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How to Start a Blog on Farmington Patch

5 easy steps to get you started blogging on Farmington Patch.

So you want to blog for Patch? Here are 5 easy steps to get you started:

  1. Decide which Patch suits you best. Maybe it’s where you live. Maybe it’s where you work. You can always post to more than one Patch later, but we'll start with just one for now.
  2. Create an account. If Farmington Patch is the right Patch for you (and we hope it is!), click “Join” in the upper right corner. You’ll enter your name, an email address and a password, or you can join with your Facebook account. Then fill out your profile and upload a picture and describe yourself so readers know a little about you.
  3. Now Start a Blog! Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where you'll see a big window that features our local bloggers. Click where it says 'Start blogging' and follow the steps. 
  4. Name your blog, describe your blog, and upload a photo of yourself.
  5. Blog. 
It's that easy. We can't wait to hear what you have to say! And tell your friends. If you like blogging for Patch, tell someone you know. Maybe they should be blogging for us, too? 

Here are ideas for blogging topics:
  • political views (local, national or anything you'd like to opine about)
  • school news (photos from special projects? helping others?)
  • organization activities (like Girl Scout troops, the Chamber, etc.)
  • business information (who's joined you, what have you done lately?)
  • advice (could be business expertise you'd like to share)
  • personal opinions (ex. try cloth diapers, buy organic, etc.)
  • observations and random experiences (I took a trip! or I saw this in town. or Parenthood is like this.)
  • anything you'd like to share with the community


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