Blogging 201 Get Dynamic!. Be a Blogging Dynamo! You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you...

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Blogging 201 Get Dynamic!

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Page 1: Blogging 201 Get Dynamic!. Be a Blogging Dynamo! You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise,

Blogging 201Get Dynamic!

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Be a Blogging Dynamo!

• “You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you stand a better chance of holding the viewer… When you advertise fire-extinguishers, open with the fire.”David Ogilvy

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Be a Blogging Dynamo!

• The average person browsing the web will give you somewhere in the region of 4 seconds to capture their interest before moving on

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Adding Images

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Adding Images

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Adding Images

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Congratulations!

• You now know how to add pictures and clip art to your blog!

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Adding Video

Look for the share button, and click it. A little window will appear with a URL — copy that URL.

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Adding Video

• Then, in your post, click the video button.

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Adding Video

• Click the “From URL” tab at the top of the window and paste in the URL. Then click “insert into post.”

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Adding Video

• This is what it will look like now in your post editor.

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Adding Video

• Edit the post as you normally would, adding in any extra text and whatever headline you like. It will look something like this once live:

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Congratulations!

• You are now ready to add photos and video to your blog and become a blogging dynamo!

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Resources

• http://learn.wordpress.com/• http://wordpress.org/support/• http://codex.wordpress.org/

New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start• http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=499• http://wordpresshelp.org/

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