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#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #6

06 Dec 2018 39 Comments

by Ritu in Blogmas 2018 Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Blogmas, Blogmas 2018

Day 6!

Be my guest. I can be your guest. Be everyone’s guest!

I’m not going mad, honestly! And no, I am not having a party or anything.

What I mean to say is consider guest posting, or inviting others to be a guest on your blog.

The exposure you get for being a host, if marketed correctly, and the new viewers and possible followers you can amas by being a guest on a fellow blogger’s site is immense!

You can find a whole new pocket of readers who discover you through someone else, and you can return the favour by hosting someone on yours!

One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds

05 Dec 2018 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, one liner challenge, One Liner Wednesday

“Maybe the driver (pilot) was drunk!”
Lil Princess

A little explanation…

Driving to school yesterday morning, Lil Princess and I saw something rather strange in the sky…

After having viewed Venus next to a beautiful crescent moon, we viewed this…

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A post shared by Ritu Bhathal ✍🏽📚💜 (@ritubhathalwrites)

The scary thing was this was an airplane mark going down the sky, rather wonky, and it was still going down… I even checked the news for any airplane issues in Kent, but nothing… still, it looks freaky, doesn’t it?

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds.

#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #5

05 Dec 2018 12 Comments

by Ritu in Blogmas 2018 Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blog Tips, Blogger, Blogging, Blogmas, Blogmas 2018

And now we’re on to Day 5 of Blogmas!

Make links.

Whenever you find inspiration via another blogger, be curteous and link back to them so they know. It gives others a chance to discover another blog too, and paying it back means most bloggers will reblog you, or link back to you too.

And if you take part in any challenges, link back to the original challenge post so others can either read similar entries to yours, or even take part themselves!

COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 113, HAPPY DECEMBER! POETS CHOICE OF WORDS #MicroPoetry #Etheree #DoubleEtheree

04 Dec 2018 25 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Classroom, Double Etheree, Etheree

It’s Tuesday, and that means Colleen’s Tanka Challenge! Of course, just providing a couple of words would be far too simple, ~~so we have two words, yes, but we can’t use them! Only synonyms allowed!~~ so we get to choose our own words this week!

Poet’s Choice

Today I am writing a tribute to Christmas at school… In Double Etheree form, from the kid’s and the teacher’s perspective!

Image result for crazy christmas classroom

Awe
Wonder
Child-like glee
Decorations
Christmas lights twinkling
Upon a wonky tree
Handmade cards for family
Glitter strewn all over the floor
Ongoing nativity practices
Welcome to the classroom festive season!

Papework piling up, deadlines looming
Trying to teach hyperactive kids
Hungry for Santa and presents
Being the voice of thirty
As kids forget songs
Smiling inanely
Grateful for gifts
Thankful for 
Term end
Peace

Ritu 2018

https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/12/04/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-113-happy-december-poets-choice-of-words/

#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #4

04 Dec 2018 26 Comments

by Ritu in Blogmas 2018 Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blog Tips, Blogger, Blogging, Blogmas, Blogmas 2018

Day four of Ritu’s Blogmas!

Today’s tip

Read, read and read again.

By this I mean you must make sure you edit and revise your posts. Silly grammatical errors, spellings or broken links are simple to rectify, but can be the very things that put off prospective readers.