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Ready to take your blog to the next level? Join us for the 12 Week Blog Shape Up Plan starting on January 3, 2011. You can start any time! Join and get bi-weekly email updates for your blog!

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GET STARTED! We're in Weeks 4 & 5. Find Links Below to Weeks 1 & 2!

Written By Rebecca Levey | Social Media Editor for Mom Blog Magazine | Blog: Beccarama | Podcast: Blogging Angels

Weeks 4&5: Gain Momentum

Building on prior weeks – keep up what you’re doing.

Step 1: Add an additional blog post this week – you must post 4 times a week.

Step 2: Planning tweets ahead of time. Using Tweetdeck or HootSuite schedule tweets about your posts, about posts you’ve read and resonated with you. Plan 2 a day for the week.

Step 3: Attend a Twitter Party or chat. What are the hashtags you’ve been following? (will provide suggestions in various areas) Great way to network and find new people to follow or to follow you.

Step 4: Create favorites. Use Twitter favorites and/or Evernote and start to build an idea journal for your blog posts. Try writing prompts like Plinky.

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Comment by Stephanie Willoughby on February 17, 2011 at 9:35pm: This is great advice!

Comment by Granola Grizzly Mama on February 8, 2011 at 1:38am: I'm joining late, but excited to catch up!

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Comment by Amiyrah Martin on February 7, 2011 at 10:10pm: when should we expect week 4? I'm excited to start :o)

Comment by Tawanna Browne Smith on February 5, 2011 at 6:40pm: Hey Shelly, so I'm following you at the Frugal Kitchen site and will comment there. If you're on Facebook, my fan page is www.facebook.com/momsguidetotravel and I'd love to have engagement there or on my blog, whichever.

@LaTonya, that is awesome. I'm going to be working on it tonight. I read a few of the handouts and got 1 post published on one site and 2 posts in draft on 2 other sites. Both of those will be published tonight and I have several ideas for posts just from reading those handouts so again, many many thanks for that resource!

Comment by Shelly Ford on February 5, 2011 at 3:30pm: Hi Noelle, thank you :) following you back!

Comment by Noelle on February 5, 2011 at 1:53am: @shelly I'm now following you at My Frugal Kitchen those edible valentines are so cute!

Comment by Kelli Miller on February 4, 2011 at 10:06pm: Take your blog to the next level with a custom made, professionally designed media kit and/or quick sheet :-) http://3boysandadog.com/media-kit-design/

Comment by LaTonya Richardson on February 4, 2011 at 9:52am: Tuwanna and Shelly,

You're so very welcome! Of course I couldn't sit on something as great as that.

Through this shape up plan, and using an editorial calendar, I've challenged myself to post everyday of February. I'm at day 4, and so far, so good. I'm able to look ahead see what I need to start working on, and how much research I need to do.

This editorial calendar has been a huge help!

Comment by Tomika Bryant on February 3, 2011 at 5:52pm: @Shelly,

I am My Mommy's Neighborhood and The Bryant Home Group

Comment by Shelly Ford on February 3, 2011 at 5:43pm: @Tomika,

woohoo!!! thanks alot buddy :)

give me your blog/blogs address so I can visit and start commenting away!

Mine are:

Frugal Scrappin Mammaw

My Frugal Kitchen

I can't wait to get started :)