Free Blogging Advice
I got an email from someone who'd just started a blog at BearBlog. He asked for some advice on how to become an active member of the IndyWeb community. All I could honestly do was list the tools I've used and can personally vouch for. Feel free to adapt and share this as you see fit.
Open an account at https://omg.lol. OMG.LOL is an IndyWeb powerhouse that gives you an enormous amount of services for $20 a year. You can have an auxiliary blog, make a /now page or a Link in Bio page, upload pictures, get a proof of ownership certificate, have your own RSS feed, access a private Discord server and join the best Mastodon community on the Internet at social.lol. Plus you get a free .lol domain for a year to use with BearBlog. That's not even all. Go take a look. My referral link is:https://home.omg.lol/referred-by/amerpie
Once you join the social.lol instance of Mastodon, let me know and I will do an introductory post so that all of my friends and followers can "meet you"
Add your blog to the directory a friend and I have just set up. A Blog Directory (bearblog.dev)
Practice POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) - You can use Echofeed for free to syndicate your main RSS feed.
You can also syndicate through Micro.blog, a $5 a month service with lots of benefits and many experienced Indy Web types who are super helpful.
Write regularly. The more you write, the better you will feel about it. I suggest you take part in the upcoming blogging challenge, Blaugust.
Look at the resources on this page - Blog Inspiration | Robert Birming
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