By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about really big ideas that I forget about some of the small things we can do to either gently promote ourselves/get our names out there, or just make life easier online. Here are a few of those things…and a sort of interesting note at the end of the post on something Wattpad is doing.
Gravitars. Gravitars, Globally Recognized Avatars, are basically avatars that are used to identify us online (primarily blogs and web forums). I was having coffee with my author friend Lauren de Lanier and she mentioned that she would likely spend more time commenting on blogs if she had a more personal way of appearing on sites, particularly WordPress sites. This is one of those things that we can quickly take care of through
WordPress (you’ll have to sign up for WordPress in the process, but you’re not setting up a blog, only a profile). This WikiHow will lead you through the process if you’re not sure how to do it.Continue reading