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Share Your Minnesota State Fair Experiences on Patch
If you're going to the Great Minnesota Get Together in August, consider blogging about it.

Written by Val Engler
Buckets of cookies, fried candy bars, craft shows, live music, farm animals and everything on a stick. Get ready. The Great Minnesota Get Together is only five weeks away, and if youβre planning on going, Patch wants to hear about it.
Are you entering your award winning jam into a contest? Will your company have a booth with free giveaways? Do you plan to go on a mission to find the best food truck? Is your son or daughter competing in a talent show? Consider starting a free Patch blog and sharing your experience with your neighbors.
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Getting started is easy. All you have to do isΒ join PatchΒ and start a blog profile. Click the βStart Bloggingβ button near the bottom of the homepage. From there, name your blog, describe what kinds of topicsΒ youβll be writing about, upload a photo or select an icon, and click βCreate Blog.β Now you're ready to write your first blog post!
The beauty of blogging for Patch is that you can post as much or as little as you want to. And if youβre not a writer, itβs not a concern. Patch bloggers are regular people, not trained journalists.
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Do you have lingering questions about bloggingΒ on Patch? Email Community Editor Hannah GruberΒ atΒ hannah.gruber@patch.com
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