In an attempt to better my blog and step up my social media presence, I have been trying to tackle the assignments presented by The Daily Post in its Blogging 201: Branding and Growth course. The Day Five challenge encourages bloggers to “Give ‘Em What They Want” by posting potentially popular content on the days its most likely to be read. In analyzing my blog’s meager
statistics, I determined Tuesdays were the best days to post new content and also decided to add a regular monthly feature to my editorial calendar. This feature, Failed Queries, will appear on the third Tuesday of every month until I run out of rejected ideas, which means it may be around for a while. One of my expired ideas, on the lack of TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Centers near some major cities, seemed like a solid pitch until the agency dramatically expanded the service.
If you are interested in reading another failed query from the archives, please check out On Birthdays, Willie Nelson and Failed Queries.
Dear Editor’s Name:
I hope all is well. I was wondering if you’d be interested in a short piece on the fact the Transportation Security Administration does not have enrollment centers near some major cities. For example, the closest enrollment center to Dallas is about 150 miles away in Lawton, Oklahoma. If St. Louis travelers want to enroll in the Pre-Check program, they have to drive about 90 miles to Herrin, Illinois, population 12,000.
I think this would be of interest to your readers and hope you agree. Please let me know if you’d like more information on this idea. Meanwhile, I have included a link to my resume and some writing samples for you to consider. As for my professional credentials, I have a decade of experience as a writing teacher as well as years of reporting experience as a freelancer and staff writer at publications around the country, including The Dallas Morning News. Most recently, I have been working on stories for publication by magazines and blogs including SUCCESS, Eating Well, Poets & Writers, DRAFT Magazine, Organic Gardening, The FruitGuys Almanac and WOW! Women On Writing.
Best,
Charlene Oldham
Charlene Oldham 
I set up my twitter on my LivinginEastSheen blog it looks good am just about to sort it out on my eclectic blog. I have issues with FB though my posts from WP go to my page, I would like them to go to both my FB page and personal account, I don’t suppose you know how to do that? LOL, thought I might aswell ask 🙂
I haven’t done it, but I think the information is here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook/
ah thats for .org, are you org or com? From what people have said you can’t post to both, what a shame xx
I am at charleneoldham.com. Is this what you are looking for then? http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/
hey thank you for the FB info, that page is a good reference, however i already set up to post on FB i just wanted it to post to the page and my personal profile for the same account but apparently you cant do that I found out. But I might put a facebook like widget on thats interesting.
Also i saw your new blog roll looks great. I am undecieded whether I want one or not but yours does look neat, sometimes they can look really messy x
I like the grid and think four or six would not be overwhelming.
true I think you chose well and oddly the actual blog pics that came up colourwise work well too hehe
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