The Green Building Pro blogs are provided as a free resource to community members. It is a unique environment where you can share your ideas on Green Building and Sustainability and receive exposure as a thought leader and innovator. Our blogs are continually promoted through a wide variety of social media channels including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google, as well as our own monthly publication the Green Building Journal.

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Who Can Blog
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Blog Content
You are free to write on any green building or sustainability issue that is timely and relevant. Use your best judgement when offering your opinions. We do not moderate member blogs but we do exercise editorial control over objectionable content.

Setup Your Blog Page
After you have logged in, visit the My Blog Home link on the Blogs main menu. From there you will want to give your blog a title and a short description using the Preferences Tab.

Posting Your Blog
Once you have setup your blog just click the Write a Blog link on the Blogs menu or on any blog page. You can edit your blog directly using the WYSIWYG HTML editor. You have the option to upload graphics as well. If you plan to cut and paste your blog from an external document like MS Word, use the paste from word icon in the tool bar. This will remove unnecessary formatting.

PUBLISHING OPTIONS
You will want to add some information about your blog that will get it pulled into the search engines too. Click on the Meta Info tab on the right side of the blog editor.

Key Words
Choose up to 5 keywords that are relevant to your topic separated by commas.

Description
Choose a brief description of your blog that may be the first sentence or two of your blog. This is what will be displayed in the search engines (Google, Bing etc.).

Tags
Tags are used for searching and categorizing on our site. You may choose from existing tags using the browse tab or add your own relevant tag words separated by commas. Use no more than four tags per blog.

Graphics and Photos
You may add graphics and photos to your blog. Please limit to 2 images. Size should be less than 40K each. Width will automatically resized to fit the page.

Promoting your Blog
You should feel free to promote your blog through your social media accounts. (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Digg). The Green Building Pro editorial team will be regularly and continuously posting and tweeting about out bloggers giving you unique visibility though our networks.