diff --git a/snippets/markdown.snippets b/snippets/markdown.snippets
index b69e135..e0a614f 100644
--- a/snippets/markdown.snippets
+++ b/snippets/markdown.snippets
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Markdown
 
+# Includes octopress (http://octopress.org/) snippets
+
 snippet [
 	[${1:text}](http://${2:address} "${3:title}")
 snippet [*
@@ -28,3 +30,50 @@ snippet ---
 	`repeat('-', strlen(getline(line(".") - 1)))`
 	
 	${1}
+
+snippet blockquote
+	{% blockquote %}
+	${1:quote}
+	{% endblockquote %}
+
+snippet blockquote-author
+	{% blockquote ${1:author}, ${2:title} %}
+	${3:quote}
+	{% endblockquote %}
+
+snippet blockquote-link
+	{% blockquote ${1:author} ${2:URL} ${3:link_text} %}
+	${4:quote}
+	{% endblockquote %}
+
+snippet bt-codeblock-short
+	```
+	${1:code_snippet}
+	```
+
+snippet bt-codeblock-full
+	``` ${1:language} ${2:title} ${3:URL} ${4:link_text}
+	${5:code_snippet}
+	```
+
+snippet codeblock-short
+	{% codeblock %}
+	${1:code_snippet}
+	{% endcodeblock %}
+
+snippet codeblock-full
+	{% codeblock ${1:title} lang:${2:language} ${3:URL} ${4:link_text} %}
+	${5:code_snippet}
+	{% endcodeblock %}
+
+snippet gist-full
+	{% gist ${1:gist_id} ${2:filename} %}
+
+snippet gist-short
+	{% gist ${1:gist_id} %}
+
+snippet img
+	{% img ${1:class} ${2:URL} ${3:width} ${4:height} ${5:title_text} ${6:alt_text} %}
+
+snippet youtube
+	{% youtube ${1:video_id} %}