{"id":716,"date":"2017-07-31T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/blog-plug-ins-openbook-blog-hop-2\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T02:24:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:24:58","slug":"blog-plug-ins-openbook-blog-hop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Blog Plug-Ins #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLet  me start this by saying I’m not a professional blogger. I don’t make any money from this site. That’s not why I do this each week. I do it to try to attract people to buy my books. Frankly, I don’t do that very well, but I try.<\/p>\n

So don’t consider me an expert when it comes to the mechanics of having a blog page.  I’m putting myself out here, struggling with the basic stuff\u2014getting the words on ‘paper’ and really don’t mess with much more than that.<\/p>\n

Still, there’s a few things I’ve personalized. See that big ugly rectangle to the right? That big white box? The one asking you to sign up for my newsletter? That’s a plug-in. It’s provided by Mail Chimp. Oh, you haven’t signed up for my newsletter yet?  Go ahead. If you haven’t done it already, sign up. I promise not to spam you. I’ll wait.<\/p>\n

Oh, you’re back? Cool. And thanks.<\/p>\n

Now let your eyes travel down and to the right. All the way past the other pages of this blog and the list of archives. You’ll see two separate plug-ins.(Although they overlap) The first is so that you can follow me on Google+. If you do that, you’ll get notified when I add a new post to this blog. If you follow me on Facebook, you might get notified there too, but I know how FB loves to not share my posts.<\/p>\n

One more I’m going to point out. That cute little blue hippo? The one that says Featured Author? I got that by having a book accepted for the UK book site BookHippo. They are a tad bit fussy about which authors and books they feature, so it’s a honor. (They recently listed The Marquesa’s Necklace on their site.)<\/p>\n

And that’s it. My favorite plug-ins. Now I’m off to find out what the other authors are doing and steal their ideas!<\/p>\n

\nJuly 31, 2017 – What Are Your Favorite Blog Plugins?
\nWrite out all the awesome plugins that you are using on your blog. Make a big list of how you use them and why others should also be using them.
\nRules:
\n1. Link your blog to this hop.
\n2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.
\n3. Promise to visit\/leave a comment on all participants’ blogs.
\n4. Tweet\/or share each person’s blog post. Use #OpenBook when tweeting.
\n5. Put a banner on your blog that you are participating.
\nWordpress:<\/p>\n

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Custom Blog:<\/p>\n

\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n

An InLinkz Link-up<\/p>\n

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