemplated” meant is sitting contemplating, when it meant "is being contemplated by everyone here". That was dumb of me.)

*clicks that next link*

Oh my goodness, Roxy joined the Bird Hair Crew.  It makes him look like a fucking asshole but I kind of love it.

KARKAT: IS THERE MILK?

I can’t believe Karkat is okay with drinking milk.  --yes, culturally Trolls are more comfortable with animal excretions than we are, but you would’ve thought years of railing against Equius would have purged any tolerance the idea of milk from his psyche.

I guess Dave introduced him to cereal, and it was all over from there.

DAVE: this is more like a castle DAVE: a castle of idk DAVE: twenty something ennui

Sounds like a relatable mood.  Especially considering Dirk probably decided to conquer reality out of almost nothing but twenty-something ennui.

Alright.  You aren’t going to turn Kanaya into an alcoholic or anything on us are you?

> the knight of time seeks a sylph...

--this is the shittiest shipboard starship aesthetic.

> ...and finds her, momentarily.

WOW that looks fucking depressed.  :(

> ==>

...okay you know what?  Never mind.  That outfit has wrapped straight back around into Trying Too Hard and is now hilarious.

DAVE: you ever feel like our whole lives are eventually gonna end up like this DAVE: just blasting through space on a sweeps long journey to ""somewhere"" chasing after or running from some vague enemy thats sometimes a god modded pet dog and sometimes your dad DAVE: without the faintest fucking idea of whats going to happen when we get there DAVE: thats a little specific but you know what i mean

Why do you think the epilogues upset us so much?  We thought we’d won free of that bullshit.

> ==>

Oh jesus christ that’s the most depressingly sad I’ve ever seen Kanaya drawn.  :C

--Karkat got you to watch Serendipity?  That’s amazing, Dave.

KANAYA: You Arent Reminding Me Of Her As I Rarely Think Of Anything Else KANAYA: I Close My Eyes And I See Her KANAYA: I Keep Them Open And I See Her

Fuck.

Y’know how little showing these two in love and actually HAPPY together we’ve seen in this entire comic and its subworks?  Despite them having spent at least a few happy years together we only saw in tiny screenclips?  And how Candy alluded super hard that they most likely couldn’t get that in this real timeline where shit’s going down?

Seriously, FUCK.  You could at least pretend to give us some hope, here.

Oh no, don’t ask for the nursery story, Dave.  Unless it turns out to be a funny one or a Rose twist on an old story or something.  Which it probably is, I should stop worrying.

> ==>

KANAYA: Oh Its A Wriggler Story About A Young Prince And The Beloved Flower He Loved And Lost DAVE: flower DAVE: like a plant KANAYA: Its A Fairytale Dave DAVE: right KANAYA: A Singular Wild Rose He Failed To Cherish When He Had Her KANAYA: And His Journey Of Discovering What She Meant To Him All Along KANAYA: Culminating In A New Quest To Find Her And Win Her Back

Dirk you PIECE OF SHIT did you rewrite the narrative of the fucking STORIES SHE TOLD CHILDREN?!??  Does the fact that alt!Callie is only in the present mean he can rewrite ANY past event we didn’t literally SEE???  FUCK you.  Seriously fuck all of this.

Please tell me she was kidding just then, or realizes there’s fucking something wrong with what she’s saying and getting angry or.

(EDIT: shoutyourporpoise replied: "Hey, idk If you picked up on this, but the 'nursery story' Rose told to the wigglers is just The Little Prince, which is maybe a BIT early for them to read, but I don't think that's a case of Dirk changing the narrative; its just Rose being Too Adult as usual." Oh, damn, I didn't even CATCH that it was that story. That makes all of this a lot more forgivable, even if pretty unforgivably leaning into the fiction that Dirk used to brainwash and kidnap her. Maybe that's exactly why it worked -- fiction, a story so blazed into the public consciousness? Hm. Thanks, shoutyourporpoise.)

KANAYA: But In A Way I Feel As If It Is the Greater Universe Trying To Tell Me Something

Mother fuck I’m even going to have to see our protagonists warped by Dirk when they’re ostensibly FULLY SHIELDED aren’t I.  There’s only so much of that I would be able to take, you know.

KANAYA: It May Simply Stem From My Longing To See Her Again And How Much Is Indicative Of Something More Sinister KANAYA: She Is A Goddess Of Light And The Only Of Her Kind We Know Is Alive After All KANAYA: Maybe Shes Wrested Dominion Of The Entire Concept In All Its Appearances Within This Frame Of Reference

Hm.  Well, it being a product of Rose’s ascension instead of Dirk’s is possibly a more charitable take, with Ultimate Rose projecting the delusion enforced on her backward, visible to past Rose’s Sight when she isn’t paying attention and thus paving the way for Dirk to paradoxically exploit that “ideal” as something Lighty and Important and “Perfect”.  I still don’t fucking like it though.

> ==>

DAVE: sorry i know you say you got your badass monster powers but kanaya you look tired as hell DAVE: not that im tryna psyche you or whatever but youre waxing poetic in the dark which i guess is maybe on brand but still

Yyyep.

DAVE: unless terezi is lurking in the vents somewhere and now that i bring that up its actually not out of the question so im kind of gonna be thinking about that one for a while

Pffff.

DAVE: youre the only person i know whos still basically the same as when i met you

--Which is kind of going to have to change, right?  She’s got some other cosmic purpose ready to change her a little more than she changed pre-human-troll-meetup, you’d think.

> ==>

Cute as hell.

> ==>

KANAYA: How Are Your Feelings

There’s the title drop.  I’d think Dave’s doing pretty well, considering?  Still fucked over by Dirk betraying and tricking Rose away who he’s been close with all his life, but.

> ==>

DAVE: except sometimes your best friend disappears and your other best friend goes into a ghost coma and your third best friend fucks off to space with your dad DAVE: the dude youve spent the last 7 years convincing yourself isnt an egomaniacal anime villain DAVE: and who isnt actually lying in wait to completely decimate your life and your emotions and shit

Ah... yeah.  A little worse than my casual list, huh?  Forgot that Jade vanishing into a possession-coma for THREE FUCKING YEARS is going to be hard on people inside the comic too, fuck.

DAVE: maybe it was naive to think that a bunch of twenty something trauma victims could run a society

I was honestly surprised they TRIED to run society at all.  Jasp even just highlighted a big reason why not in the bonuses.

DAVE: cool how earth c existed for centuries then we show up and manage to ruin society in seven fucking years

:(

Well, the trolls got THEIR lesson on why they didn’t deserve to rule over their new universe like gods; I guess some of y’all needed that lesson too?

DAVE: every serious conversation i have inevitably falls apart into riffing on a casual acquaintances ass

True.

Dammit, Dave didn’t feel like he could just be Some Guy even on Earth C.  :(

> ==>

...don’t think I’ve forgotten that nursery story, though.  I don’t want to think that it was something that ACTUALLY past happened, especially not without manipulation.  Like maybe past Rose was foreseeing the false purpose that Dirk wrote for her or the like, a cooperative misunderstanding between the two instead of Dirk or Rose literally reaching back in time.

> meanwhile...

KARKAT: WAIT, WHY THE FUCK AM I EVEN ASKING? HE’S OBVIOUSLY NOT FINE. KARKAT: ARE ANY OF US? ARE YOU? ROXY: not rly KARKAT: EXACTLY.

:(

--Oh right.  I remember that Callie and Roxy were going reasonably steady in Meat even though it was only alluded to, she didn’t freak out and stay awol or what have you.  That’s good to remember.  But it means Roxy deliberately left her behind to go on this dangerous quest, for years.  :C

KARKAT: KANAYA BARELY EVEN TALKS, CALLIOPE WON’T LEAVE THEIR CABIN, JADE JUST FLOATS AROUND LIKE A CREEPY BALLOON THAT’S MOSTLY MADE OF HAIR.

Oh, SHIT.  I should have read one line further.  They DID bring her.  Alt!Callie being here too must really FUCK with her.  ...maybe she can actually learn to accept that alternate way her life might’ve played out, though?

KARKAT: THE REALLY FUCKED UP THING IS I MIGHT BE THE MOST OKAY OUT OF ALL OF US, WHICH IS HOW YOU KNOW SHIT HAS REALLY GONE GLOBES UP.

Quite true.

ROXY: ur kinda an intense dude anybody ever tell u that KARKAT: NO.

Pff.

> ==>

KARKAT: AGAINST PRETTY MUCH ALL ODDS, AND DESPITE ME NOT DESERVING ANY OF IT, I ENDED UP GETTING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I WANTED. KARKAT: OVER AND OVER AGAIN. KARKAT: SOMETIMES IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WHATEVER SLATHERING MONSTROSITY OF A COSMIC HELLBEAST THAT PUT ALL THIS SHIT INTO MOTION...ACTUALLY LIKES ME?

Well, if you want to blame Lord English for instance... we never saw Caliborn and Karkat interact much, but the parallels between the two were drawn so severely that Caliborn was basically the idealized, multiverse-threatening Ultimate Kismesis that he’d always dreamed of.  And operated against him without him even ever quite realizing it.

If a level of “respect” went from Caliborn to Karkat, too, from his Lord-Englishy vision nigh-omnipresent, then this outcome isn’t very surprising at all.

> ==>

(I don’t quite feel I get why Roxy shifted to this exasperated-Dave expression, but I get logically that he’d been waiting for Karkat to make a breakfast choice... Homestuck proper rarely pulled a “last line said corresponds to next-panel’s expression” without either leaving the conversation blank or having the NEXT lines of the conversation reinforce it, to prevent this inelegant misunderstanding.  Andrew was really damned talented in getting his point across visually, in that regard.  Just like, that careful visual intent delivery.)

Alright, I guess that’s it for this short upd8!  Meeting the pursuit crew was both more and less difficult than I expected.  Hopefully I get desensitized a bit as the characters continue to feel semi-almost-sorta-fine.

I have NO idea how this group is gonna work as a proper crew when we get to whatever weird other-players’ session this shit is going down in, though.

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When Signing up for your Blog please learn more about how to set up a blog here

All in all, it should cost $120-$150, after the initial price, you renew the domain name and hosting plan each year, which is half the total price.

The next thing to do is decide on the topics, the overall travel blog strategy, content creation, bog promotion and that kind of stuff. In addition to that, I recommend reading all the link articles listed at the end of this post. Go ahead and:

Sign up and Register for a blog

Add your site to Google Search Console

Add your site to Pinterest

Add your site to Yandex

Add your site to Bing

Ping Your Site

Stay Focused, Be Inspired, Work Harder, Go For It And Don’t Look Back!

Once you have done all that, you should be posting and sharing your posts. Before you go oh, this process is too long and defficult!!. I hate to be the one to break it to you there is no shortcut or easy way to success, but there is always a way to get there through hard work, dedication and persistence!

Yes; lots of people who buy fake follower, sugar coat their blogs, pride themselves on being successful, but even them did some hard work too.  Of every social media post you see online, one in every ten of them is a blog, some are even a few weeks or months old that’s how much blogs are sprouting up like mushrooms!! whats more those who have already made it are also competing with followers and audience, its a never ending cycle once you are in, get ready to do the race!

Do not despair and don’t worry your beautiful self, I am here to encourage and share a few techniques I have learned about my journey as a fellow blogger. I will also share some stories of how I had to deal with Instagram and Twitter unfollowers, perhaps you have been dealing with them too.

Yes; you will find inspiring posts telling you how to grow your blog but not one of them will give you the complete package free of charge, and so you will be directed to link after link, link after link until you end up giving up or eventually buying their products. Well, I have got good news for you whatever I learn I will share to help you, especially for those who can’t afford to pay for the costly SEO optimization plugins. Why don’t we go straight to the point?

Patience!

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In my previous post about 12 Ways How To Review And Improve Blog SEO For Newbies ?   I provided great tips for you, so go on and run a test on your site then come back here and finish reading the post or you can do it the other way as you wish.

I made a promise to assist newbie bloggers and especially those who cannot afford to pay to get their site tweaked. Well, I did some research and it turns out to be helpful for those who tried it. And now, having come across several posts about newbies desperately seeking for help on the social media, one thing was strange very few people responded and those who cared to explain further were busy urging them to pay for the service to which they are asking help for.

I decided to do something about it or at least fulfill my promise.

So here we are again, I urge you not to quit just yet. Your day will come and you will be thankful that you didn’t succumb to that negative voice inside your head, telling you-you can’t do it.

Again before you go, I am so new to this!- what, does it matter? Working round the clock and constantly researching for a way to grow a successful business outfit may not pay off immediately especially if you are just starting, and even if you are doing it right it might take some time to start yielding results so do not to give up. This is not the case of the blind leading the blind. Before I did this post I have done my research for this post at least to the extent necessary!

Let’s Begin,

Pinterest For Beginners

Hmmm, in other to grow your Pinterest you must first learn the basics and the best way to do so is by no other than by the site Pinterest Beginners Guide 

By the way have you been thrashing your work? You could be thrashing the best posts ever made!

Conduct a research within your recycles bin or paper thrash can!

First, go straight to the recycle bin to reopen that scribbled posts you threw away in frustration, yep go get it, now read it again, does it make sense to you now?

We sometimes throw away the best piece of our work in anger or frustration until someone else discovers them for you or steal them and put them to good use, don’t lose your hard work!

When I started I usually scribble some notes or good points I thought will make sense, then throw them away in frustration when I couldn’t bring it together until one day I made a huge discovery. I was going through my notepad when I stumbled upon a beautiful piece I wrote and when I took my time to read it all over again, it gave me a new idea of how best I could make it better and before you know it, out came a beautiful post!

People want information–make it interesting and they will pay attention. Make it really compelling, and they might even keep it around for a while, but make is complicated they will simply give it a try a little and dump it to look elsewhere for a more basic and easier information. Get the drill?

Back to Pinterest beginners guide-

PINTEREST BEGINNER

If you still think Facebook and Twitter are the coolest and end-all of social media marketing tools, you best think again.

Now, say hello to your SEO friend  – Pinterest!

Yup, Pinterest pins are 1000 times more spreadable than a tweet. If you don’t have an account already, or if your account is personal, you’re going to need to sign up for a Pinterest Bussiness account.

Pinterest can be used to create a share and engage space for your blog, such as youtube or blog, displaying your products and creating an idea of what your business or blog is all about. Your pin’s success relies on creating ‘pinnable’ images that other users will want to repin such as travel photos, foodies recipes, weddings ideas, Blogging tips, DIY crafts ideas, and interior designs etc. But before you start, make sure you claim your site. Copy the given code in Pinterest follow the instructions and past in your site. Also, make sure your blog or business has a social media account such as Facebook and Instagram, Twitter etc, you will need to connect your accounts to your Pinterest accounts this is a good way to increase your reach and engagement.

Make sure you verify your account!

Verifying your account is a good way to gain authority and build trust. When Pinterest users see that little red check mark next to your website, they know you’re legit.

You can verify your website in the settings section by adding a meta tag. This will give you a verification badge, and you’ll be official. If you choose not to verify your site, you can still include a link to your site on your page, but you won’t be able to use Pinterest Analytics. About that, hmmm, ok, to me one of the best features on Pinterest is the super helpful Pinterest Analytics. Although this feature is only for business accounts and allows you to see: All the stuff happening on your account behind your back!. To get this feaur,e just regiter your pinterest as a business account.

Also, You Can Apply For Pinterest Promoted Pins-Business

Pinterest promoted pins offers a simple advertising platform for all your business needs. Just sign up to a Pinterest account and get your promotions going. To start off, you will need to select a pin that you want to use to promote your brand or blog posts. Next, you will set your goals and then you will choose your audience -potential pinners as explained above.

Make your site images pinnable so people can pinnit. Also create boards and pins on your pinterest with clear sharp photos using a longer title and description. Remember no one is going to find your pin if you don’t optimise it for engagement.

The easiest way to explain it is that Pinterest is a one-stop shop for bloggers business and brands, in fact, in essence, Pinterest is a shoutout platform for your blog, brand or business. Over the year Big and small businesses have keyed in on the many benefits that Pinterest can offer including:

Expansion and growth

Increased visibility and brand awareness

Builds dofollow backlinks- (I did a post about this find it below)

Increased your Sales

High Social engagement

Powerful SEO

Increased Traffic

Increase in sales and services

INSTAGRAM

Increase Your Instagram Followers (Unless you plan to buy followers, you should make time to grow your followers)*

If you’re just starting out on Instagram, posting photos can be pretty depressing. When all your excitement and hard work are met by nothing more than few likes from a handful of followers, it’s easy to get discouraged, even if you know the drill.

How To Grow Your Instagram Followers 

I am pretty sure it is everyone’s dream to hit 1 million like per day with a social network with over 800 million people that not asking for too much. Either way, you need at least 100k followers before brands will start to take you seriously. Be focused just because you haven’t reach 1k subscribers and hits, let alone a 100k does not mean you can’t get there, me neither, I couldn’t care less either, even though I am not running a super blog on a hosted domain, either way I did this post becuase it could help someone out there who is struggling and almost giving on blogging. So cheer up, you could be on your way to becoming a pro-blogger sooner than you think. Just follow this tips, I am doing the same too, and bottom line is you got nothing to loss!

Cool easy tips you can try:

Guest posting

This will always work for you and has been helping bloggers grow. Get on online and search for any industry or any blog, next share your experiences, tips, and tricks, posts that are useful and helpful are most sought after, so post something useful.

Cool Hashtags You Can Use For Instagram Posts

#coolblogs #photography #instablogs #blogger #timepost #wanderlust #instagood #photooftheday #vacation #nature #travelgram #love #blogging #postoftheday #photography #like #amazing #instagram #countrye #my #picoftheday #beautiful #architecture #mywork #cool #follow #o #view #instadaily #blogposts

 Forums Posts

There are forums dedicated to bloggers. Join them and repeat the process from Facebook. Eventually, you’ll be seen as an expert and people will naturally gravitate towards your website and possibly connect.

Sadly, it’s only when you have enough traffic and engagement that brands will consider working with you. But look on the brighter side, that should be your motivating factor! Every brand has different guidelines so you’ll have to be proactive once you think have what it takes or you’re big enough to blow their minds.

YouTube

Please keep this in mind unless you are willing to maintain your Youtube, You will find it quite useful as this is another great medium to grow your audience and command a premium for working with cool brands out there. The process of promoting Youtube account is also similar to Blog posts but keep in mind that all your videos must have good clear audio and should be of high in quality to keep people coming back.

Facebook groups

Facebook has been spammed badly, lots of people who are now using facebook are mostly spammers the key is to apply the correct technique because Facebook is  still a goldmine of traffic although badly mined. Unless you are ready to part with your monies for Facebook ads, instead do this before joining and dropping your link you  will have to join and participate in the groups-choose group relating to your blog genre and follow their rules for posting. Help others, share insights, follow, like and leave good comments. Every now and then, let them know about a new post you just published.

How To Tweak Your Blo

Write and SEO-Friendly, and Engaging, Headline

Your headline may be the most important part of your post. According to research, eight out of ten people will only read a headline, and won’t even bother to click through to the full post, which underlines the importance of getting it right. The first time I started blogging I messed up big time, and did all sort of hurtful things to my posts, but all that will be corrected as time goes on, I have been studying and doing my due deligence. In other words, it doest matter how messed up your blog is,  good or bad you are going to do something about it, at least that is what matters, time and research will solve that problem did I add patient, yup, that too. Don;t beat yourself up, follow through with this posts. I also added external links to other sites to help you learn more and get it right.

Headlines Strategy For Bloggers

One great strategy for headlines is to think about the various needs of your reader – what problem are you solving for them with your blog post and it is worth their while? The most common Google searches are people like you and me looking for fast, easy solutions to solve their problems – look to address that focus head-on with your headline. So the next time you pick up a topic make sure it is helpful to other too.

Proofread

Read over your text to spot any errors – then do it again. Then, if you can, ask someone else to do the same. As for me am still proof reading, I used grammerly but found out that there are still errors on my posts here and there. The trick is to run a weekely proof reading on all your posts, overwelming right? I know, alternatively if you are leveled-up I mean (loaded) why not pay for that service, proof readers gotta eat too!. By the way if you spot any on my post why not be a sweetheart and whisper it to me here

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To get advanced SEO optimization for your blog find the link to SEM & SEO at the end of the post.

Tips:

– Always use good filters in all your pictures

– Use storytelling in your captions

-Again Keep working harder.

-Follow your followers do not unfollow

– Whenever you can use a mix of videos and images for your posts

– Create Instagram stories so people can follow your day to day Activities

– Repost from followers and popular accounts it gives people a sense of

– Post-high-quality pictures (you knew that already)

– Post often (at least once a day)

– Post consistently-not spam

– Communicate with influencers to like your content

– Research and use popular and not so popular hashtags, also share to increase your Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest Followers reach.

– Create a color theme for your profile.

WHY I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER’S POSTS AND SHARE THEIR WORK?

Have you ever been at a social gathering and met someone who seems to self-proclaimed themselves to be the most interesting well-achieved professional man or woman in the world? I bet nobody will like to spend another second with that kind of person — after a few seconds of conversation anyone stuck talking to them will suddenly do the following:

-A sudden need to visit the loo,

-Spots a “friend” they haven’t seen in ages across the room

-Or just suffers through by downing conversation

That brings us back to blogging, as we strive to keep up with the constant need to, end up obsessed about ourselves in our tweets, our blogs, and our Facebook posts.

I recommend sharing a few blogs you like and also help give them a shout out. I do this almost all the time. Of course, the process of growing your blog or social media handle does take some effort and time, but like most things in life that are worth it, don’t’ always come easy. The good news is you are ready, up and kicking  your way to success!!.

I continue to work on my blog, I tweak and try to do as much as I can to improve the hit rates and SEO optimization including speed check, at the moment it is low, so we are in the same shoes, still I am working on it. However, I am more concentrated on creating better helpful contents. Also I recently changed the look of my blog for more user friendly and accessibility. Do you like the new look? I want to hear from you, please share your thoughts.

I hope this post inspires you to know your worth, go ahead and make things happen. If you don’t ask you’ll never know.

I look forward to reading comments on how you improved your site, blog, social media and how you landed a deal to collaborate and partnered with cool brands. If you like this post pin it, share it or leave me a nice sweet comment!

As for me, I look forward to emailing some hotels and resorts in West Africa requesting to do a review on their services! Am saving for this trip!!

Links I promised-

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SEO OPTIMIZATION FOR NEWBIE BLOGGERS

SEO TITLE GENERATOR

UPCOMING POSTS!!!

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-What is Your Tea Culture?

Brief Post Intro-

Japanese Tea Culture-Coming Soon

Tea culture is defined by the way tea is made and consumed, by the way the people interact with tea, and by the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking. It includes aspects of tea production, tea brewing, tea arts and ceremony, society, history, health, ethics, education, and communication and media issues.

The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called chanoyu or sadō, chadō, while the manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called temae.-(Source)-Wiki

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Tea are known to boost immunity, increase fetility and maintain general health. Scientists have found that the catechins–antioxidants in green tea extract increase the body’s ability to burn fat as fuel, which accounts for improved muscle endurance also, drinking tea could help reduce the risk of heart attack but do not exceed 4-5 cups per day. Tea might also help protect against cardiovascular and degenerative diseases. Drinking the tea every day will actually help prevent IBS bloating and gas in the first place, if you’re suffering from common Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms-IBS fennel tea will help relieve them. Also Peppermint tea is great too – Peppermint is one of the oldest of herbs and has been around for ages. Chamomile tea not only reduces stress and anxiety, but it also helps treat insomnia. Just like peppermint tea, chamomile tea has great benefits in relaxing the muscles and reducing irritability.

How to fix- Dry chamomile, add 3-4 tablespoons in 8 ounces of boiling water, boil for a sec and serve.

6 Healthy benefits of tea:

Tea may help with weight loss.

Tea may help protect your bones.

Tea may keep you sleep better.

Tea contains antioxidants.

Tea has less caffeine than coffee

Tea may reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke

Tea may boost your immunity

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Terrible Quality Renovations!

TorontoRealtyBlog

Let’s watch some videos today, shall we?

I’ve seen a few really bad renovations of late, and when one of my clients asked me the other day, “Why would somebody do this?” all I could muster in reply was, “This is what happens when you combine boredom, money, and a false sense of confidence.”

Everybody and their grandmother think they can flip houses in Toronto, but contrary to popular belief, not everything sells…

Where to start…

Oh, where to start…..well, I suppose I’ll lead with the one that made me laugh the hardest.  Just try and picture how I discovered this renovation mistake.

What does $1,4000,000 buy in Toronto these days?

What kind of quality and workmanship would one expect?

And how much does a ruler cost these days?  Maybe $2.00?  Maybe the person who installed the door and sink in this video could have ponied up for one?

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The MLS listing for this home reads:

“Completely Renovated Throughout With Only The Highest Quality Finishes.”

–

I’m not a fireman.

But I’m pretty sure that this is not in any way, safe…

–

This is called “Doing 90% of the job.”

Install these really cool reproduction French doors, and then ruin it by not finishing the installation properly.

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The YouTube thumbnail spoiled this one already, so you know where this is going.

But why in the world would the seller think it’s okay to have this in plain sight during viewings?

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Some photos, now, perhaps?

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Look, I know enough about Chinese to ignorantly say “that’s Chinese writing below,” when I’m pretty sure “Chinese” isn’t a language.

So if I’m this ignorant, then what hope does a home-owner have when they take possession of their new house and all the wiring and plumbing is labelled as follows:

–

Another listing that says “Fully Renovated” in the description.

Here is the entrance way to two bedrooms, from the hallway.

That makes three rooms for those of you counting along at home, and I count three different types of flooring:

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Soooo………

…….buddy in the middle doesn’t get a driveway?

Or we just assume that giant tree is going to suddenly fall ill, and need to be torn down?

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I’m not a structural engineer, but I don’t think a single brick, under a cinder-block, with wood shims on top, placed in a dirt base, is any way to prop up a beam…

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And last, but oh-most-certainly not least, let me tell you how much I hate ambiguity.

I need everything in my life to be clear as day.

So when I see a property like this one below, and I’m not quite sure if it’s sold, it really bothers me…

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Terrible Quality Renovations!

TorontoRealtyBlog

Let’s watch some videos today, shall we?

I’ve seen a few really bad renovations of late, and when one of my clients asked me the other day, “Why would somebody do this?” all I could muster in reply was, “This is what happens when you combine boredom, money, and a false sense of confidence.”

Everybody and their grandmother think they can flip houses in Toronto, but contrary to popular belief, not everything sells…

Where to start…

Oh, where to start…..well, I suppose I’ll lead with the one that made me laugh the hardest.  Just try and picture how I discovered this renovation mistake.

What does $1,4000,000 buy in Toronto these days?

What kind of quality and workmanship would one expect?

And how much does a ruler cost these days?  Maybe $2.00?  Maybe the person who installed the door and sink in this video could have ponied up for one?

–

The MLS listing for this home reads:

“Completely Renovated Throughout With Only The Highest Quality Finishes.”

–

I’m not a fireman.

But I’m pretty sure that this is not in any way, safe…

–

This is called “Doing 90% of the job.”

Install these really cool reproduction French doors, and then ruin it by not finishing the installation properly.

–

The YouTube thumbnail spoiled this one already, so you know where this is going.

But why in the world would the seller think it’s okay to have this in plain sight during viewings?

–

Some photos, now, perhaps?

–

Look, I know enough about Chinese to ignorantly say “that’s Chinese writing below,” when I’m pretty sure “Chinese” isn’t a language.

So if I’m this ignorant, then what hope does a home-owner have when they take possession of their new house and all the wiring and plumbing is labelled as follows:

–

Another listing that says “Fully Renovated” in the description.

Here is the entrance way to two bedrooms, from the hallway.

That makes three rooms for those of you counting along at home, and I count three different types of flooring:

–

Soooo………

…….buddy in the middle doesn’t get a driveway?

Or we just assume that giant tree is going to suddenly fall ill, and need to be torn down?

–

I’m not a structural engineer, but I don’t think a single brick, under a cinder-block, with wood shims on top, placed in a dirt base, is any way to prop up a beam…

–

And last, but oh-most-certainly not least, let me tell you how much I hate ambiguity.

I need everything in my life to be clear as day.

So when I see a property like this one below, and I’m not quite sure if it’s sold, it really bothers me…

The post Terrible Quality Renovations! appeared first on Toronto Real Estate Property Sales & Investments | Toronto Realty Blog by David Fleming.

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