How to Blog on the New Patch Platform

Blogging on Patch is the easiest way to keep your neighbors in the know, share your opinion or even tell us what's happening in your small business.

With the new Patch platform, blogs are automatically featured front-and-center on the Brecksville Patch homepage. As soon as you post, the community can join your discussion. How cool is that?

We encourage bloggers to post about life, school, hot-button issues, pets and more. The topics are endless!

After your blog is live, feel free to promote it on your Facebook and Twitter account. We'll share your post with the community in our daily newsletter.

The posts of our most popular, active bloggers will be featured in the “Who’s Blogging” box! 

Some other Patch blog features: bloggers can now edit their own posts (big change!) and moderate their own comments. (“Moderate” just means you can immediately delete comments that make personal attacks or use foul language.)

Ready to get started? 

Here’s how:
1. Go to Brecksville Patch's homepage.
2. Click on "Join" on the upper right side of the page.
3. Follow the simple instructions to confirm your account.
4. Log in and click on your name in the upper right.
5. Click on "Edit Profile" on the right and add a photo and a brief bio

Second, here’s how to start a blog:
Once you’re logged in, go to the homepage. 
1. On the homepage, scroll down to the “Who’s Blogging?” module which is below the “News & Blogs” feed.
2. Click on the “Start blogging” button at the bottom right of the “Who’s Blogging?” module.
3. Complete setup by inputting the name of your blog, description and choosing or uploading a blog icon image
4. Click on “Create your blog.”
5. Now you can either “Write your first post,” “Dress up your blog” or tell people about it.
6. For your first blog all you need is a category, a brief description, a photo and then your text in the body of the article.
7. Click ‘Post Now,’ or if you are not ready to post, save it as a draft and come back to it later.

We can't wait to read what you have to share. Happy posting!

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