After spending 5 hours answering all of your questions from the Inquiring Minds want to know post; I realized that Tip Junkie is seriously lacking in a few categories.
- Blogging Tips for beginners
- Paper crafting
- Digital tutorials for scrapbooking and making your own files
I’ve been toying with the idea for a while of opening Tip Junkie up to allow regular guest posters who are experts in their field.
Therefore, if you feel that you are in a position to post tutorials on a regular basis in any of the 3 topics listed above, please leave a comment on this post with a link to an example post on your blog.
Don’t worry, Tip Junkie won’t change the current format at all and will still bring you tips on all topics related to creative women. These three topics will just be more of a staple so we can all learn some fun new skills.
I LOVE making my blog prettier! I have posted quite a few tips and tricks for my readers in response to all the emails I get asking me how I “got the look.” I have never paid anyone for blog help and have always been able to find anything I need from tutorials on-line.
Here is a post that taught my readers how to make their own site button:
http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2010/02/blogging-101-how-to-make-button.html
Fun idea Laurie!
-Steph
I’m responding to the “Blogging tips for beginners” category. I don’t have any posts that I’ve made directly geared towards things beginner bloggers can do and should do, but I feel that I have lots of great tips up my sleeve that I can share. I do have one post I made recently about Stuff I Use for my projects:
http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2010/04/05/basic-stuff-i-use/
The reason I feel like I’m qualified to give advice to new bloggers is because I am a new blogger and I’ve been very successful (so obviously I must be doing something right).
I’ve been blogging since March 2nd, 2010 (about a month) and so far I’ve had over 34k Visits and over 95k hits to my site. I’ve also been as low as 19 on blogrankings (I’m 23 right now) and I’m currently 15 on Blogtopsites. I have over 1,100 comments on my blog, my first mcklinky has 193 unique blogs listed on it, and I’ve been featured over 40 times.
I’m not trying to brag. I’m just trying to point out that I seem to have quickly discovered the “secrets” to getting your blog out there and noticed. There are so many different things you can do to help promote your blog. I’m already getting emailed constantly asking what I’ve done – and I’m happy to share my tips with others.
Laurie – I would be especially interested in reading Blogging Tips for Beginners. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to do the custom design on my blog. I want to learn it myself so that when I want to change it up I don’t have to reply on someone else to always makes changes and adjustments for me.
Can’t wait! 🙂
SRM has a blog 5 days a week on paper crafting. I sent you an email letting you know that we would love to contribute in any way you like. We have 16 fantastic paper crafting designers who work their magic with paper and stickers and simple embellishments. We love to make cards, layouts, alter art projects, mini albums…anything that involves paper, stickers and embellishments. Check it out at http://www.srm-stickers.blogspot.com
Really enjoy your blog. Thanks for the opportunity!
I do papercraft tutorials…here is one example. There are more on the top left hand corner of my blog under tutorials…
http://papertreedesign.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-is-sneak-peak-of-upcoming-release.html
I have also started home decoration tutorials..here is another…
http://www.treasurehuntergirl.blogspot.com/
Hugs
D