Welcoming Your Readers
I love writing, but I can admit that I’m not the most tech-saavy individual on earth. I can follow a good set of instructions and learn how to complete almost any task, but when left to figure it out on my own am prone to - well - disaster.
The other day I read an awesome post by blogger Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster (albiet, the post was on Blogging Tips) about adding a welcome message to your blog. There are dozens of blogs today that have welcome messages in boxes above the first post. They state what the blog is about and thank readers for stopping by, but they aren’t part of any one post - they’re completely separate.
If you’ve tried your hand at blogging you know that there are several different blogging platforms available for use today. One popular platform is Blogger (run by Google). The free service allows users to drag and drop widgets until they’ve designed the website or blog they have in mind.
Amanda’s post, Blogger Tip: How to add a welcome message above your posts, walks Blogger users through a step-by-step tutorial that allows them to insert a welcome box on the Blogger platform. Blogs with a welcome message come across as more user-friendly and reinforce the reason a reader stopped by.
So what’s the trick? Installing the widget to add a welcome box is easy - editing the code to make sure it only appears on your home page is a bit more work, and here’s where I wash my hands of the issue - I don’t explain code well and therefore do not attempt to do so. I highly recomend you check out Amanda’s post for more information on how to properly install the Blogger “Welcome” widget. You’ll love the way it looks when you see the end results!