Weston Patch is Seeking New Bloggers

Have an opinion? A passion? A hobby? Share it on Weston Patch.

Weston Patch is Seeking New Bloggers

Have an opinion? A passion? A hobby? Share it on Weston Patch.

Calling all hobbyists, advocates and meeting attendees. Parents, students and teens. Pet-lovers, sports enthusiasts and volunteers. Weston Patch is seeking a few good bloggers on our site. Are you passionate about government? Do you attend School Committee meetings? Maybe you sit on a local board, committee or group? Do you volunteer in town? What about a love of sports, arts or science? Do you love to write? Are you passionate about a hobby? If so, we want you to blog for us. Our Local Voices Bloggers write daily, weekly or monthly — as often as you'd like — on a topic of their choosing. They write short or long, in essay-style or draft a quick how-to. Blogging on Patch is a great way to share your opinions and expertise with the …

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Blog Roundup: Senator's Priorities, Mass. Wines and Weston Real Estate

A look at what bloggers on Weston Patch had to say this week.

Wine, fashion and real estate filled the minds of bloggers on Weston Patch this week. Here's a short roundup of what they had to say. Check out our Local Voices archive for all the posts. In Barrett Cites 3 Priorities for New Legislation, Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington) discusses three things he hopes to accomplish for his constituents, including Weston. In Pinnacle Report for Weston MA Real Estate 1/7/2013 - 1/20/2013, blogger Lisa Curlett recounts the differences in Weston real estate from 2013 back to 2012. She calls the differences, "striking." In Wine Made in Massachusetts? Are You Nuts?!?, MetrowestWines.com gets excited about Massachusetts wines. And while it's too late now to visit the Wayland Farmers' Market Farm Wineries Day, …

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Blog Roundup: A 'Museum' Display, A Cappella Sleepover and More

A look at what some Weston bloggers were talking about this week.

Weston bloggers had a variety of topics on their minds this week, ranging from a Weston300 historical display, to four great reasons to live in Weston, to an a cappella sleepover. Here's a quick roundup, but all Weston blogs are available in the Local Voices section. In Memoirs of an A Capella Sleepover, blogger Laura Lamere recounts what it was like to share her home with 16 members of the Washington University Stereotypes when they visited Weston recently. In Why Live in Weston, blogger Amy Mizner outlines a few overarching categories of reasons that living in Weston is the best. In Weston 300 Historical Display - FABULOUS!, blogger Liz Hochberger gushed about the Weston tercentennial display at the Weston Public Library.

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Have a Blog? Patch Can Help Spread the Word

Did you know that blogging on Patch can help draw attention to the blog you already write elsewhere?

Weston Patch is always on the lookout for new bloggers. But sometimes, that just means the blogger is new to Patch, not necessarily new to blogging. One of the hardest things about blogging is reaching an audience. It isn't easy to raise the visibility of your blog above that of the myriad of other blogs out there. But if you don't manage to do that, the time and energy you put into your blog might go unnoticed by the very readers you're trying to reach. That's where Weston Patch can help. Patch wants to provide an additional platform for the blog you're already spending time to write. Here's how it works: - We'll set you up with a blog on Weston Patch. It takes a few minutes on the front end to set up, but then it's up to you to blog as …

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So What Is a Blog, Anyway?

You've been hearing a lot about blogs on Weston Patch recently. But what does it all mean?

If you're a regular reader of Weston Patch, you may have noticed we've been talking a lot about blogs lately—a lot.  But that may have led you to wonder: What, exactly, is a blog? We're here to answer that for you.  "Blog" is really a short form of "weblog," a term that was first coined in 1997, but that nobody really uses any more. The first weblogs, or blogs, were generally set up by people who wanted to share interesting links, photos or videos they had come across on the Internet. They later evolved to longer-form posts that might discuss the author's personal life or personal opinions about various issues. Blogging is a pretty free-form type of creating. Blog writers create what's called a post, and those posts are listed in reverse …

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