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Michael Falk
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Writers Workshop
Workshop for Gear Up and Play Authors. Ask Questions, find Tutorials, Tips, Ideas and a Shared Discussion on what it is to Travel and Write for GUAP. Learn, Develop, and Share your success with others.
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HI Mike! Thanks for the post! I do have a flickr account but I forgot to open it. But I’ll try to open it again and add more photos on it.
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Michael Falk started the forum topic Using Your Own Personal Photos for Your Post in the group Writers Workshop
Remember Everyone: ”Your photos are the best photos!” Yes, that photo from flickr might look beautiful and when comparing it to your photo, heck it might make yours look amaturish. But still, its your photo, […]
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Oh no! I also have that kind of mentality. I know I must back it up soon but laziness always gets in the way. haha
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Gear Up and Play mentioned @demonyika in the forum topic Brainstorming "You Pick" Days. in the group Writers Workshop@demonyika (Wynna), thanks for sharing your great idea. Photos can always bring back some memories and that’s a fine way to jump start the creative process. On a sadder note, make sure you backup all those […]
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Hi Mike! I have thought about that calendar also and that’s a good way to get something worked up.
As for me, I usually browse through my photo gallery to check on good things to write. Since I’m a […]
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So recently Jenny contacted me and wanted to change her assignment to something more relevant to the calendar, “International Womens Day”. This was a great idea and the post Demon Blockers – A Women’s Travel […]
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Michael Falk started the forum topic Brainstorming "You Pick" Days. in the group Writers Workshop 1 month ago
Lets face it, sometimes the ideas just aren’t coming and you find yourself at a loss on what to write about? You need something or somebody to jump start your thinking! Everyone share a idea here to help give […]
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Elmer Cruz posted an update in the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 1 week ago
Another suggestion: Can we also embed google analytics to our site so we can track visits and clicks? Or if this is handled at a central administration if we can get weekly reports on traffic specific to our member sites. This way we can track our stats and create actions to drive more.
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Gear Up and Play
Hey Elmer, we are central admin
haha… I do have it installed however I must say I have not sat down and fully began to understand all the data it shows or how we can use that data. I also have not found how to share the reports, like weekly emails or something although there are so many options I’m sure it’s there somewhere. In the near…[Read more]-
Elmer Cruz
One week a month to do site admin and learn more about driving traffic to our site is great. Those who are more artistically inclined can maybe do logo and page designs or at least ideas for brainstorming. I’ m not too familiar either on how to share the reports, if I happen to chance upon an article about it I’ll forward it to you. This is…[Read more]
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Elmer Cruz posted an update in the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 1 week ago
Suggestion: can we start a forum or a thread on travel apps and blogs? We can all contribute on travel apps and blogs we find interesting to use or visit. This could also help us in track backs to our posts. What do you guys think?
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Gear Up and Play
I think it’s a pretty good Idea Elmer, what do you think if I create the quick framework for the group and then hand over admin rights to you and that group. Then you could shape the group to your liking, ideas, edit the description and manage it. That sound cool.
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Elmer Cruz
Sure, no problem!
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Gear Up and Play
Elmer, I’m including this to go live with the launch of the new framework of the website….should be soon. I’m still working out some bugs.
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Elmer Cruz
Looking forward to it!
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Jennifer Choban joined the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Doreen Marie Demabildo replied to the forum topic The importance of Your Photos in your Posts in the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 3 weeks ago
True. True. PHOTOs are my DIARY.
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Gear Up and Play
Thanks Doreen, what kind of camera do you have?
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WYNNA
i have a Nikon D5100. but my iPhone 4 cam can be handy at times too. How about you, what kind of camera do you use for your photos?
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Gear Up and Play
Nice…that’s a great Camera! I purchased a Canon 60D recently, very excited to get more use out of it.
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WYNNA
@gearupandplay : I know you’ll capture good memories on that good cam of yours. Don’t forget to share it here for us to see.
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tim laven posted an update in the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I would like some assistance because I write a number of blogs but I am puzzled as to whether these posts are relevant to your readers?
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Gear Up and Play
Tim, you can message me direct if you like. We only accept original, unique articles here so you could not simple republish the articles on your blog here. For a great guide to what type of posts we like and are looking for please refer to this post: http://www.gearupandplay.com/2011/05/what-is-adventure-travel/
Feel free to shoot me questions.
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tim laven posted an update in the group Writers Workshop 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Of course we would all like people to visit – but people do and don’t say anything. I have tried to ask people to make a comment to no avail.
The most successful way I found was to ask people a question – for example for the Chinese New Year I indicated I was born in the year of the goat – and asked what they were.-
Gear Up and Play
I agree Tim, sometimes it can feel that way for sure. You write write write, but is anyone really reading it? It definitely takes work, that’s what stage we are at here on this site. We are all going to work and make something happen….it’s inevitable that people will find us. People will say hey, and whats up and we need to keep this…[Read more]
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Elmer Cruz
Maybe we can also do quick polls that we can integrate in our posts as options. If the post is quite controversial we can spice up an argument. Whadya think?
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Nate Harper joined the group Writers Workshop 1 year, 5 months ago
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Michael Falk started the forum topic Reply to the Comments on your Blog Post in the group Writers Workshop: 1 year, 7 months ago
All of us know the feeling of creating a blog post and watching it sit for weeks as apparent ghost visitors come to visit and then leave without so much as a boo. It can start to feel like your shouting down empty corridors. You start to wonder do they like what I’m saying? Are [...]
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Michael Falk started the forum topic The importance of Your Photos in your Posts in the group Writers Workshop: 1 year, 8 months ago
In this weeks writers workshop I’m going to discuss photos and why your photos are the best photos. Yes, that photo from flickr might look beautiful and when comparing it to your photo it might make yours look amaturish. Still, its your photo, its unique and it’s the only photo that tells “your story”. One [...]
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GUAP started the forum topic How do I track my Adsense Earnings? in the group Writers Workshop: 1 year, 8 months ago
This is a common question so I figured I would go over a quick tutorial on how you can track your Adsense earnings with GUAP right from the Adsense dashboard. Step 1.) Sign into your Adsense Account Step 2.) Go to Adsense Setup > Channels Step 3.) Right now under Adsense for Content you should [...]
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GUAP started the forum topic Insert a Photo Gallery into your post in the group Writers Workshop: 1 year, 10 months ago
Sometimes one photo won’t cut it and depending how long your post is it’s not always appealing to clutter your space with pictures. The best solution is a nice photo gallery. Check out this post that makes great use of the photo gallery. Note: Click the small photos to open the gallery and then use the arrows [...]
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GUAP started the forum topic Finding Photos for your Posts in the group Writers Workshop: 1 year, 10 months ago
A big part of any great post, especially one about traveling is the photos. If you create a post about your caving adventure and include no pictures then you are failing your audience. Include your Photos! Sometimes you might not have a photo that conveys your needs. So then what? Sure, you could get photos all [...]
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WYNNA
i definitely agree! a PHOTO says it all. words are just complementary.
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Gear Up and Play started the forum topic Tips For Success in the group Writers Workshop: 2 years ago
OK, I’m not going to re-invent the wheel here folks. I’m just going to share some solid pointers to help you be successful in terms of writing unique content, establishing a reader base and increasing your earnings here at Gear Up and Play. Writing a Post 1.) Be Unique and Be Yourself: What I mean is, don’t [...]
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Thanks for updating me Wynna, I recently just opened one myself. It’s pretty nice and useful to have.