If you’re considering adding a blog to your site, you’ll want to have a plan beforehand. Planning your blog will help your subject matter remain consistent over time. It’ll also help you determine whether or not there’s enough material to maintain a steady stream of posts.
One pitfall many new bloggers run into is starting a blog that isn’t posted to frequently enough. A shortage of recent posts can give your visitors a bad impression of your business. One may think “I wonder if they’re still in business” or “they may want to hire a writer.”
A blog, like any other customer facing aspect of your business, communicates your brand. If it isn’t maintained and given proper attention, people will notice. Post regularly and keep your content fresh. Give your audience a reason to visit often.
If you’re new to WordPress you may be wondering what’s the big deal behind Pages and Posts. At first glance they appear to be one and the same: if you were to create either a new page or a new post you’d be presented with nearly identical interfaces and in many cases the public appearance of pages and posts will look the same.
Don’t let this fool you. There’s a very fundamental difference between the two and that difference is what makes CMSs, like WordPress, great platforms for integrating blogs with traditional websites.
Pages
Think about the kind of pages that make up a typical website. Most often you’ll see pages like “Home”, “About Us”, “Services”, “Contact Us”, etc. Within WordPress these are often treated as Pages; documents that have no particular regard for the time they were posted.
For example, when you visit the “About Us” page of your favorite company’s website you don’t expect the content to be very different from what was available there a week ago.
If you write about a variety of subjects, categories can help your readers find the posts that are most relevant to them. For instance, if you run a consulting business, you may want some of your posts to reflect work you’ve done with previous clients, while having other posts act as informational resources. In this particular case, you can set up 2 categories: one labeled Projects and another labeled Resources. You’d then place your posts in their respective categories.
We wanted to share a fun event that is happening this weekend, February 18th-21st, 2022
Great Backyard Bird Count 2022 🪶🦉🐦🕊️🦆
CornellLab, Audubon, and Birds Canada are running this global event. For the four days in February, the world is coming together for the love of birds. The observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. This year it is a celebration of coming together for 25 years to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. 🐦🪶🦆
You may be asking how do I participate? It is an easy and fun thing to do, it can be done anywhere you find birds.
How to participate:
-Decide where you will watch the birds. Watch the birds for 15 minutes or more, at least once over the 4 days. Multiple days/times in the 4 days is also welcomed.
Count all the birds you see or hear within your planned location and time period. Enter your findings either on Merlin Bird ID app, eBird Mobile app or eBird website.
-As per birdcount.org, Merlin Bird ID app is recommended if you are new to the Great Backyard Bird Count. It is free and easy to use. You can get more information about both apps or website https://www.birdcount.org/participate/
-A downloadable printable checklist for birds found in your area can be found on www.birdcount.org
A fun app you may want to check out is, BirdNET. It can help you identify bird sounds. You can record a bird sound/song and BirdNET can help you correctly identify the possible bird species in your recording. BirdNET is a joint project of the Cornell Lab Ornithology and the Chemnitz University of Technology. https://birdnet.cornell.edu/
We hope you have fun and good luck with the Great Backyard Bird Count. Happy birding! 🐦🦆
