 Hi everyone, this is Ross Teacher Toolkit and last night I attended the UK blog awards and Teacher Toolkit was Voted nominated one the highly recommended Education blog in the company category and so I'm really delighted about that and It kind of is a sign of the times that Teacher Toolkit for me personally and Has moved a bit more beyond just me and it's moved towards a company. I mean it is a registered business And I've got a few people working with me now So I hope in 2017 kind of 18 that you start to see a lot more content a lot more resources that are more meaningful to you and I hope that I can see the blog going to kind of a whole new level in terms of Output and content and helping teachers across the world So just to finish off just a thank you to all the readers who read Teacher Toolkit Thank you for sharing the resources the ideas recommending new teachers to the blog and in terms of just if you're a new blogger and You want to grow your own blog just as I did Into what it is where it's a blog that's read around the world Then there's three tips the first tip for me is consistency and a lot of people blog and then kind of give up And for me I've written probably about 850 blogs now and I blog less because I've a lot more people blogging in Teacher Toolkit With me instead. So there's a lot more variety So consistency is key. It's very difficult to keep the blogging up when you're a full-time teacher So I aim for about two or three blogs a week, which is a lot Um But in the beginning it's probably just once a week. So consistency would be my number one tip My number two tip would be um content um, it's important to what Focus of content on you initially, but eventually as your content grows and you get feedback you start to get A few ideas the news might inspire you or your colleagues Um, or the people that follow you on social media Um, but stay true to yourself um Blog what's relevant to you and in terms of your role and You'll see your blog kind of tick over don't blog for other people blog for yourself And I always seek a bit of feedback that the way your blog's going to grow is if you engage with other people You take feedback on the chin whether it's good or bad Um, and then see how things grow and in terms of tip number three I would suggest that um, so you've got consistently content clarity is my third tip Um, be very clear about what you want to share be very clear about your intention. So whether you're sharing a resource Um, that's free or something that can be downloaded and and your subscribers might pay for it Or or you might want to just share an opinion or a political view Or just a resource to help teachers in the classroom whether it's a new teacher or it's a new teacher So the third tip is be very clear about what you're sharing and what you're writing about Okay, so um, again, thanks for all my followers and readers who tune in to teacher toolkit um highly commended by the uk blog awards 2017 so really chuffed um and hope to Share more content soon. So thanks again and uh, thanks for watching