Teach What You Know: Start a Blog

If you have a passion for something – your job, your hobby, your family – then you should be blogging about it

Do you bowl, fish, garden, knit, shoot video, take pictures … are you a single mom, a single dad, an accountant with finance tips … do you have opinions on politics, education, crime … can you recommend a good book, explain how to do something better, faster, cheaper?

Whatever you have to teach others, blogging about it has never been easier. And we will feature the best entries on the home page.

How to Blog on Patch

Sign in to your Patch account (It’s free, too).
Click, Want to blog on Patch? (Under Local Voices).
Click http://salisbury.patch.com/blog/apply (Bookmark this link to make it even quicker).
Write a Post and click Submit (You can include photos and videos).

Tips for Bloggers

Blog what you love, what you are passionate about.
Make it useful. Teach something.
Make it easy to read: Use lists, bullet points, subheads and short paragraphs
Make it a 2-minute read, or less: that’s about 600 words max.
One post, one idea: keep it focused.
Upload a profile photo for your Patch account
Use clear, short titles that attract readers (see the titles of this page above).
Encourage readers to comment on your blog.
Read other blogs.
Read the Patch Blogging Guidelines

Types of posts:

How-to
Informational
Reviews
Lists (Top 10 …; Five Things … etc.)
Interviews
Rants
Inspirational
Satirical/Funny
Photos/Video
Problems
Solutions
Almost anything else …