10 Reasons Why I Love Blogging with Postach.io

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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1. 10 Reasons Why I Love Blogging with Matt West // @MattAntWest
2. #1 I can blog from Evernote or Dropbox
3. # 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
4. #3 I can use my favorite writing tools MacDown
5. #4 I can use my own domain http://blog.mattwest.io
6. #5 Posting on the go is a delight Evernote App iA Writer (Dropbox)
7. #6 The standard themes look great ...
8. #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 %}
9. #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!
10. #9 Private blogging with password-protected blogs ****************** PASSWORD
11. #10 Oh, and Postach.io is FREE! FREE (you should totally go premium though)
12. Check it out! http://postach.io— @Postachio