Shopping Centre Peeves

Sometimes, I might not be the most patient person. Sometimes, things drive me completely crazy when normally I wouldn't even notice. Yesterday was one of those days. Here are 6 things that drove me nuts at Westfield Northlakes:

1. A slow moving, shoeless family were hogging the entire aisle. Even a polite 'excuse me' did nothing
2. I saw someone I sort of knew, smiled and said hello. Then came across then in every aisle and had to do the awkward nod smile about 11 times
3. Someone smacked their child. I didn't think the child deserved it or the tongue lashing she got after it
4. They hadn't stocked the shelves with my Monday Magazines yet
5. I couldn't find coriander anywhere and I forgot to buy chives
6. In Myer, I hunted high and low for bargains and didn't find anything. Not a scrap

Now a few cool things:

1. I ran 10km with easy. Yes, this 40 year old body still has it
2. I received a gorgeous present in the mail from the way too kind Kimba from Kimba Likes
3. My husband came home early with champagne
4. My Corn Fritters still tasted awesome without fresh coriander
5. My birthday vouchers will last until another shopping trip and I am sure there will be amazing bargains then

Have a great day!

On Tuesdays I link up with Essentially Jess

Blogger Basics: So you've written a post, what now?

Back when I started blogging, I would write a post and let it sit there. I would hope someone would somehow find it, read it and hopefully remember to come back again. What I have learned since then is...

Make it easy for people to find you.

After publishing a post these are the steps I take to help people find it:

1. Minimise the URL in Bitly and tweet it from there
2. Use the new URL to add tweets to Buffer for later in the day
3. Share the post on my blog Facebook page
4. Add it to a linky party if relevant
5. Mention it on Instagram
6. If I have reviewed a product or event. I'll email the necessary people with a
    thank you and a copy of the link
7. If I have written about certain brands, I'll tweet them to make them aware of the
    shout out, and
8. Share it on Pinterest. You need to make sure your post has a photo to do this.

If no-one finds it after all this, I'll pour a coffee, ponder and start all over again.

What steps do you take to help people discover your blog?

PS: Also, SEO helps with people discovering you via Google. This is more detailed and another post.