The Daily Basics – A Lifestyle Directory
"The Daily Basics is a community built of lifestyle bloggers in the fields of Home & Garden, Travel & Living, Food & Drink, Body & Fashion and Arts & Literature. It is a place where ANYONE can come to find all of those wonderful articles you loved reading about in your magazines but can find them now in one place online instead. The Internet has given a voice to people who otherwise had to compete for a place in traditional medias such as magazines, newspapers and television. The Daily Basics is a place where you will find traditional media talent as well as the overflow of undiscovered new talent. Think of us as a Living Lifestyle Directory. Think of us as the NEW magazine."
Who is The Daily Basics Reader?
- YOU love your magazines, the anticipation you feel when you turn the page, the glossy shots that bring you into beautiful spaces and the engaging content. Magazines are your comfort reads.
- YOU have no time to cruise the internet in search of all the information you loved getting in one place before. Geesh – life is too busy!
- YOU hold down somewhere between one to four full time jobs – worker bee, parent, spouse and/or volunteer.
- YOU are computer functional and you use Face Book as a way to chat with old and new friends but yet, you miss chatting on the phone or opening a newsy letter from a friend far away. You miss your traditions.
- YOU need to feel enriched, fulfilled and in touch with your old world in the new world format.
The Daily Basics Website
HOME
- The main site is our base of all operations but primarily it features original material presented by regular expert contributors, esteemed guest experts and The Daily Basics Editors. Every day you will find a new feature article, a snippet of a current lifestyle happening in Today’s Basics and a video from one of our amazing video contributors. Most publications write and report about what people expert in their fields are doing. At The DB, our writers ARE the experts and they are telling you like it is first hand.
FEATURES
- Every day you find fresh new original features. You can click on the board of photo’s and discover the most current features. If you like an article by one of our contributors, look to see what else they’ve written and go visit them at their website! For all of the features on the site, simple go to the top of the page and click Features.
THE DB BLOG
- This is the blog where we ramble away at what is happening or just a snippet of something we think you might like. You can scroll down and see if anything catches your fancy or take a quick look at the BEST FROM TODAY’S BASICS on the front page.
OUR CONTRIBUTORS
- Go in and meet these folks. They are a pretty amazing group of people who come from all over the world and all walks of life. These experts in their field write about the life the live. They ARE the new magazine writers.
Who’s Who and How To Use It
Every box that has a face or icon in it represents a vetted, interesting blogger in their category. Just click on a face or hoover over it for 3-4 seconds and you will find their Twitter name, a brief bio, how many followers they have and the name of their website. You can click on their website link and ‘discover’ them. You also will run across many of these people as guest bloggers on The Daily Basics website or as one of the featured Bloggers in The Daily Basics Greatest Hits.
These people all have to meet a certain criteria in order to be there. They must:
- have original content in an online presence
- have an expertise for the category to which they apply
- be consistently active on their site
- be active and engage on Twitter
- be influential with their social media audience
It matters not if YOU are active on Twitter, Facebook or any other Social Media avenue. The people on The Daily Basics Who’s Who are - and they are seriously blogging just waiting for you to discover them!
HOW TO GET ON THE WALL
There is a very simple application process in order to get onto the walls of The Daily Basics Who’s Who. There are proprietary metrics in place which determines if an applicant meets the above mentioned criteria. There is a nominal fee of $9.95 for operating costs. Go to Frequently Asked Questions for more information. If you are a member and would like to become more involved, read How To Partner with us here.
The Greatest Hits Lists
The Best Posts of the Week of the Bloggers from The Daily Basics Who’s Who
Who doesn’t love to look at ‘the top 5 or 10? lists? The Daily Basics highlights members from The Daily Basics Who’s Who and what they are doing according to topic, such as The Ten Best Cakes or The Five Best Interior Design Websites. Readers who are looking for interesting new bloggers to follow can have a quick visit to ‘discover’ someone new or just see what is happening with these great bloggers instead of spending hours randomly filtering through websites on their own. We have partnered with SkinnyScoop.com using their tools to make our lists and joining in their distribution network. If you want to add something to any of our lists, you can! Click on the list. It will take you to Skinny Scoop. You can add on at the bottom where it says ‘What should I add to this list?”
In addition to the Hit List, members from the walls of Who’s Who guest post, announce new happenings and post their events on the Event wall.
And One More Thing . . .
WE ARE SOCIAL
We love our Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. It is a great way to engage with others who have similar interests as yours. Once you start, you will wonder how you ever got along with the conversation you can engage in through social media. It is an opportunity to expand your knowledge, and gain new friendships. Follow our lead – we won’t steer you wrong!
We will be introducing more levels in which you can engage as time goes on! If there is something you want to see, hear or shout out about, let us know!
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