Starting today, the last Friday of every month I am going to be showcasing new or improved blogs! I really enjoy watching people start and grow their blogs. If Blog Ambitions has helped you start, migrate, or improve your blog send me a link and I will feature it in one of the upcoming months!
Why am I featuring new blogs? You know when your kid brings home a cute drawing of the family and you’re so proud you hang it on the fridge for all to see. That’s what I’m doing.
Also, I think it will be a great way for new bloggers to meet each other.
For everyone else, I want to show you examples of good blogging techniques. With each blog feature, I will talk about something the blog does really well. I love learning from other bloggers!
With out further ado, I present to you 3 new blogs:
The Peaceful Haven
Janelle Esker, author of the book CHOSEN : One Family’s Journey with Autism, writes the blog The Peaceful Haven. She blogs about family, home, health, gluten-free recipes, parenting, autism, and much more. Janelle’s blog is the one actually on my fridge in the picture above. If you stumbled across Janelle’s blog, you would never have guessed it was a newer blog. That’s how well she did at setting it up!
From the start, Janelle had her gravatar set up so that when she leaves sweet comments on my blog (or any other blog), her pictures shows up. She also personalized her favicon! Janelle’s blog categories are set up for easy navigation and so that her readers knew what topics to expect on her blog,
The Peaceful Haven blog displays easy access to social media accounts, and has a newsletter subscription box in the right side bar.
Theme: Sugar & Spice by WebTuts.
Connect with Janelle, the Peaceful Haven: Twitter, Pinterest
Matthew L. Edde
This site is an author blog for Matthew L. Edde, aspiring fiction author. His blog features short stories, chapters from the novel he is writing, The First Angel, and his own photography. Matthew’s about page is excellent. It clearly describes what his site is about and who he is and includes a picture. Here are my recommendations for setting up an about page if you need some help too!
Matthew’s blog also has great navigation and ways to connect socially. His social icons appear at the top in the left column as well as in the footer of his blog.
Theme: Metro Theme*
Connect with Matthew L. Edde: Twitter Facebook
My Own Home Blog
Kristina is the author of the blog My Own Home blog; a blog dedicated to home, food, DIY and decor.
I love Kristina’s theme. It is a perfect theme for the focus of her blog. My favorite part? The newsletter subscription box! Kristina also has a great media kit/advertising section and policy/disclosure section. Her legal notices are perfect examples of how blogger should write them. They aren’t stuffy templates but her own wording on important topics. I really like how she phrased sharing content from her blog. It’s the last paragraph of this page, go read it. Re-writing my privacy policy is no on my to-do list! Wondering if you need a privacy policy for your blog?
Theme: Modern Blogger Theme*
Connect with Kristina, My Own Home blog: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
Reach your Blog Ambitions!
I hope you enjoyed this post! I am looking forward to doing one every month. Our goal is to help you reach your Blog Ambitions! If you have a new or improved blog you’d like us to feature, send me a link! What do you think of these 3 new blogs? Head over and leave them some comment love!
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I want to thank you for the practical advise and examples. Sometimes it is not just enough to spell it out, seeing it in place in really helpful.
I agree! It is really helpful to see blogging techniques in action! Looking forward to doing more of these posts!
Your tips have helped me a lot along the way too! Thanks for sharing these, I love finding great new blogs to read!
Awe, you’re welcome Trish!
What a wonderful idea… and such a community building approach to blogging. Thanks for sharing these blogs. I’ll have to stop by and pay them a visit.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Thanks Jennifer!
A million thanks for featuring my blog! This was such a great surprise to see! I definitely wouldn’t be where I’m at if you weren’t so helpful, I’d still be stuck on wordpress.Com and still so confused! 🙂 I love checking out your posts for any new info I need to know. A million more thanks!
You are so very welcome! I’m glad everything is sorted out for you!
What a great idea! I love this, and your posts are so helpful! This is a great way to network and pay it forward!
B
http://www.naughteebits.com
Check back every month for more new blogs!
Thank you so very much for featuring my blog!! My whole family was screaming with excitement when we saw it!!!! The truth is…my blog would not be in existence if not for blogambitions! I followed every post step by step and that was the only way I was able to manage it. Every step was clearly written and easy to understand! Thank you for featuring The Peaceful Haven! You have been such a blessing to me!
Thank you for this thoughtful commenting. I really have enjoyed watching your blog grow!