Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

Published by Nedim Kufi

Traditions contribute a sense of belonging and re-enforce values such as freedom, integrity, a good education, a strong work ethics and the value of being selfless. They are embedded treasures that I carefully used and integrated throughout my creative journey. During my early years, I lived in a country that embraced and celebrated a mosaic of influences of many different civilizations of the old world, with a long and rich heritage. All that made an impact on my work and inspired me greatly adding to that the many journeys that I’ve been to - to the Arab and Muslim countries. The journey included historic monuments and ruins, in which I started taking notes, examining links between culture differences and comparisons. Such as (Andalusia ) ( Spain ), Persia, Turkey, Morocco amongst other countries. I’ve often visited the old traditional souks, the old dyeing shops the handcrafts workshops, pottery studios, wood crafts and carpentry studios. All that and more have added treasures and experience that kept me going, growing and creating with joy. Specifically some crafts that were passed on through generations with great deal of spontaneity and details. I learned from Islamic traditions the strong aesthetic appeal that transcended time and space, the remarkable coherence and the decorative detailed work of art.

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