My 100th Blog Post! 10 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging
What DO you write for your 100th blog post? I feel as though it should be somewhat important as it’s kind of like a stepping stone in the world of blogging. But I don’t have the answer. Instead I turned to Twitter and ask my followers, “What should I write for my 100th blog post?” and was told I should write 100 things I love about blogging.. I honestly don’t think I can make it to 100 with my mommy brain. I’m tired and exhausted and I have a 2 year old sitting on my lap right now.
Instead I think I will tell you just 10 things I’ve learned about blogging since I’ve started.
1- Blog Design is VERY important! Since Having Lindsey of Mommy Chronicles redesign my blog, I’ve gained more traffic than I ever would have expected. I also highly recommend getting a 3 column blog.. it is SO much easier to organize.
2- It’s important to try and reply or comment back to the people who’ve visited your blog and left comments on your posts. It can take a long time depending on the number of responses you’re getting but it’s important in forming those relationships with your readers.
3- People like pictures with those yummy recipe posts.
4- Twitter does wonders for your site traffic and I’ve met a lot of wonderful people on there.
5- Write it on paper first.. then copy it to your blog. It’s easier to organize your thoughts that way when you’re writing a long post.
6- You can meet lots of other mommy bloggers by joining these sites;
The Mom Blogs, Twitter Moms, Mom Bloggers Club.
7- Have a way for people to contact you directly on your blog! I’ve been contacted many times about doing reviews and giveaways this way. You want to make it easy for companies to contact you.
8- Do not call half of your readers racist, sexist, or any other “ist”.. it’s rude and half of your readers will never read your blog again. I didn’t do this myself but I read a blog that said if you weren’t voting for Obama you were racist.. insteresting theory but simply not true of all her readers. I bet she lost half of her readers!
9- Have a button with a code for your readers to grab. It makes it easy on them AND you! 
10- And last but not least.. be cautious in posting your full name and names or your children, where you live, etc. It makes me SO nervous! There’s far too many fruit loops out there. If you’re like my husband you’re probably thinking “this girl is so paranoid!” but if you’re like me you read the news and know that this is important!
Thank you to all of my readers for reading Keeper of the Cheerios… you might know more about me than my own husband! Just kidding. I am looking forward to the continuing growth of my blog, future posts, and all of the readers and fellow blog writers I know I’ll meet. Wish me luck as I venture on to the next 100 posts!
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congrats on your 100th post! I’m so glad I found you. Oh and how do you do the button?
congrats on your 100th post! I’m so glad I found you. Oh and how do you do the button?
congrats on your 100th post! I’m so glad I found you. Oh and how do you do the button?
congrats on your 100th post! I’m so glad I found you. Oh and how do you do the button?
congrats on your 100th post, thats wonderful!
trisha
momdot.com
Congrats on your 100th !
Congrats on your 100th post!!!
Congrats! I am still trying to figure out how to tweak my own blog and do the whole button thing. LOVE yours!!!
CONGRATS! WAHOO!!!!!
Great job! Way to go! ~does a little dance~
Hey Miranda,
Congrats on your century…this calls for a nice celebration
How about a cool recipe 
Anyway, Priya from SezWho here.
I would love to hear more about what you expected from Sezwho and how it did not meet your expectations, if any.
Look forward to hearing your feedback.
Best
Priya
I’ve been trying to figure out the button code box too! Those are some great tips, congrats on the 100th post!
Congratulations. I would love to know how Twitter has increased your traffic.
Thanks for the tips! I just wrote a post about needing a makeover a couple weeks ago. I will have to check out Lindsay!
Congrats on your 100th post.
P.S. Found you on the Mom Blogs
100 posts!! Congratulations!
Woo Hoo! 100 posts!! Love the 10 blogging tips!! Thank you.
Jen@
Creative and Curious Kids!
God’s Shining Stars
Congrats! Amen to number 3. I wish all cookbooks would print pics of the recipe–after all, we eat with our eyes first!
Great post! Very helpful information! Thank you:)
I found your blog at themomblogs.com
Congratulations on your 100th post! How exciting!
Great tips! My blog is a work in progress. It was good to see the things that others find important.
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