Posting Your Business Details For Free.

1. Click the Add a business tab at the menu bar or use this link – Add Your Business – FREE .
2. Log in to Nakurukenya.com website using your user-name and password or register as a new user.
3. You will be asked to confirm your registration from the Email address you give. After successful registration you will be taken to the Administration Panel (Dashboard).
4. Click the Add New Sub Tab
5. Start filling in the blanks.
6. As needed, select a category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections below the post. Each of these sections is explained below.
7. When you are ready, click Publish.

Descriptions of Post Fields

Title

The title of your business — You can use any words or phrases. Try to use text, numbers and hypens/dashes eg “Agiza-LTD” . If you leave a space a hypen/dash will be inserted.

Post Editing Area

The blank box where you enter the description of your business. You can use text, links, links to images, and any information you want to display. You can use either the Visual or the HTML(if you know how to use it) view to compose your posts. The post can be of any length and it can contain images and videos.

Preview button

Allows you to view the post before officially publishing it.

Publish box

Contains buttons that control the state of your post. The main states are Published, Pending Review, and Draft. A Published status means the post has been published on the Nakurukenya.com website for all to see. Pending Review means the draft is waiting for review by an editor prior to publication. Draft means the post has not been published and remains a draft for you.

Save

Allows you to save your post as a draft / pending review rather than immediately publishing it. To return to your drafts later, visit Posts – Edit in the menu bar, then select your post from the list.

Publish

Publishes your post on the site. You can edit the time when the post is published by clicking the Edit link above the Publish button and specifying the time you want the post to be published. By default, at the time the post is first auto-saved, that will be the date and time of the post within the database.

Post Tags

Refers to micro-categories for your blog, similar to including index entries for a page. Posts with similar tags are linked together when a user clicks one of the tags. Tags have to be enabled with the right code in your theme for them to appear in your post. Add new tags to the post by typing the tag into the box and clicking “Add”.

Categories

The general topic the post can be classified in. Readers can browse specific categories to see all posts in the category.

Excerpt

A summary or brief teaser of your posts featured on the front page of your site as well as on the category, archives, and search non-single post pages.

Best Practices For Posting

Here are some tips you need to know to help you write your business descriptions well.

Practice Accessibility

To be compliant with web standards for accessibility, be sure to include ALT and TITLE descriptions on links and images to help your users.

Use Paragraphs

No one likes to read writing that never pauses for a line break. To break your writing up into paragraphs, use double spaces between your paragraphs.

Using Headings

If you are writing long posts, break up the sections by using headings, small titles to highlight a change of subject.

Spell Check and Proof

spell check your content and proof read it for any mistake. Some serious writers will write their posts in a text editor eg Ms. word with spell check, check all the spelling and proof it thoroughly before copying and pasting into the content area.

Think before you post

Ranting on blogs is commonplace today, but take a moment and think about what you are writing. Remember, once it is out there, it can be seen by many and crawled by search engines; and taking things back is harder once it is public. Take a moment to read what you’ve written before hitting the Publish button. When you are ready, share it with the world.

Don’t use too much slang

Not all the readers will be from your part of the world so make sure people can understand easily.

Use pictures and videos

They make the pages colorful and viewers get to see a little of your part of the world. They feel connected.

one wrong. Yet if nothing else works, just write a review on the latest movie, book, or product. Easy actually.

Save your posts

Save your posts before you press the publish button. Anything can happen with your computer or with an internet connection. You don’t need to lose your post.