Some useful links and tips for bloggers

Good morning everyone! Hope you had a great weekend!
Through my wander in blogland I've discovered  some useful links - besides all those creative blogs I'm following - and tips, which I thought I should share with you, as they're of much interest.
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1. Free templates and backgrounds:                                                                                                       a. The Cutest Blog on the Block, b. Leelou Blogs, c. Shabby blogs and d. Btemplate.             I think these four, are the best that I've found so far with the cutest templates ever, which you can easily add in to    your blog if you follow some simple instructions.  
2. Bloglovin': Due to some Bloggers' errors in the blogs I follow, I've found out that this is the most easiest and safer way    to follow blogs.   And it's for free! You just sign in and then you add all the blogs you want to follow. Then you'll be receiving a daily report on how many new unread posts you have. You can also add the relevant button on your toolbar which is being refreshed automatically with the new posts. I've also added the bloglovin' button on my right sidebar, just to make it easier for people who want to follow. I loooove bloglovin'!
3. Link Parties: this is how I got most of my followers and this is where I owe the total number of my pageviews! Visit some of them, or why not...all of them for a ton of crafts and inspiration and join in the fun!  
4. Blog Hops: on the right sidebar of my blog you'll see the section "Blog Hops". Click on each image to be taken to a blog hop where you can link your own blog in order to make some new friends and gain some more followers!
5. Pin it button: I suppose you all have by now a Pinterest account. If not, go ahead and do so, as this is the most convenient way to save all your inspiration pictures in one place. Anyhow, I believe that adding the Pin it button is very important as you can make a big hit there with one of your projects and this means a lot of traffic into your blog from Pinterest! Well finally, there is a way of adding the Pin it button under each one of your posts and this is the how to:  go to Settings->Formatting->Post Template and paste the following code and then Save: <a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.center()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" alt="Pin It" /></a>

         ***UPDATE: since this button stopped functioning, pls see here my relevant post for a new  

               improved Pint it button at the bottom of each post ***

* Sharing this post with these link parties and this. Check them out for a ton of crafts and projects! *