Following a Blog 101

There are so many fantastic blogs out there.  More than I can possibly read on a regular basis. Throw in Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and emails- I'm in Information Overload! 

We use our blog to show new products, events, fun craft ideas and then we throw in some random posts like my living room re-do or what I made for dinner.  And many of my customers tell me that they can't figure out how to follow our blog, never mind leave a comment!  So, I thought I would break it down into simple language.  

There are several ways to follow our blog- or any blog for that matter.  
There is a place in our sidebar that looks like this: 

This allows you to join our site and have our posts saved to your "Reader" of choice.  

What's a Reader? We'll get to that in just a minute. 

There is another little box on our sidebar that looks like this: 

There's that word, READER again! 

So what the heck is this thing?  If you decide to follow hundreds of blogs like I do, then you will need a Reader.  There are several options, but I use Google Reader.  It is simple and allows me to put my blogs into categories, so I can skip the "Business" blogs if I just want to read the "Decorating" blogs. (and who doesn't???)

Here is what my Google Reader looks like (in list view): 

You can also choose to view it in page view- pictures: 

There are many really cool features within Google Reader and I won't discuss them here now, but it is not hard to navigate, so just get in there and click around.  




One last way to follow a blog is via email:

This is MY personal LEAST favorite way to go because I also receive about a gazillion emails a day and I certainly don't want to add to that!  If, however, this is a better method for you, then by all means, use it. You may have a separate email address just for stuff like this.

Finally, if you see something you like on a blog, SHARE it... 

Our blog has this little section below each post: 

  Each of those little boxes allows you to share it via

Email (M), Blogger, Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus. 

So, if you find a craft idea or a great recipe, by all means, share! 

The world wide web is an amazing place.

Whatever way you follow blogs.... 

Keep Following. 

And Comment.  

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