Lessons from a Social Media N00B

I started this blog back in November, and not only was I new to blogging, but I was new to social media altogether. (I’ve had a FaceBook for a while but only had ‘friends’ that I actually know in real life, which gives it a different feel). I went to WordPress.com and with much trepidation I signed up. I spent the first few weeks just reading other blogs. I followed the ones I liked and did research that way. I didn’t ‘like’ or comment on anything because I didn’t have my confidence up yet. My first post went out in November and I started picking up followers. Since then my blog has evolved into what it is now. A few short months later and I’m feeling somewhat comfortable with it, but still perplexed by some of the nuances.

I started using my Twitter around the same time I started my blog. They seemed to go hand in hand. I’ve had a Twitter for a while but couldn’t understand it or use it. Was it like FaceBook? Where were people’s pages? Through starting my blog I have explored Twitter a bit more and I can almost say I know how to use that too.

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What blogging means to me

[Editor's Note: Today I have my very first guest post, I know! So exciting! And to make it even more sweet it comes from one of my very favourite bloggers Twindaddy. I stumbled on to StuphBlog not long after I signed up on WordPress and since then I have been hooked. Stuphblog has everything, romance, action, hilarity and raw emotion. I feel honoured and privileged to have Twindaddy as my guest. Please make him feel welcome, and then go check out his blog, it's seriously overflowing with awesomeness]

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