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ericsonclan · 5 years ago

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Choccy Milk

Summary: Prisha asks Violet a very important question during coloring time <3

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Things were calm for once in Ms. Martin’s kindergarten classroom. The kids were in coloring time right now. Sprawled across the classroom rugs, they each had their paper and crayons and were working busily on their masterpieces. Prisha knelt on the rug as she worked on her drawing of a castle. Meanwhile Violet lay on her stomach beside her, adding even more stars to her drawing.

Prisha looked over at Violet’s artwork. “Your stars look pretty. I wish I could draw them like that,”

“Thanks,” A small smile spread across Violet’s face at the compliment. “Gamma taught me how to do them. She knows how to do lots of stuff ‘cuz she’s super old,” She glanced over at Prisha’s paper. “What’re you making?”

“A castle,”

“Does anybody live in it?”

“Maybe, but I’m not gonna draw them. I’m gonna add a ton of turret onto it, like these,” She pointed to one of the thin towers rising from the castle. “I read about them in one of the classroom books. People use them to fight the bad guys when they come to the castle,”

“Is the castle gonna have a name?” Violet asked, looking at her paper curiously. “Mitch said all the cool buildings get names,”

Prisha considered the question for a moment before grabbing a purple crayon from her pile and neatly printing something along the bottom of her paper. It took her a few minutes, but when she was done, she proudly picked up her paper to show it to Violet. “Tada!”

Violet squinted at the words, trying her best to read them. “C..aa…ss.. That’s castle, right?”

“Uh huh,”

“V..i… Wait, is that my name?”

“Yep! Prisha nodded happily. “It’s Castle Violet! Maybe when we grow up we could live there!”

Violet’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Castles aren’t real,”

“Yeah they are! We’d just have to live somewhere else. The book says there are lots in England,”

“Where’s that?”

Prisha shrugged. “I don’t know. But if it has castles, then it’s must be cool,”

Violet nodded thoughtfully at her friend’s statement. “Yeah,” She paused, looking over at Prisha who was busy adding flags to her castle. “I’d like to live there with you,”

“Me too!” Prisha smiled and Violet felt a smile return to her own face again.

They resumed their coloring in silence. Prisha was busy coloring in her castle while Violet tried to choose a good blue for the night sky. Suddenly Prisha looked up from her work and over at Violet. “Would you like to be my wife?”

“Like someday?”

“No, now,”

“Well, what would we do?”

“Share crayons. Sit together at lunch and play together at recess. And promise we’ll be together forever,”

Violet considered the offer carefully. She did like playing with Prisha a lot. And staying together forever… that sounded really nice. She turned to Prisha with a smile and nodded. “OK!”

Prisha’s face lit up at the news. “Hooray!” she exclaimed, before lowering her head in embarrassment when Miss Martin shushed her. Quietly, she reached out to her crayon pile and pushed it next to Violet’s so that all the crayons mixed together. “I’m gonna draw you next,” Prisha declared, flipping over her paper.

“I’ll draw you too,” Violet decided. She could finish her star picture later.

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Violet sat at her desk, looking at the valentine before her. Miss Martin had passed them out and told the kids to make valentines for their parents. Violet didn’t really want to do that though. Her dad would never see it if she brought one home and her mom would be too tired to look at hers. Glancing over, Violet noticed Prisha was working hard on her card. That was when inspiration struck. She’d make a card for Prisha!

Violet immediately got to work, picking out a green crayon to write Prisha’s name. She paused as soon as the crayon touched the paper though. How did you spell Prisha? Leaning forward, she looked at the top of Prisha’s desk where her name was neatly printed and taped down. It took a lot of checking, but eventually she had her whole name written. What else should she say though? Violet chewed on the bottom of her crayon thoughtfully, searching for inspiration.

Looking over at Prisha, their eyes met this time. Prisha smiled at Violet, lifting her card to show Violet her hard work. It looked really pretty. Her eyes looked really pretty too, brown and warm. What did they remind her of? Violet pondered this question for a minute, thinking of all the brown things she could. Trees, tables, sometimes dogs… suddenly the answer came to her. Choccy milk! Her eyes looked just like the milk her gamma would make her when Violet spent the night. Violet set to work crafting her message. She got pretty far before getting stumped again. Violet raised her hand for help.

“What is it, sweetie?” Ms. Martin asked warmly, coming over to stand behind her.

“How do you spell choccy?”

“Chalky? Oh, you mean chocolate,”

“No, choccy,”

Miss Martin’s brows knit in confusion. “Well, let me see what you’re writing, honey,” She picked up the card, beginning to read. “Violet, this has Prisha’s name on it. You’re supposed to be writing a card for your parents,”

Louis, Violet’s desk mate, perked up at those words. “We can make cards for other people?” He immediately flipped his heart over, beginning to color on the back. “I’m making one for Clem!” The classroom immediately devolved into excited exclamations and hurried whispering as everyone decided which classmate they wanted to make their card for. Miss Martin raised her hands for silence, quickly silencing the class. ‘Now everybody, remember to use inside voices. If you want, you can make two cards. Finish the one for your mom or dad, and once you’re done I’ll give you another heart to make a valentine for a classmate. I have plenty,”

With that decided, the kids returned to their original valentines, trying to finish them as quickly as possible so they could move on to the next ones. Miss Martin gave Violet a new heart for the parent card. Violet glared at it in annoyance. She sloppily scrawled down “Mom” and “Dad” before tossing the heart to the side and getting back to the Valentine she really cared about. Miss Martin was called over to help her spell “choccy”, then Violet began decorating her heart with lots and lots of stars since she knew Prisha liked how she drew them.

Everything looked perfect. Was something missing though? Violet looked from her valentine to the example one Miss Martin had drawn on the board. On one side was the message, then on the other there was a part that said “To:” and “From:”. Violet flipped her heart back and forth as she copied down Prisha’s name again. All that was left was the “From:” and her name. Violet got back to work, determined to make this the best card ever.

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Once craft time was done, everyone got up to give each other their Valentine’s cards. Miss Martin had checked who each kid was giving their valentine too, making sure that everyone in the class would receive a card. Violet scampered over to Prisha, holding her heart behind her back nervously. Prisha offered her card first, smiling proudly as she displayed her work. She’d cut up some of the doilies that Miss Martin had brought in and used them all along the edges of her card to make it look fancy like the cards Miss Martin had showed them. One side had flowers drawn all over it. The other side had words. In the middle the card read:

“To my wife Violet. Love Prisha”

It was so pretty. Violet didn’t think she’d ever gotten such a pretty card in her life. She gently stroked the edge of the card before remembering she still had to give her card to Prisha. Awkwardly, she thrust her hand out in front of her, offering Prisha the card. She wished she could have made it as pretty as Prisha’s was.

Prisha took the card in her hands, examining it thoughtfully. The corners of the heart were absolutely covered in all sorts of stars. Big, small, some yellow, some white. In the center one side read:

“To: Prisha From: Yur wif”

Prisha grinned excitedly before flipping the card over. The other side read:

“Yur eys look lik Choccy milk”

Violet watched Prisha nervously as she read the message. Did she do it right? Would Prisha like what she said?

As Prisha’s eyes rose to meet hers, Violet knew she didn’t need to be worried.

“Vi, I love it!” Prisha squealed. She threw her arms around her, picking Violet off the ground and spinning the shorter girl around excitedly.

“Prisha, what did we say about picking people up?” Miss Martin’s voice was calm but firm.

“Sorry!” Prisha exclaimed, quickly setting Violet down. She was still smiling as she looked back at Violet. “Happy Valentine’s Day,”

Violet met her smile in kind, a warm excitement lighting up her heart. “Happy Valentine’s Day,”

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dyglc · 3 years ago

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I Wanna Make it Pop, Pop, Pop!

Hi, this is Deya!

A first year student of RepubLikha from Bachelor of Design of Miriam College. Let me introduce you to my last requirement!

For the fourth and last activity in Design History (AAV-104) class under Mr. Rino Datuin, it is a continuation of the third activity, the Pop Art Desk Lamp from the product innovation module.

We were tasked to design our personal space and match it with the lamp we made.

Here is the moodboard I created on this activity. Stay tune to find out how my space looked like with the Pop Art Desk Lamp after a makeover!

The Rise of Pop Culture

Pop culture is a product of art, literature, music, film, dance, television shows, radio and many more. It is a famous type of media that is appealing and consumed by most individuals in society. There are a lot of divisions under the pop culture but a famous example of this is Hallyu (Korean Wave), the popularity of South Korean culture and media such as K-pop and K-dramas.

Before jumping into the design and process of my makeover, Mr. Rino introduced us the 6 facets of design (FAMMME) to describe our design process and acknowledge the issues that we had in our initial concept. Here is what I came up (reminder that the target user in mind is myself as instructed):

The Design & The Process

Here is a comparison of my working space before and after the makeover!

As you can see from before, it was plain and boring. I haven't had the time to decorate my space due to being busy (and procrastinating 🥲) So for this activity, I took the chance to decorate it the way i initially want my space to look like.

and TADA! here is my space after the makeover 😌 It is still simple but I finally added color to my blank wall. I put up the posters I kept for such a long time to compliment my Pop Art Desk Lamp that is bright in nature.

The posters that you can see are from my K-pop albums, personal photos and posters that I bought from a variety store online. I initially wanted to put up my own graphic design posters however, our printer was out of ink so I might add it next time instead.

In the meantime, you can browse through my Instagram page to see my works!

Lastly, here is the final design of the Pop Art Desk Lamp. If you remember from the last blog post (which you can still view here! ☺️) this is a Keith Haring inspired piece. You can watch the video here to see my design process,

Overall, this activity was challenging and fun. It empowered my creativity throughout the design thinking and process on both the lamp design and space makeover.

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Check out my teammates’ designs through their blogs for more inspiration!

Bea's | Claire's | Ann's | Zeanne's

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References

Crossman, A. (2019, December 9). Sociological Definition of Popular Culture (The History and Genesis of Pop Culture). Thought Co. https://www.thoughtco.com/popular-culture-definition-3026453

Haugland, C. (2020, August 19). Hallyu, The Korean Wave. Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Norway. https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/no-en/brd/m_21237/view.do?seq=81

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myyenlee · 5 years ago

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Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com

I am very inspired by creative podcasts. Entertaining guests and the unscripted nature of the conversations make me feel like I am right there, chatting about world affairs or the deep societal transformations of the connected age. I decided to start my own show with a group of friends — loosely about blogging, but delving into all sorts of things.

It took three hours, with a total cost of $5/month, including our own domain name. In this post, I’ll share my journey of launching a brand-new podcast on WordPress.com, and later promoting it on iTunes and Spotify.

Why start a podcast?

Podcasting has been hailed as “the new blogging.” According to Edison Research, 51% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and hosts have created over one million podcasts on iTunes Podcasts.

Starting a podcast comes with a lot of perks:

You can connect with your audience on a much deeper level, thanks to your voice and the unscripted nature of the conversation.

It’s a fantastic excuse to reach out and meet interesting people.

Podcasting pairs really well with other projects — blogging, writing, or even a corporate ”day job.”

A group of Polish bloggers and I had been dreaming of a foray into podcasting for a while. We created the Placebo podcast in hopes of meeting interesting people and, frankly, having fun.

The tagline in Polish reads: “Your dose of absolutely nothing. Confirmed clinical efficacy.”

How does it all work?

You may have listened to a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or another app — but did you know the content you’re enjoying doesn’t originate there? The beating heart of every podcast is its RSS feed. It is a particular format for content that services like iTunes or Spotify can process and display in the appropriate apps — iTunes, Alexa devices, and other services.

When you upload an audio file to your blog (for example, an .mp3) and hit publish, the new post (including the file) shows up in your RSS feed. From there, iTunes, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or another podcast app downloads the file to play it to your listeners.

WordPress.com also has built-in podcasting tools to make that job easier. To upload audio files, you’ll need a paid plan — any plan, including the Personal plan at $5/month, will do.

What do you need to start?

The name

The name of your podcast helps listeners find you in their favorite podcasting app. With Placebo, our main concern was making it memorable; our secondary goal, humor. (Which is related — funny is memorable!) We came up with “Placebo — a podcast with a confirmed clinical efficacy.”

Other memorable name examples include therapist Esther Perrell’s podcast, Where Should We Begin, Matt Mullenweg’s podcast about remote work, Distributed, and Joe Rogan’s The Joe Rogan Experience. If you are still stuck, try out our recently launched business name generator to help you brainstorm.

Recording

We didn’t want to get expensive gear. It’s better to start simple with the equipment you already have. The Placebo podcast is recorded over Zoom, with video-call headsets. I recommend recording at least three episodes, so when you publish, your listeners will have a better taste of your style.

The Distributed podcast has a great walkthrough of the various recording options you can try.

Cover art

In addition to your name, there are other ways to stand out from all the other podcasts and voices: strong cover art and a succinct, solid summary. (You can add all three on WordPress.com in My Sites → Settings → Writing → Podcasting.)

The cover art should be easy to recognize. Since our podcast is named Placebo, we decided on a satirical medical vibe. We found a nice graphic, and after a few tweaks, tada!

Placebo podcast cover image

Pro tip: Cover art should be 1400×1400 px, so be sure to use an image that’s big enough.

The summary

When writing your summary on iTunes, you must distill the description of your podcast content to 250 characters or less. For Placebo, we wanted to give listeners a taste and encourage them to give us a try:

Placebo is a podcast with confirmed clinical efficacy. Artur, Agnes, and Michael chat about building your online home, technology, culture, business ideas, and being the best citizen of the Internet you can be. More on placebo.pro

We also included the link to our site, where listeners can learn more.

Here is where you upload your cover art and summary on WordPress.com

Light audio editing

Some podcasts (like Distributed) are edited to equalize audio levels or condense the episode. We opted to publish the raw audio — I only attach the pre-recorded intro music in GarageBand. I delve into details of audio editing on my blog Deliberate Internet.

Before I upload a new episode to iTunes Podcasts, I add relevant ID3 tags in the iTunes player (where you edit rather than publish). ID3 tags are used by the iPhone Podcasts app to display your cover image. Import each one of your recorded files in iTunes player and select “Information.” There, you can tweak the image, category, and title of the audio file.

After you edit the information in iTunes player, or wherever you are editing your podcast, upload your cover art and click “OK”; your episode will appear in the iTunes Player Podcast library on your computer. You can find this file in your Home Directory → Music → iTunes → Podcasts.

Your audio files are now ready for distribution! That’s where WordPress.com comes in.

Uploading to WordPress.com

Create a separate WordPress.com post for each episode of your podcast. This gives you a unique link to share with your audience, a way for them to listen to your episode without the app, and a place to add extra notes and links.

To publish a podcast post:

Create a new post. Add any extra notes or info you want to share with the podcast.

Add the Audio block and upload your podcast file.

Give the post the Podcast category.

Publish the post.

This guide on the WordPress.com Support Site has more details.

Time to go live

You have your domain and a site for your podcast. You’ve recorded and uploaded a few episodes. Now it’s time to share your podcast with the world!

Your podcast is available on your WordPress.com site, but the majority of people consume podcasts through an app — iTunes podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, etc. Fortunately, they all work by checking your RSS feed. Once you submit your RSS feed to those services, new episodes will appear there automatically.

Spotify

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasters Spotify

Submit your RSS feed

Wait two to three days for your podcast to appear

iTunes

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasts Connect

Submit your RSS feed

Wait about a week for them to review and approve your podcast

When the podcast is reviewed, approved, and appears in the Spotify and iTunes libraries, add those links to your site. That way, you can promote your nifty WordPress.com custom domain, and visitors can choose their preferred podcast consuming technology. We put these buttons right up at the top:

You can download these buttons here:

Apple Podcasts badge

Spotify badge

The lucky number seven

Recording new podcast episodes are plenty of fun, but can sometimes feel like work. Podcasts with seven or more episodes are likely to continue growing. The Placebo podcast crew has pledged to record at least eight.

And don’t forget to enjoy it! The conversations with interesting guests are why we do it.

I’ve published the full version of “How to Start a Podcast” on my personal website. There, I’ve expanded on my process to record episodes over Zoom, and how I later edited them in GarageBand. Dive deeper if you’re interested!

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daltonbus0 · 5 years ago

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Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com

Why start a podcast?

Podcasting has been hailed as “the new blogging.” According to Edison Research, 51% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and hosts have created over one million podcasts on iTunes Podcasts.

Starting a podcast comes with a lot of perks:

You can connect with your audience on a much deeper level, thanks to your voice and the unscripted nature of the conversation.

It’s a fantastic excuse to reach out and meet interesting people.

Podcasting pairs really well with other projects — blogging, writing, or even a corporate ”day job.”

A group of Polish bloggers and I had been dreaming of a foray into podcasting for a while. We created the Placebo podcast in hopes of meeting interesting people and, frankly, having fun.

The tagline in Polish reads: “Your dose of absolutely nothing. Confirmed clinical efficacy.”

How does it all work?

WordPress.com also has built-in podcasting tools to make that job easier. To upload audio files, you’ll need a paid plan — any plan, including the Personal plan at $5/month, will do.

What do you need to start?

The name

Recording

The Distributed podcast has a great walkthrough of the various recording options you can try.

Cover art

The cover art should be easy to recognize. Since our podcast is named Placebo, we decided on a satirical medical vibe. We found a nice graphic, and after a few tweaks, tada!

Placebo podcast cover image

Pro tip: Cover art should be 1400×1400 px, so be sure to use an image that’s big enough.

The summary

We also included the link to our site, where listeners can learn more.

Here is where you upload your cover art and summary on WordPress.com

Light audio editing

Your audio files are now ready for distribution! That’s where WordPress.com comes in.

Uploading to WordPress.com

To publish a podcast post:

Create a new post. Add any extra notes or info you want to share with the podcast.

Add the Audio block and upload your podcast file.

Give the post the Podcast category.

Publish the post.

This guide on the WordPress.com Support Site has more details.

Time to go live

You have your domain and a site for your podcast. You’ve recorded and uploaded a few episodes. Now it’s time to share your podcast with the world!

Spotify

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasters Spotify

Submit your RSS feed

Wait two to three days for your podcast to appear

iTunes

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasts Connect

Submit your RSS feed

Wait about a week for them to review and approve your podcast

You can download these buttons here:

Apple Podcasts badge

Spotify badge

The lucky number seven

And don’t forget to enjoy it! The conversations with interesting guests are why we do it.

Cover Photo by The Teens Network Daytime Show Studios on Pexels.com

from The WordPress.com Blog https://wordpress.com/blog/2020/08/12/starting-your-own-podcast/ via IFTTT from https://daltonbusiness.blogspot.com/2020/08/starting-your-own-podcast-on_12.html

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northgeorigap · 5 years ago

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via The WordPress.com Blog,

Why start a podcast?

Podcasting has been hailed as “the new blogging.” According to Edison Research, 51% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and hosts have created over one million podcasts on iTunes Podcasts.

Starting a podcast comes with a lot of perks:

You can connect with your audience on a much deeper level, thanks to your voice and the unscripted nature of the conversation.

It’s a fantastic excuse to reach out and meet interesting people.

Podcasting pairs really well with other projects — blogging, writing, or even a corporate ”day job.”

A group of Polish bloggers and I had been dreaming of a foray into podcasting for a while. We created the Placebo podcast in hopes of meeting interesting people and, frankly, having fun.

The tagline in Polish reads: “Your dose of absolutely nothing. Confirmed clinical efficacy.”

How does it all work?

WordPress.com also has built-in podcasting tools to make that job easier. To upload audio files, you’ll need a paid plan — any plan, including the Personal plan at $5/month, will do.

What do you need to start?

The name

Recording

The Distributed podcast has a great walkthrough of the various recording options you can try.

Cover art

The cover art should be easy to recognize. Since our podcast is named Placebo, we decided on a satirical medical vibe. We found a nice graphic, and after a few tweaks, tada!

Placebo podcast cover image

Pro tip: Cover art should be 1400×1400 px, so be sure to use an image that’s big enough.

The summary

We also included the link to our site, where listeners can learn more.

Here is where you upload your cover art and summary on WordPress.com

Light audio editing

Your audio files are now ready for distribution! That’s where WordPress.com comes in.

Uploading to WordPress.com

To publish a podcast post:

Create a new post. Add any extra notes or info you want to share with the podcast.

Add the Audio block and upload your podcast file.

Give the post the Podcast category.

Publish the post.

This guide on the WordPress.com Support Site has more details.

Time to go live

You have your domain and a site for your podcast. You’ve recorded and uploaded a few episodes. Now it’s time to share your podcast with the world!

Spotify

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasters Spotify

Submit your RSS feed

Wait two to three days for your podcast to appear

iTunes

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasts Connect

Submit your RSS feed

Wait about a week for them to review and approve your podcast

You can download these buttons here:

Apple Podcasts badge

Spotify badge

The lucky number seven

And don’t forget to enjoy it! The conversations with interesting guests are why we do it.

Cover Photo by The Teens Network Daytime Show Studios on Pexels.com

#Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com

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posmatraclegenda · 5 years ago

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Why start a podcast?

Podcasting has been hailed as “the new blogging.” According to Edison Research, 51% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and hosts have created over one million podcasts on iTunes Podcasts.

Starting a podcast comes with a lot of perks:

You can connect with your audience on a much deeper level, thanks to your voice and the unscripted nature of the conversation.

It’s a fantastic excuse to reach out and meet interesting people.

Podcasting pairs really well with other projects — blogging, writing, or even a corporate ”day job.”

A group of Polish bloggers and I had been dreaming of a foray into podcasting for a while. We created the Placebo podcast in hopes of meeting interesting people and, frankly, having fun.

The tagline in Polish reads: “Your dose of absolutely nothing. Confirmed clinical efficacy.”

How does it all work?

WordPress.com also has built-in podcasting tools to make that job easier. To upload audio files, you’ll need a paid plan — any plan, including the Personal plan at $5/month, will do.

What do you need to start?

The name

Recording

The Distributed podcast has a great walkthrough of the various recording options you can try.

Cover art

The cover art should be easy to recognize. Since our podcast is named Placebo, we decided on a satirical medical vibe. We found a nice graphic, and after a few tweaks, tada!

Placebo podcast cover image

Pro tip: Cover art should be 1400×1400 px, so be sure to use an image that’s big enough.

The summary

We also included the link to our site, where listeners can learn more.

Here is where you upload your cover art and summary on WordPress.com

Light audio editing

Your audio files are now ready for distribution! That’s where WordPress.com comes in.

Uploading to WordPress.com

To publish a podcast post:

Create a new post. Add any extra notes or info you want to share with the podcast.

Add the Audio block and upload your podcast file.

Give the post the Podcast category.

Publish the post.

This guide on the WordPress.com Support Site has more details.

Time to go live

You have your domain and a site for your podcast. You’ve recorded and uploaded a few episodes. Now it’s time to share your podcast with the world!

Spotify

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasters Spotify

Submit your RSS feed

Wait two to three days for your podcast to appear

iTunes

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasts Connect

Submit your RSS feed

Wait about a week for them to review and approve your podcast

You can download these buttons here:

Apple Podcasts badge

Spotify badge

The lucky number seven

And don’t forget to enjoy it! The conversations with interesting guests are why we do it.

Cover Photo by The Teens Network Daytime Show Studios on Pexels.com

#IFTTT #The WordPress.com Blog #Посматрач #Србија

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A recent favorite post: How Economic Data Works

Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense

Ben does a great job explaining really complex investment stuff in a simple way. He doesn't get too caught up in this hot trend or that, but he uses real life examples to highlight bigger, more important concepts. Be blogs almost everyday, and the articles are pretty good length. Check it out if you want some macro level insights.

Ben's Blog: A Wealth of Common Sense

Follow him on Twitter: @awealthofcs

A favorite post: My Evolution Of Asset Management

Jim Collins, The Simple Path To Wealth

Jim Collins is a mix of half investment blogger, half financial independence blogger, with a good mix of everything else thrown into the middle. He's very much "simple" in terms of keeping your investment strategy simple, but I think that's an important reminder for most people these days.

You might also enjoy Jim Collins' recent talk at Google.

Jim's Blog: The Simple Path To Wealth

A favorite post: Why Your House Is A Terrible Investment

Blaire duQuesnay The Belle Curve

Blaire's blog is one of the newer ones on this list, and we love it because it's also one of the few in-depth investing blogs written by a woman. And we need more women investment bloggers (they outperform the market).

Blaire's Blog: The Belle Curve

Follow her on Twitter: @BlairHduQuesnay

A favorite post: Tax Refunds - The Ultimate Behavioral Finance Lesson

Jim Dahle, The White Coat Investor

Jim Dahle has a blog focused on investing and issues facing doctors and other high net worth individuals. While that seems pretty niche, the topics he covers really apply to most investors and anybody who invests and has student loan debt (another big area facing doctors). What I love about Jim's site is that he isn't afraid to cover topics in detail - and some of his articles are very in-depth.

Jim's Blog: The White Coat Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @WCInvestor

A favorite post: How To Be A Do-It-Yourself Investor

Sam Dogen, Financial Samurai

Sam from the Financial Samurai is another ex-Wall Street guy that writes about personal finance and investing. Sam has some of the most unique articles on the web - all incredibly thoughtful and well written. Everything he publishes not only informs, but creates a conversation on what is likely one of the most engaged investing blogs online as well. Not all of his articles are investing related, but many are. His articles also tend to go deeper and more complex than most.

Sam's Blog: Financial Samurai

Follow him on Twitter: @financialsamura

A favorite post: The Average Net Worth For The Above Average Person

Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street

Eddy is the founder of Crossing Wall Street, a very market and stock centric blog where he shares his insights on the market and individual companies. He is traditionally a buy and hold investor, which seems to be getting rarer and rarer these days. He has also beaten the S&P500 by 47% in the last 13 years. Check out his stuff!

Eddy's Blog: Crossing Wall Street

Follow him on Twitter: @EddyElfenbein

A recent favorite post: The Growing Divergence

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

Michael's site is self described as commentary on financial planning, but as a consumer and investor, I find a ton of knowledge from his insights on how the system works (and doesn't work) to your advantage. He doesn't just cover investing, but his insights into the latest on government regulations concerning your investment vehicles (like IRAs) has been incredibly helpful over time.

He also only wears blue shirts!

Michael's Blog: Nerd's Eye View

Follow him on Twitter: @MichaelKitces

A favorite post: How To Do A Backdoor Roth IRA (Safely)

Michael Piper, Oblivious Investor

Mike is one of the more well-known investing bloggers, who is now a published author several times over. He writes a lot of practical investing-focused personal finance articles, with a focus around diversification, reducing expenses and fees, and ignoring the media…funny coming from a blogger, but very valid none-the-less. Mike is also a CPA, and continually highlights that investing doesn’t have to be complicated.

Mike’s Blog: Oblivious Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @michaelrpiper

A favorite post: Why Invest in Index Funds

Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend

Ben's site is one of the newest blogs to make the list (even though it's several years old). He's done a great job of providing excellent content with a focus on dividend stocks. He provides in-depth analysis, and his site is easy to read, with charts and graphs to back up most topics. He writes new content multiple times a week, so stop by and see if it's in your wheelhouse.

Ben's Blog: Sure Dividend

Follow him on Twitter: @SureDividend

A favorite post: Challenging Buffett's 10 Year Bet

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

I discovered Barry's blog three years ago, and I have been reading it weekly ever since. He posts multiple times a day, so there is always something to read. I love his combination of investing insight and general commentary. Barry is a professional money manager who has been blogging since 2003 and writing for even longer than that. He basically shares his thoughts on the market and the economy, and anything else that’s on his mind. I find it very easy to read, yet very interesting at the same time. Plus, his articles are on the shorter side (on average), which is reader-friendly.

Barry’s Blog: The Big Picture

Follow him on Twitter: @ritholtz

A favorite post: Market Forces - Not Regulation - Are Driving Adoption Of Fiduciary Standard

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Jeff is an amazing blogger (and YouTuber) and business person. He doesn't always blog about investing, but when it does, it's typically practical advice that anyone can follow. Outside of his blog, Jeff is a Certified Financial Planner and often posts about struggles he sees on his Facebook page or Twitter. Besides that, his blog is probably the best designed finance blog out there.

Jeff's Blog: Good Financial Cents

Follow him on Twitter: @jjeffrose

A favorite post: 11 Ways To Invest $100,000 With Confidence

David Stein, Money For The Rest Of Us

David Stein isn't just a "blogger", but an incredible podcaster as well - with a top rated money podcast - Money For The Rest Of Us. He's managed billions of dollars in assets, and now is sharing his tips and advice "for the rest of us".

On his show, he talks about some very interesting topics, and has a highly engaged member community.

David's Blog: Money For The Rest Of Us

Follow him on Twitter: @jdstein

A favorite post: Stop Maximizing Your Returns With Modern Portfolio Theory

Todd Tresidder, Financial Mentor

Todd is the founder of Financial Mentor, where he is a financial coach that helps people figure out their financial lives and invest for the future. Todd is a very no-nonsense guy, and from the few times I've met him and reading his articles, I enjoy his style. His goal is to help people almost from a behavior finance perspective, with some common sense reality thrown in. Check it out - he covers 80% investing and 20% personal finance.

Todd's Blog: Financial Mentor

Follow him on Twitter: @FinancialMentor

A favorite post: A Ridiculously Simple Way To Build Wealth

Tadas Viskanta, Abnormal Returns

Tadas Viskanta is the founder and editor of Abnormal Returns since it was launched in 2005. He is a really smart guy, and shares a lot of great content every day on his site. If you want something to read in the financial world, stop by and check out his daily round up posts. The gold, though, is when he actually shares his thoughts - typically by aggregating some other peoples thoughts together and adding to it, or lambasting them. Either way, it's good stuff.

Tadas' Blog: Abnormal Returns

Follow him on Twitter: @AbnormalReturns

A favorite post: Why Diversification Works In Life And Markets

Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

Jim Wang is the founder of Wallet Hacks, and before that he ran Bargaineering, which he sold for $3,000,000. Today, he runs Wallet Hacks and shares what he's learned about personal finance, business, investing, and wealth. While some of his content isn't investing focused, his investing articles are top-notch. Check it out.

Jim's Blog: Wallet Hacks

Follow him on Twitter: @wallethacks

A favorite post: How I Built A Dividend Growth Investment Portfolio

Roger Wohlner, The Chicago Financial Planner

I stumbled upon Rogers blog last year and have been impressed by the content. Roger is a financial writer and fee-only financial advisor who started the blog to share his industry knowledge and experience. While I don’t always completely agree with everything Roger writes, that’s okay – because as I mentioned above, you just can’t learn everything in one place, and seeing different perpectives from these best investment blogs is a great start.

Roger’s Blog: The Chicago Financial Planner

Follow him on Twitter: @rwohlner

A favorite post: 5 Reasons To Consider A Solo 401k

The Dividend Guy Blog

The Dividend Guy Blog was another early read of mine, and I appreciate their continued research and insight over time. What I enjoy about the Dividend Guy Blog is that not only do they continually put their opinion out there for others, but they back it up with concrete facts or other underlying rationale. While they’re not always right, they aren’t afraid to put it out there. They also track their favorite dividend stocks, and aren’t afraid of losers (which is rare in the investment blog space).

The Blog: The Dividend Guy Blog

Follow on Twitter: @TheDividendGuy

A favorite post: My Investing Pains and How I’ve Solved Them

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Don’t Quit Your Day Job (DQYDJ) is another site that I started follow last year, specifically because of the awesome macro-economic insight. DQYDJ is much more technical than any other site on this best investment blog list, and it’s much more macro-economic focused, but it provides a ton of great insights that are relevant to investors everywhere. Furthermore, they put together their own economic calculators and showcase how they made them and what data they used. Amazing!

The Blog: Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Follow on Twitter: @dqydjHQ

A favorite post: S&P 500 Return Calculator

The Mad FIentist

The Mad FIentist is a play on words - it's a site about a scientist achieving financial independence (get the FI part now)? The goal of the site is to show you strategies that can help you retire even sooner. There are a variety of articles that focus on tax avoidance strategies, and ways to invest to get the most out of your money if you plan to retire early.

The Blog: The Mad FIentist

Follow him on Twitter: @madfientist

A favorite post: Lessons From Business School

Minafi

Minafi is a blog all about minimalism and financial independence, and investing? Yes! Investing too - and it has some of the best investment articles we've seen this year. Given this site is about minimalism, you can safely assume that his investing content focuses on reducing fees and expenses, keeping a simple portfolio, and investing passively for the long term. Check out the great content here:

The Blog: Minafi

Follow him on Twitter: @minafiblog

A favorite post: The Minimal Investor

Other Investing Blogs Of Interest

A lot of readers have asked for a full list of investing blogs out there. There aren't a lot of good lists out there that share all of the investing blogs. Here's the list we've been working from to highlight "the best". Last year, we saw about 10 blogs drop off the list, and only added in 3 blogs.

If you know of a site that's not listed, please share it below.

Alain Guillot

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

Bitches Get Riches

Broke Investor

Buy Hold Long

Chris Reining

DivHut

Dividend Diplomats

Dividend Growth Investors

Dividend Pig

Dividend Portfolio

Dividend Quest

Engineering Dividends

Glenn Chan's Random Notes on Investing

Investing To Thrive

Jason Zweig

KINFO

Lyn Allen

Marc to Market

Meb Faber

Mindfully Investing

Modest Money

Monevator

My Stock Market Basics

Novel Investor

Optimize Your Retirement

Passive Income Pursuit

ReisUP

Retire Before Dad

Retire By 40

Safe Investing

Simply Investing

Small Investor

Stable Investor

Tela Holcomb

The Big Law Investor

The Brown Report

The Expat Investor

Time In The Market

Value Stock Geek

Final Thoughts

There are a lot of great investing blogs coming out all of the time. And some of these may fade away. If you know or run a great investing blog, please share it with us for potential inclusion in net year's list.

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Josh Brown, The Reformed Broker

Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense

Jim Collins, The Simple Path To Wealth

Blaire duQuesnay The Belle Curve

Jim Dahle, The White Coat Investor

Sam Dogen, Financial Samurai

Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

Michael Piper, Oblivious Investor

Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

David Stein, Money For The Rest Of Us

Todd Tresidder, Financial Mentor

Tadas Viskanta, Abnormal Returns

Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

Roger Wohlner, The Chicago Financial Planner

The Dividend Guy Blog

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

The Mad FIentist

Minafi

Josh Brown, The Reformed Broker

Josh's Blog: The Reformed Broker

Follow him on Twitter: @reformedbroker

A recent favorite post: How Economic Data Works

Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense

Ben's Blog: A Wealth of Common Sense

Follow him on Twitter: @awealthofcs

A favorite post: My Evolution Of Asset Management

Jim Collins, The Simple Path To Wealth

You might also enjoy Jim Collins' recent talk at Google.

Jim's Blog: The Simple Path To Wealth

A favorite post: Why Your House Is A Terrible Investment

Blaire duQuesnay The Belle Curve

Blaire's Blog: The Belle Curve

Follow her on Twitter: @BlairHduQuesnay

A favorite post: Tax Refunds - The Ultimate Behavioral Finance Lesson

Jim Dahle, The White Coat Investor

Jim's Blog: The White Coat Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @WCInvestor

A favorite post: How To Be A Do-It-Yourself Investor

Sam Dogen, Financial Samurai

Sam's Blog: Financial Samurai

Follow him on Twitter: @financialsamura

A favorite post: The Average Net Worth For The Above Average Person

Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street

Eddy's Blog: Crossing Wall Street

Follow him on Twitter: @EddyElfenbein

A recent favorite post: The Growing Divergence

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

He also only wears blue shirts!

Michael's Blog: Nerd's Eye View

Follow him on Twitter: @MichaelKitces

A favorite post: How To Do A Backdoor Roth IRA (Safely)

Michael Piper, Oblivious Investor

Mike’s Blog: Oblivious Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @michaelrpiper

A favorite post: Why Invest in Index Funds

Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend

Ben's Blog: Sure Dividend

Follow him on Twitter: @SureDividend

A favorite post: Challenging Buffett's 10 Year Bet

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

Barry’s Blog: The Big Picture

Follow him on Twitter: @ritholtz

A favorite post: Market Forces - Not Regulation - Are Driving Adoption Of Fiduciary Standard

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Jeff's Blog: Good Financial Cents

Follow him on Twitter: @jjeffrose

A favorite post: 11 Ways To Invest $100,000 With Confidence

David Stein, Money For The Rest Of Us

On his show, he talks about some very interesting topics, and has a highly engaged member community.

David's Blog: Money For The Rest Of Us

Follow him on Twitter: @jdstein

A favorite post: Stop Maximizing Your Returns With Modern Portfolio Theory

Todd Tresidder, Financial Mentor

Todd's Blog: Financial Mentor

Follow him on Twitter: @FinancialMentor

A favorite post: A Ridiculously Simple Way To Build Wealth

Tadas Viskanta, Abnormal Returns

Tadas' Blog: Abnormal Returns

Follow him on Twitter: @AbnormalReturns

A favorite post: Why Diversification Works In Life And Markets

Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

Jim's Blog: Wallet Hacks

Follow him on Twitter: @wallethacks

A favorite post: How I Built A Dividend Growth Investment Portfolio

Roger Wohlner, The Chicago Financial Planner

Roger’s Blog: The Chicago Financial Planner

Follow him on Twitter: @rwohlner

A favorite post: 5 Reasons To Consider A Solo 401k

The Dividend Guy Blog

The Blog: The Dividend Guy Blog

Follow on Twitter: @TheDividendGuy

A favorite post: My Investing Pains and How I’ve Solved Them

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

The Blog: Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Follow on Twitter: @dqydjHQ

A favorite post: S&P 500 Return Calculator

The Mad FIentist

The Blog: The Mad FIentist

Follow him on Twitter: @madfientist

A favorite post: Lessons From Business School

Minafi

The Blog: Minafi

Follow him on Twitter: @minafiblog

A favorite post: The Minimal Investor

Other Investing Blogs Of Interest

If you know of a site that's not listed, please share it below.

Alain Guillot

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

Bitches Get Riches

Broke Investor

Buy Hold Long

Chris Reining

DivHut

Dividend Diplomats

Dividend Growth Investors

Dividend Pig

Dividend Portfolio

Dividend Quest

Engineering Dividends

Glenn Chan's Random Notes on Investing

Investing To Thrive

Jason Zweig

KINFO

Lyn Allen

Marc to Market

Meb Faber

Mindfully Investing

Modest Money

Monevator

My Stock Market Basics

Novel Investor

Optimize Your Retirement

Passive Income Pursuit

ReisUP

Retire Before Dad

Retire By 40

Safe Investing

Simply Investing

Small Investor

Stable Investor

Tela Holcomb

The Big Law Investor

The Brown Report

The Expat Investor

Time In The Market

Value Stock Geek

Final Thoughts

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Creator : Promote Labs (also the creator of Chitchatchimp,LPM,Conversion Gorilla,Split Test Monkey,Post Gopher)

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Commission Gorilla v2 is a Jvzoo’s product and one of the characteristic of this network is upsell. After you buy this product,you will see the upsells of it. The funnel of Commission Gorilla includes 5 products so that there are 5 salespage. What i really don’t like is that some of them has autoplay video,which is annoying. Therefore,to get this product,you may need to cancel upsells. In my opinion,that’s less than major Jvzoo’s products. Some funnel includes 17 products,hence you need to cancel 17 times to actually get the product.

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People who want to boost optin rates (yes,if you treat it as a presale page instead of a promotion pages)

Main Features and Real Demo of Commission Gorilla V2

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In this example,i will add a bonus called Affiliate Authority. When comparing with those 2 types above,it still has advantage about the detail of your bonus.

This is how i do and once again,don’t forget to provide the download link. Here’s a bonus should look like.

And this is a bonus delivery file,which is automatically added on their hosted TY page if you add this Bonus Block on the page buidler.

2.Create A Presale Page

a.Introduction

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Firstly,i choose spacer block elements.

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Commission Gorilla V2 Presale Demo

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With a little refocusing of your mind, you can be nonchalant and not let a thing get to you. You're made of strong stuff and no one can bring you down. "Let It Go" isn't your theme song, it's about you!

Getting in the Mindset

Find a comedic angle to everything.

The benefit of being nonchalant isn't about not being happy – it's about not easily getting upset, angry, or stressed. And how might one do that? Well, when everything is comical is a good start. Just like most things have a silver lining, most things have a comedic edge to them, too.

Though it's a simple example, let's say you trip onstage at some award ceremony. Instead of turning bright red in shame, you either brush it off like you meant it to happen and accept your award from the floor, or you put up your arms in a "tada" moment and embrace the spotlight. Let the hooting and hollering commence.

Pretend you don't have the "shame gene.

" All of us have that little voice in our head that's telling us to look cool and to act socially acceptable. This is generally a smart voice in our heads – it makes us friends, gets us connections, and makes life a little easier. But sometimes it halts us in our tracks, keeps us from growing, and just makes us worried, emotionally erratic, and anxious. Instead, pretend for a moment that you don't have it. How do you act? What is your body telling the world? That's nonchalance.

So much of what we do is to avoid shame and to feel accepted. If that urge wasn't within you, what might you do differently? Would you really care if Joel liked your shoes or if Marcia texted you back? Probably not. Start out by focusing on this just for a few minutes a day until it becomes naturally nearly all the time.

Worry less about what you can't change.

The world is going to end at some point. Do you worry about that? Probably not. Your mom sometimes wears the ugliest sweaters. Do you worry about that? Nope. If you can't change it, there's no point in worrying about. What can you do? Worry about it...and then just worry some more? Yep. There's no point.

So when your teacher announces a pop quiz? No reaction from you. There's no point in worrying about it – the only thing you can worry about is doing well. And when your crush doesn't text you back? Moving on – you were just feeling it out anyway.

Don't take yourself (or anything) too seriously.

All of life becomes infinitely easier when you come to the conclusions that nothing is that big of a deal. We are all well-oiled specks of dust on this amazing blue planet, and if today isn't going our way, well, that's just how the cookie crumbles. Bad things will happen and good things will happen. Why get worked up about it?

You've probably met someone who takes themselves way more seriously than they should. They're wound up, constantly caring what other people think of what they're doing, saying, and what they look like. In reality, others aren't really thinking about them at all. Just watching them is exhausting because they're wound up so tight. Be the opposite of that person, and the nonchalance will come.

Do yoga.

Along with yoga being a decent way to burn calories and tone your muscles, it's also fantastic at getting rid of all that mind-chatter so many of us have. Many studies have shown that "yogis" suffer from less stress, less anxiety, and even lower blood pressure rates.

If you're having trouble changing your thinking patterns, yoga may be able to do it for you.

Another good idea is doing deep breathing exercises. Concentrating on your body and your breathing takes you out of your mind and into the here and now. You focus on more tangible realities, like how the chair you're on feels on your skin and the temperature of the room – and not on whatever's been worrying you lately.

Acting Nonchalant

Be the adult version of you.

When we get worried and anxious, we also get self-righteous and selfish. All of a sudden, it's about

me, me, me

and whatever you're demanding needs to be met and

now

– in other words, we become children.

Recognize this part of you (we all have it), and instead opt for the adult in you (we all have that, too). How would the older, more mature side of you react?

Let's say you just sent a text to your boyfriend or girlfriend. They haven't responded yet. The clock is ticking, minutes are passing, and they still haven't responded. The child in you wants to go, "What are you doing? Why aren't you responding?! Is something wrong?! Why are you being mean?!" Nope. You're not gonna do that. Instead, you're gonna pick up a book. If they don't text back, fine. You can't really remember what you texted them anyway.

Don't show a wide range of emotions.

The very definition of nonchalant is to be calm and relaxed, pretty much 24/7. You can show mild interest or happiness – or even a little disappointment or frustration – but underneath it all, you're still cool as a cucumber. It's not about being cold and emotionless, it's about being chill.

Let's say your crush told you to back off. Dang. That sucks. You have the urge to cry and whine and eat your feelings, but the calmer side of you knows better. And you're not just going to say, "okay," and move on like it never happened, because it did. When talking about it with your friends, you say something like, "Man, this stinks. Wish it didn't work out this way, but totally glad I didn't ask him/her out on a date!"

Don't invest in others' opinions.

You know what are opinions are like, right? Everybody has 'em. Trying to please everyone and getting everyone to like you is a lost cause, because it just won't happen. Others' opinions of you don't matter; live will go on no matter what. What's more, will you remember what Katie said about your hair in two weeks' time? Nope. So don't stress it. You're doing your own thing and

that's

what matters.

When only your opinion counts, you'll find it easier to stay more relaxed and stress-free. In other words, nonchalant. You control all of the opinions that matter. How awesome of a feeling is that? Everything else isn't on your radar and isn't worth stressing.

Watch your body language.

Even if we say the calmest, coolest things, sometimes our bodies give us away. Your voice says, "It's okay. No worries," when steam is rolling out of your ears and your hands are clenched in fists. No breaking news here: everyone can see through it. So when you're speaking nonchalantly, make sure your body backs it up, too.

How your body is positioned will be determined by the situation you're in. The main way to come off as worried and anxious (and not nonchalant) is if your muscles are tensed. If you think your body might give you away, go through your body from head to toe, consciously checking if each part is relaxed. If it's not, let it loose. The mental nonchalance may come from there.

Develop the perfect "shrug.

" When someone comes up to you with a hot piece of gossip, this is your go-to response. It doesn't have to be an actual shrug, but it's essentially the equivalent. "Oh, that's nice. Where did you hear that from?" is a good verbal shrug when the other person is expecting you to say, "Ohmigod, are you serious?!" You're essentially letting everything in one ear and out the other.

It's good to have a sort of "mental shrug" attitude, too. The milk spilled? Shrug. Guess you should probably clean that up, huh? You gained a few pounds? Shrug. More salad tomorrow.

Living a Nonchalant Lifestyle

Pursue your own path.

Those individuals out there who are not nonchalant (chalant, if you will), are busy with molding their lives to what others say is okay. They try so hard to make it so everything is just so in order to be accepted and feel loved. In short,

they care far too much. And about things that don't matter to boot. Don't copy this lifestyle or anyone else's – pursue your own. You don't care about what anyone else says – you're gonna do what makes you happy.

This helps for a number of reasons. It keeps you busy, it makes you tons of different friends, and it keeps you happy and feeling fulfilled. The bigger your world, the littler everything gets. That one person that could upset you before, can't anymore because you know a dozen other people just like them.

Realize that you have many seeds.

Let's use this example: say you want to start a garden, but you only have one seed. You plant that seed so carefully, watching it day in and day out, worrying that it'll amount to nothing and maybe even smothering it in the process. Luckily, in real life, this isn't your garden. You have so many seeds you barely know what to do with them! You can scatter a few here, a few there, and see what turns up. How much do you care? Well, some. You want your garden to be successful. But are you gonna stay up all night, worrying about one little seed? No way.

This is a fancy way of saying that you have plenty of going on in your life. If one thing is going wrong, oh well. You have a thousand other things going on in your life that are going just fine, thanks. No need to worry. If that "seed" doesn't work out, you'll plant another one.

Let others initiate most of the plans.

Another way to come off as not-so-nonchalant is to be overeager. You're always the one excited and bustling with ideas and trying to get people to do things. Slow down there, tiger. To be nonchalant, let everyone else come to you most of the time. You're a willing participant, but you're just along for the ride. You're not captain of the ship.

That is, most of the time. You don't want to be a dull dud that mooches off of everyone else's good ideas, and you want your friends to know you value them. When you are invited, let them know that you had fun and that the party can be at your house next time, for example. Friendships are two-way streets, after all.

Let it slide.

When Idina Menzel sang, "Let it go, let it go" she wasn't kidding. Whenever your mood pendulum feels the urge to swing left or right, stop for a second. Count to 10, and let it pass. Concentrate on being calm, cool, and collected. You got this. Sure, you're happy, or sure, you're sad – but you're not gonna let it get to you. What would be the point in that?

If you're struggling with something really bothering you, try telling yourself that you'll worry about it tomorrow. But it off in your mind, knowing that you'll get to it in under 24 hours. Then what happens? Tomorrow comes and either you don't remember to worry about it, or you feel much better (or at least more in control) about what happened.

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daltonbus0 · 5 years ago

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Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com

Starting Your Own Podcast on WordPress.com: via The WordPress.com Blog,

Why start a podcast?

Podcasting has been hailed as “the new blogging.” According to Edison Research, 51% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and hosts have created over one million podcasts on iTunes Podcasts.

Starting a podcast comes with a lot of perks:

You can connect with your audience on a much deeper level, thanks to your voice and the unscripted nature of the conversation.

It’s a fantastic excuse to reach out and meet interesting people.

Podcasting pairs really well with other projects — blogging, writing, or even a corporate ”day job.”

A group of Polish bloggers and I had been dreaming of a foray into podcasting for a while. We created the Placebo podcast in hopes of meeting interesting people and, frankly, having fun.

The tagline in Polish reads: “Your dose of absolutely nothing. Confirmed clinical efficacy.”

How does it all work?

WordPress.com also has built-in podcasting tools to make that job easier. To upload audio files, you’ll need a paid plan — any plan, including the Personal plan at $5/month, will do.

What do you need to start?

The name

Recording

The Distributed podcast has a great walkthrough of the various recording options you can try.

Cover art

The cover art should be easy to recognize. Since our podcast is named Placebo, we decided on a satirical medical vibe. We found a nice graphic, and after a few tweaks, tada!

Placebo podcast cover image

Pro tip: Cover art should be 1400×1400 px, so be sure to use an image that’s big enough.

The summary

We also included the link to our site, where listeners can learn more.

Here is where you upload your cover art and summary on WordPress.com

Light audio editing

Your audio files are now ready for distribution! That’s where WordPress.com comes in.

Uploading to WordPress.com

To publish a podcast post:

Create a new post. Add any extra notes or info you want to share with the podcast.

Add the Audio block and upload your podcast file.

Give the post the Podcast category.

Publish the post.

This guide on the WordPress.com Support Site has more details.

Time to go live

You have your domain and a site for your podcast. You’ve recorded and uploaded a few episodes. Now it’s time to share your podcast with the world!

Spotify

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasters Spotify

Submit your RSS feed

Wait two to three days for your podcast to appear

iTunes

Copy the RSS URL from the WordPress.com podcasting settings page

Go to Podcasts Connect

Submit your RSS feed

Wait about a week for them to review and approve your podcast

You can download these buttons here:

Apple Podcasts badge

Spotify badge

The lucky number seven

And don’t forget to enjoy it! The conversations with interesting guests are why we do it.

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heliosfinance · 8 years ago

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The Best Investing Blogs Of 2017 (and more)

Being a good investor is all about education. There are so many facets to investing, that one person or blog just doesn’t have everything. In fact, you can spend years and years researching investing, and there will still be things to learn or stones left to turn. That’s why it’s important to turn to the best investing blogs.

This is the fourth edition of the best investing blogs to follow. We stared this list to put together a single resource of amazing investors and their blogs – and over time that list has changed and evolved.

So, if you want to continue to learn and read about interesting investment ideas, follow the investing blogs on this list. While they may not all be professional investors (although some are, and make a living from it), they all write about their experiences and share their knowledge.

Get your bookmarks ready, here are the 20 best investing blogs of 2017. At the end of the post we also include a round-up of all the investing blogs we could find.

The Best Investing Blogs of 2017

This list of the best investing blogs of 2017 is in alphabetical order by last name (so please don't think this is force-ranked in any way).

Jim Blankenship, Financial Ducks In A Row

Jim is a financial planning expert and he shares his knowledge across a variety of platforms. His blog Financial Ducks in a Row talks about guidance for your retirement, education funding, and more. While not strictly investment focused – it really helps you understand the structure of vehicles for your investments (which can sometimes be a bigger battle).

Jim's Blog: Financial Ducks In A Row

Follow him on Twitter: @FinancialDucks

A favorite post: Ready, Set Go! When To Start A Pension Payout

Josh Brown, The Reformed Broker

Josh has a fun blog (and Twitter account), where he shares his market insights, and insights on pretty much everything that crosses his mind. That's what makes following Josh Brown so interesting – the guy is a pro-investor and is on every major financial news network at least once a week. Yet he blogs, and is interesting – just check out my favorite post from this year below!

Josh's Blog: The Reformed Broker

Follow him on Twitter: @reformedbroker

A favorite post: Three Things That Will Never Change In Wealth Management

Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense

Ben's Blog: A Wealth of Common Sense

Follow him on Twitter: @awealthofcs

A favorite post: My Evolution Of Asset Management

Kathryn Cicoletti, Ms. Cheat Sheet

Kathryn is on of my favorite investing bloggers because she is a former investment analyst who has moved on to infuse comedy with money. Her videos about investing are hilarious, and at the same time, she's spot on with the topic she's covering. If you enjoy humor and money, you're going to love Kathryn's blog.

Kathryn's Blog: Ms. Cheat Sheet

Follow her on Twitter: @mscheatsheet

A favorite post: Times Are Tough. Here's an Oh$hit Investment Portfolio

Jim Dahle, The White Coat Investor

Jim's Blog: The White Coat Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @WCInvestor

A favorite post: How To Be A Do-It-Yourself Investor

Sam Dogen, Financial Samurai

Sam from the Financial Samurai is another ex-Wall Street guy that writes about personal finance and investing. Sam has some of the most unique articles on the web – all incredibly thoughtful and well written. Everything he publishes not only informs, but creates a conversation on what is likely one of the most engaged investing blogs online as well. Not all of his articles are investing related, but many are. His articles also tend to go deeper and more complex than most.

Sam's Blog: Financial Samurai

Follow him on Twitter: @financialsamura

A favorite post: The Average Net Worth For The Above Average Person

Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street

Eddy's Blog: Crossing Wall Street

Follow him on Twitter: @EddyElfenbein

A favorite post: The Skewedness Of Stock Returns

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

Michael's Blog: Nerd's Eye View

Follow him on Twitter: @MichaelKitces

A favorite post: How To Do A Backdoor Roth IRA (Safely)

Larry Ludwig, Investor Junkie

Larry has been blogging at Investor Junkie for several years. What I appreciate about Larry is that he is NOT an investment professional. In fact, he is a small business owner who’s had a passion for investing since he was young (very similar to my story). He focuses a lot on investing, but also takes it to the next level and focuses on investing on a bigger level – any money you set aside to grow in the end.

Larry’s Blog: Investor Junkie

Follow him on Twitter: @InvestorJunkie

A favorite post: How To Get Started Investing

Michael Piper, Oblivious Investor

Mike’s Blog: Oblivious Investor

Follow him on Twitter: @michaelrpiper

A favorite post: Why Invest in Index Funds

Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend

Ben's Blog: Sure Dividend

Follow him on Twitter: @SureDividend

A favorite post: 15 Actionable Quotes From Warren Buffett's 2015 Annual Report

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

Barry’s Blog: The Big Picture

Follow him on Twitter: @ritholtz

A favorite post: Do Youths Graduating In A Recession Incur Permanent Losses

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Jeff is an amazing blogger and business person. He doesn't always blog about investing, but when it does, it's typically practical advice that anyone can follow. Outside of his blog, Jeff is a Certified Financial Planner and often posts about struggles he sees on his Facebook page or Twitter. Besides that, his blog is probably the best designed finance blog out there.

Jeff's Blog: Good Financial Cents

Follow him on Twitter: @jjeffrose

A favorite post: 11 Ways To Invest $100,000 With Confidence

Todd Tresidder, Financial Mentor

Todd is the founder of Financial Mentor, where he is a financial coach that helps people figure out their financial lives and invest for the future. Todd is a very no-nonsense guy, and from the few times I've met him and reading his articles, I enjoy his style. His goal is to help people almost from a behavior finance perspective, with some common sense reality thrown in. Check it out – he covers 80% investing and 20% personal finance.

Todd's Blog: Financial Mentor

Follow him on Twitter: @FinancialMentor

A favorite post: A Ridiculously Simple Way To Build Wealth

Tadas Viskanta, Abnormal Returns

Tadas Viskanta is the founder and editor of Abnormal Returns since it was launched in 2005. He is a really smart guy, and shares a lot of great content every day on his site. If you want something to read in the financial world, stop by and check out his daily round up posts. The gold, though, is when he actually shares his thoughts – typically by aggregating some other peoples thoughts together and adding to it, or lambasting them. Either way, it's good stuff.

Tadas' Blog: Abnormal Returns

Follow him on Twitter: @AbnormalReturns

A favorite post: Good Investment Advice Doesn't Need Updating All That Often

Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

Jim's Blog: Wallet Hacks

Follow him on Twitter: @wallethacks

A favorite post: How I Built A Dividend Growth Investment Portfolio

Roger Wohlner, The Chicago Financial Planner

I stumbled upon Rogers blog last year and have been impressed by the content. Roger is a fee-only financial advisor who started to blog to share his knowledge and experience as a financial planner. While I don’t always completely agree with everything Roger writes, that’s okay – because as I mentioned above, you just can’t learn everything in one place, and seeing different perpectives from these best investment blogs is a great start.

Roger’s Blog: The Chicago Financial Planner

Follow him on Twitter: @rwohlner

A favorite post: Avoid These 9 Investing Mistakes

The Dividend Guy Blog

The Blog: The Dividend Guy Blog

Follow on Twitter: @TheDividendGuy

A favorite post: My Investing Pains and How I’ve Solved Them

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

The Blog: Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Follow on Twitter: @dqydjHQ

A favorite post: S&P 500 Return Calculator

The Mad FIentist

The Mad FIentist is a play on words – it's a site about a scientist achieving financial independence (get the FI part now)? The goal of the site is to show you strategies that can help you retire even sooner. There are a variety of articles that focus on tax avoidance strategies, and ways to invest to get the most out of your money if you plan to retire early.

The Blog: The Mad FIentist

Follow him on Twitter: @madfientist

A favorite post: Lessons From Business School

Other Investing Blogs Of Interest

A lot of readers have asked for a full list of investing blogs out there. There aren't a lot of good lists out there that share all of the investing blogs. Here's the list we've been working from to highlight “the best”. If you know of a site that's not listed, please share it below.

Alain Guillot

Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

Buy Hold Long

Chris Reining

DivHut

Dividend Diplomats

Dividend Growth Investors

Dividend Monkey

Dividend Pig

Dividend Quest

Dividend Ten

Dividend Cash Flow

Dividends 4 Future

Finance and Flip Flops

Glenn Chan's Random Notes on Investing

Investegies

Investing To Thrive

Investment Hunting

Investor Tuition

Investor's Field Guide

Jason Zweig

Jim Collins

KINFO

Lyn Allen

Marc to Market

Meb Faber

Mindfully Investing

Modest Money

Monevator

My Stock Market Basics

Novel Investor

Options Hunting

Passive Income Pursuit

Pugvestor

Reminiscences of a Stock Blogger

ReisUP

Retire Before Dad

Safe Investing

Seeking The Dividends

Simply Investing

Stable Investor

Tall Investing

The Big Law Investor

The Brooklyn Investor

The Expat Investor

Value Stock Geek

Final Thoughts

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katescripted · 9 years ago

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The March of my Mother

I’m thinking a lot about my mom today. I’m home sick with the remnants of a flu-like thing and couldn’t join the Women’s March as I planned. Throughout the day I checked-in on my social media feeds, seeing the pictures my friends were posting across the country, and finding myself thinking about what my mom would have thought of this.

It had dawned on me earlier today that I am getting around the age when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I was in third grade at the time and I can remember her showing us the x-rays of her brain and spine one evening, holding them up to the living room light, my sister and I giggling because her eyes looked so strange in x-ray. Little did we know that for the next 18 years, this disease would carve it’s way into our family in both overt and insidious ways. My mother, a shy and unassuming person, endured pain and heartache that I cannot begin to imagine - and, not to sugar coat it, her endurance was messy, complicated, and human.

One thing my mother wanted early in her disease was to work. Before she married she did administrative work, and, being the perfectionist that she was, had been exceptionally good at it. When I was born, she became a stay-at-home mother; but, as my sister and I were in late elementary school, and with the diagnoses of her disease, she wanted to get out. We lived on a dirt road with very few neighbors nearby; and, naturally, she felt that, with her mobility ebbing away, she was feeling trapped. My mom and dad argued about her working again - my dad opposed to the idea. It always came down to “us girls” and “you’re not healthy enough”. I feel like this argument lasted for awhile, or one that caused enough stir for it be so clear in my memory.

One afternoon, I came home from school to find my mother sitting at the kitchen table just staring out our bay window. She wasn’t crying, just still. It was unsettling because I had never seen her that way before. I asked her what was wrong and she said to me sternly: “Katie, when you grow up, you make sure you are independent. You make sure you have your own money, and if you want to go to work, you go to work. Don��t you marry too soon and have kids. I’m stuck here.” I remember being kind of scared, giving her a timid hug, and telling her ‘I love you’, before letting her be. At the time, I felt ashamed and even a little mad thinking that my mother was resentful for having my sister and I, that she never wanted us. As I got older, I came to understand what she meant.

Mom, while conservative in the sexual revolution side of feminism and never uttered that she was a feminist, would talk a lot about how women should be working and that there should be equal rights in the workplace. She would always talk about her feminist ideas with minimizers to distance herself from being a “feminist”. In our small town, I’m sure such notions were considered radical - even in the 90′s. And she admired notable women like Joni Eareckson Tada, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Oprah. “Oh, I still believe in shaving my armpits and wearing a bra. I don’t think we should start looking like men, but women can work. Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something.” That was always the message; and indeed it has stuck with me. No one will tell me, that because I’m a woman, I can’t work or do the things I love or be the mother I want to be. There is no question. My mom - whether she was aware of it or not - was fighting the rural patriarchy.

As the years went on, my mom’s disease got considerably worse. Procedures and treatments were astronomically expensive, all of them still new and uncertain to even work. It was hard disappointment after disappointment when each one didn’t improve her symptoms. She tried everything from injections to honey bee stings. What I disliked almost as much as the failures of these methods, was the way her doctors would talk down to her. At times she would scream in frustration, usually with the phrase “I’M IN PAIN!” and literally be told “Don’t be hysterical” or “Calm down”. If my mother had been male, would they have listened and would her treatment have been different? I am aware treatment and financial limitations factor in here. Yet, behaviors like referring to her as if she wasn’t in the room, I can’t help but wonder as an adult woman and have experienced it for myself. Gas-lighting would make anyone go mad.

And there was always the anxiety over insurance companies, their constant rejections on what they’d cover. When I was in college and my mother was then in a nursing home, I recall her electric wheelchair was broken. It would cost more to fix than replace. The insurance company rejected paying for a new wheelchair because, in their ghoulish way, didn’t see the point as her condition showed no signs of improving. Without a wheelchair, my mother would be unhealthily and cruelly confined to her bed. I remember this because my dad had to fight for it for quite sometime and it was months before some coverage for the new chair came through. I don’t know the specifics, but I feel like my mother’s quality of life could have been vastly (and humanely) improved had there been better healthcare in this country.

And even my mother, a religious woman, realized the potential of stem cell research, still in its early days at the time. For years she’d been against it, believing it was killing unborn babies, but, in her last years, came to understand more about what it was and meant. Stem cell research was giving hope to children with cancer and people with horrible chronic diseases like her own. If such research could prevent others from experiencing horrible diseases like her own, then this advance in science was a gift from God.

I know my mother would have marched because today’s march signified every progress and human right this country fought for, that there is no way we can go back, and that we will push back and push forward. I don’t think it’s melodramatic to say it is literally life and death if we turn back history. The Affordable Care Act, for example, is not the greatest in some respects - believe me, I have experienced them - but I refuse to go back to a time where I could be rejected coverage because of a pre-existing condition or pay more because I’m a woman, or just have no insurance at all. I want to progress and improve on what we have so someone like my mother, my family, could have less strain and a quality of life.

I don’t want to go back to a time where discriminatory language and behaviors are considered ok and the norm. I don’t want to go back to a time where women, like my mother, had to insist that they are valuable enough to work, and to get paid appropriately for that work. No person should ever feel that they are trapped, like my mother felt, because of antiquated societal views. If you want an entertaining spin on that, watch an episode or two of Downton Abbey. Are we going back to that? Are we going back to a society that is cruel to someone like poor Ethel?

Words do matter. Those who say they don’t? Well, look at how they affect our kids, or how they affect your actions. If words don’t matter, then why do people get riled up over insults to an opposing sports team? If words don’t matter, then would you say Jesus’ words had no impact? If words don’t matter, then why do we have an entire amendment protecting our words? There is responsibility, consequences, and power in our words, so they should be considered carefully and intelligently - and we should hold our world leaders to the highest of standards. My mother, the perfectionist secretary, would grill me on my words, and would probably have me edit this blog post a zillion times over if she saw it.

I am not at all naive and realize life is not simple and cookie cutter. Policies require listening, dialogue, and understanding of life’s nuances. Dismissing people as a general this or that does not help anyone, and does not allow the opportunity for empathy and change.

I wanted to march today, but instead I voice my march here. I would have wanted to march with my mother, to let her know: we are not going back to that place. We are not going to get stuck. We are moving forward.

For everyone that was out there marching today in the streets - my love.

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