Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Helpful tips for creating and using a blog!!

Here are some directions for using common functions on blogger.com:

I. Signing In
a. Go to http://blogger.com
b. Enter your username and password (or create a profile if you'd like to start a blog!)
c. Now you’re ready to edit

II. Changing my blog template
a. Click on the ‘layout’ tab
b. Click on ‘pick new template’
c. Click on ‘use template’
d. You can then mess around with the colors by clicking on ‘fonts and colors’ under the ‘layout’ tab

III. To get back to your saved (unpublished) posts
a. Click on ‘new post’
b. Click on ‘edit posts’
c. Select the post you would like to edit and click ‘edit’
d. Now you can go wild! Don’t forget to scroll down and select ‘publish’ (or ‘save’) when you’re done.

IV. Saving a picture to use later on
a. Right click on the image you would like to use
b. Click on ‘save picture as’
c. Select your desktop and save the picture to your desktop

V. Add an image to your blog
a. Make sure you’re in ‘edit’ mode on one of your posts
b. Click on the picture icon
c. Click on ‘browse’
d. Select the image off of your ‘desktop’
e. Hit okay and you should be all set!

VI. To edit a blog that’s been published
a. Click on the pencil at the bottom of the blog post
b. This will take you to edit mode

Marketing tip:
· Add your blog to your email signature and people will surely click :)