Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Hugh for allowing me to do a guest post on such an esteemed blog like his. I am both flattered and honored that he invited me to write a guest post.
You may wonder who on earth is Esmé from EsmeSalon? To make it easier, just hop over to my About Page, and you will be able to read where I come from, what I blog about (a varied number of topics) and where you can connect and subscribe to my blog.
You will find the following features on my blog.
1. Senior Salon, a weekly Link Up Party starting each Monday at 2am PST through to Friday evening at 8pm PST with a roundup post at 9pm PST.
2. Sharing, Inspiring, Promoting Bloggers aka SIPB on Facebook
3. Guest Post
5. We also have all those yummy tried and tested home-made recipes.
I would like to invite you all to come and participate and share your stories.
What is the Senior Salon?
The Senior Salon is a weekly Linkup Party starting each Monday at 2am PST through to Friday evening at 8pm PST (Vancouver Canada).
Hugh is a regular participant at the Senior Salon and has told me that it has bought lots of new visitors to his blog.
The SENIOR SALON features art, music, writing, poetry, photography, creative cooking, creative fashion, and anything else that you can dream up. Allow YOUR muse to guide you into a new creative endeavor or enhance an existing creative endeavor.
Through Senior Salon, I have met lots of new bloggers, read many posts, and come to love this blogging community and formed wonderful new friendships since.
I cordially invite you all to come and join us week after week to share your posts at the #SeniSal blog share party.
You are important to us, and we wish to help you grow your blog and lend a helping hand to promote your well-crafted blog posts and reach your goals. This is one way I love to give back to the blogging community for being such a significant part of my blogging journey.
Once you leave a link, you automatically provide your permission to use your image with a link back to your blog via the roundup post at 9pm PST.
How to leave a link at the party.
I am sure you all are familiar with the InLinkz concept, and it’s workings, but herewith a screenshot of where to go to enter your blog link. Once you hit the +Add Link blue button, follow the prompts and, voila, you have added your most precious and excellent blog post.
We respectfully ask and trust that you will leave a valuable comment on a minimum of THREE posts (the more, the better) for each link you leave every week.
To allow all our blogging friends to participate, you may share a maximum of two posts per linkup and link directly to a post on your blog (not your homepage). Please, only share Family-friendly links.
How you can help us to promote Senior Salon.
We need your help, so please keep sharing the news on your blogs and your social media and help the #SeniSal Linky Party to grow. Thank you for your loyal support!
With the Roundup Post on a Friday evening at 9pm PST, the most clicked posts (top 3) also get to be featured!
When you sign up to my blog, you will receive the one and only weekly newsletter and information on the next #SeniSal linkup.
I promise not to sell your email address or information, and I will not spam you. If you wish to subscribe, you will find the subscribe form on the right-hand side column of my blog.
I look forward to meeting you and collaborating with you via #SeniSal.
Please also contact me if you would like to be interviewed and be featured on my blog.
If you feel inclined, I am also looking for columnists (monthly, bi-monthly).
Join us on Facebook
If you’re looking for more coverage, feel free to join our Facebook Group where we Share, Inspire, and Promote Bloggers.
You can connect with Esmé at the following places.
SIPB FB Group: Sharing, Inspiring, Promoting Bloggers
TRH FB Group: The Recipe Hunter Facebook Group
SCI FB Page: @ShareCareAndInspire/
My thanks to Esmé for writing this guest post. I hope you will join Esmé and me over at the Senior Salon. Click here to join us and lots of other bloggers.
Have you participated in blogging linkup parties before? Do you run your own? How successful have they been for you?
Do you have any questions or comments for Esmé? Please leave them in the comments box. She would love to hear from you. (No comments for Hugh, please).
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Hi Hugh,
I’m a big fan of Esme’s. I consider her a friend. I’ve guest posted on her site before. Thank you for introducing her here.
Janice
Hi Janice, thank you so much for your kind words and you are a true friend and I value you and love your blog with all the most wonderful and great tips and news. You are somebody, as Hugh, whom I regard as a mentor. As for a guest post on my blog, do you have time for another one? I think that will be awesome. Please let me know and consider it done.
When I first came to word press I jumped in on a link up party you hosted Esme! Some of the earliest followers came from you! I am ever so appreciative as you know earning the trust and eyes of readers is difficult. I’m still struggling but every day I engage with new writers and I’m hopeful! Thanks for your generous support of the blogging community!
Hi Cheryl. This is great news and I am so happy for you that you managed to get new readers and followers. Yes, I think we are all struggling but we just have to keep working at it. Feel free to come and share your posts on a weekly basis. I would love to have you participate at #senisal.
Thank you Esme! I’ll try and jump in whenever possible! Please let me know if I can do anything for you!
Hi Cheryl. Thanks and I am truly looking forward to your posts. As for helping, please share the #senisal news to your followers and hopefully they will also come and join us. Thanks in advance
Nice to see you over at Hugh’s Esme…No wonder you are busy I didn’t realise you had quite so many accounts how do you keep up with them all? #sensai
Hi Carol, Thanks for your continued support and participation also at #senisal. Not sure how it all happened, but I may have to cull some of them soon, as I feel that I am spreading myself rather thin at the moment. Hopefully, it will be better in the new year or is that wishful thinking.
My pleasure, Esme I know what you mean though as I get overwelmed at times… we can only spread ourselves so far can’t we? Wishful thinking I think…I am certainly going to be concentrating more on my writing in the new year…I don’t work like you do either and I most certainly couldn’t do half of what I do if I worked as well…I don’t know how you do it 🙂
Well, I am not sure how I do it either. Many days, I just do not get to what I wish to do, but do my best in the time I have available.
Thats all we can do isn’t it..
Nice to see you here, Esme! One of these months I hope to join you at the Senior Salon and/or cooperate in a different way. I know I’ve said this before (and I mean it), but I’m not in a position (yet) – unfortunately – to make blogging a priority. Have fun at the link-up party!
Hi Liesbet, thank you for your note and I hope that when you’re ready to see you at #SeniSal and my blog.
Hello Esme,
So glad to have found you on Terri’s posting on Twitter. You sound like an amazing woman. The queen of the blog world. We are signing up and look forward to the adventure with your site. Thank you so much!
Hi Terri, Oh wow, that you so much for your incredibly kind words. You make me blush. Sorry, I could not respond earlier, but I am still working full time, and only returned back and now able to respond. You have been accepted as members of the SIPB group and I hope to hear and get to know you over at SIPB. Welcome and thanks again.
Great suggestions for growing an audience. Thanks, Esme and Hugh.
Hi Norah. Thank you for reading and commenting. Hope to see you over at #Senisal and SIPB soon
Thanks, Esme. I’ll try. 🙂
Hi Hugh and Esme! I checked out the link party and agree that link parties are a great way to grow a blog. I’ve hosted a few over the years, in fact, my current Sunday Stills photo challenge had a link up but I opted out since many bloggers preferred to not link for a variety of reasons! Very nice to meet you, Esme!
Hi Terri. Thank you so much for your comment Terri and I hope to see you there as well. Yes, I agree its a great way growing a blog, but my main aim and reason for #senisal are to showcase and promoter my fellow bloggers and a way to give back to the blogging community.
Hi, Esme – It’s wonderful to see you here. Thank you for sharing about Senior Salon and extending a warm invite.
I would love you all to come and participate, You have all week to add your blog post links. I truly hope and my wish would be that you all become regular #senisal members and share on a regular basis when you can. Thank you in advance
You’re so welcome Donna – Thanks and hope to see you at #SeniSal and learn you better via FB and other SM
Hi Hugh. Thank you for showcasing #SeniSal and EsmeSalon on your blog. As I mentioned in the post itself, this is a huge honor to be here. I will share it on my blog as well in a day or so.
You’re very welcome, Esmé.
Thank you so much for writing the post.
Wishing you much success with #SeniSal.
With your support and the people that you directed already, it can only grow and get better. Thanks Hugh
Oh, Esme’s a good un! She does so much for the Blogisphere!
Hi Ritu, Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope to see you at #SeniSal as well. I love sharing other bloggers posts, this is a passion I have to promote others
So great to see Esme here. She is such a wonderful supporter of other bloggers. I love Senior Salon and have met some great bloggers there. And her recipes are amazing!
Dear Darlene, Thank you for your wonderful comment on #SeniSal. I am so happy to have you part of the venture and hope to continue with it as long as we have supporters to share their posts.