Your voice. Your community.
The Patch Local Voices section can be a powerful tool for yourself, your group or your business. It's the perfect place to promote a big event coming up, voice your opinion on something you are passionate about or share tips from your career field.
Each Sunday we will feature some of Patch's most interesting Local Voices writers, show you who is posting on Patch and how you can get started.
Get those kids into college
Kim Lifton is President and co-founder of Wow Writing Workshop.com, a company dedicated to helping college-bound students tell their stories in their own words and their own voices so their admissions essays stand out from the crowd.
Wow developed and runs Wow Online - College Essay, the first online, self-guided tutorial for writing college entrance essays. Lifton is inquisitve (some say nosey), loves to write and believes everyone can write; many just haven't been taught a process to do so.
She also share may of her tips on Patch.
This week she posted, "Before you work out, you warm up by stretching. When you perform in a play, you warm up with rehearsals. When you write a story about yourself, you should warm up, too."
You can read more and follow her blog on Patch.
Who else is posting on Patch?
- Oakland Township realtor Nancy Duncanson created The Realtor's Blog and posted about The PROCESS of selling Real Estate.
- The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan posted about the Kidney Walk at the Detroit Zoo Raising $300,000.
- L'Anse Creuse Public Schools shared information about L’Anse Creuse Middle School – East raising over $43,000 for the American Cancer Society at their recent a Relay for Life event.
- Oakland County Community counselor Kristy Gerke profiles host families and au pairs each month.
- Click the "Start Blogging" button on your Patch homepage.
- Start writing. It doesn’t have to be perfect. (Just don’t use all caps!)
- Upload a photo to illustrate your blog that you own or have permission to use. You can also just use a Patch logo offered on the page.
- Hit “Create your blog”
- Write your first post
- Share something and it will appear on the home page.
- Dress up your blog.
- Add cover photos.
- Tell your followers on Twitter
- Find your blog in the "Your Blogs" menu next to your Profile
Questions? Contact Patch Community Editor Jason Alexander at jason.alexander@patch.com or 810-488-1353.
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