10 reasons why i love blogging with postach.io

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10 Reasons Why I Love Blogging with Matt West // @MattAntWest

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I've been using Postach.io to power my personal and company blogs for about a year now and I love it. Here's why...

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10 Reasons Why I Love Blogging with

Matt West // @MattAntWest

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#1 I can blog from Evernote or Dropbox

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# Markdown is awesome!

With Markdown you no longer have to mess around with ugly HTML code. Instead you create things like [links](http://postach.io) using a syntax that’s much easier to read. You can also do things like _italics_ and **bold** text.

## Headings are easy too!

With Markdown you can stop worrying about HTML markup and just focus on your writing.

#2 I can write in Markdown

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#3 I can use my favorite writing tools

MacDown

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#4 I can use my own domain

http://blog.mattwest.io

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#5 Posting on the go is a delight

Evernote AppiA Writer (Dropbox)

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#6 The standard themes look great ...

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#7 … and customizing them is easy too!

{% for post in posts %}<div class="item"> <h3> <a href="{{ post.permalink }}"> {{ post.title }} </a> </h3> <div class="post-content"> {{ post.content }} <a href="{{ post.permalink }}"> Read more </a> </div></div>{% endfor %}

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#8 Embedding content is easy with short codes

[instagram url="..."]

[gist url="..."]

[slideshare url="..."]

[flickr url="..."]

[twitter url="..."]

[youtube url="..." width="100%" height="400"]

… and more!

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#9 Private blogging with password-protected blogs

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PASSWORD

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#10 Oh, and Postach.io is FREE!

FREE(you should totally go premium though)