Keep Blogging Cool with Cool Cat Teacher

Blogging is a lot of work and can be overwhelming, but lucky for me, just as I was starting this blog site a month ago, I received a free e-book from Cool Cat Teacher Vicki Davis called, "10 Habits of Bloggers that Win."  I've been referring to these tips whenever I work on my blog.  Here are some that I've tried and some I'd still like to try:

1.  Fake hyperlinks tease readers and are bad netiquette.  In my Resources page,  I removed all underlined text and just bolded them instead.  I also checked to make sure that all hyperlinks open into a new window, which Davis says makes it easy for readers to return to your site.

2.  "Write and cut in half!"  This tip comes in handy when I step away and come back to what I've written.  Less is often more.  I now aim to keep my posts pithy.

3.  Vicki Davis likes to include a blog post title graphic and at least one quote graphic.  I will make time to play with quote graphics from Quoter, Recite, or Pablo.

4.  Automatically share posts using social media like Hootsuite.  I've figured how to schedule tweets on Twitter, but I think it would be fabulous to auto-share my posts.

5.  Engage with readers, asking questions when you're curious, replying to blog comments and emails, and thanking everyone.

Thank you, Sylvia Duckworth, for your amazing infographics!

I would now like to thank the following people:

• Vicki Davis for being a incredible inspiration
• Ed Warkentin for assigning this blog for the ET 735 signature assignment
• All my FPU colleagues who take their coursework seriously and inspire me to try new things