Free Webinar: 10 Essential Things About Starting a Blog

Everyone is hopping online these day and talking about blogs, social networking, and cloud computing for business...But where to start?

Great For: Individuals and organizations looking to start their first blog.  Bloggers unhappy with their current blog and website developers looking to learn how to setup easy blogs. 

Level: 101 No previous experience necessary
Time: 1 hour
Location: Online
Cost: Free

Join this workshop to learn how you can start blogging tomorrow!

There will be an open question and answer period at the end!

What You Will Learn

1. Things that draw interesting people to your site
2. How companies of all sizes are enjoying the benefits of a blogging
3. How to find topics to blog about
4. Why quality is more important than quantity
5. How to locate free photos for your blog posts
6. What types of blogs are out there
7. List of the top 100 blogs on the internet and what they're doing right
8. Ways to track your traffic for free
9. Your first steps to blogging
10. What to avoid in terms of bad content, blackhat SEO and sleezy marketing

What you need to attend

1. Access to your email account
2. Internet connected computer
3. Computer speakers
4. Long Distance or Skype
5. Questions about blogging!
6. A headset will allow you to work easier at your keyboard

Workshop Goal

This workshop is focused on educating business owners about the real benefits, options and pitfalls of blogging.  The information will center on information, links, real life examples and answering your questions.  The content will encourage you to do your own research so when you're ready to blog, you can make an informed decision.

If this sounds like something you want to learn about, sign up!

 

Adria Richards has been in the IT industry for 10 years and launched her own consulting company in 2006.  She is an active supporter of open source and promotes developers and their tools on social networks.  Adria has appeared on the news and various media outlets due to her citizen journalism on her tech blog at http://butyoureagirl.com.  She was hired on in 1999 at Geeksquad by Robert Stephens and has amassed experience in landing the jobs and clients she wants through interviewing, resume preperation, promotion of her skills and getting to know folks.  Adria holds her Microsoft MCSA, MCDST and A+ certifications.

 

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (CT)

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Instructor

Adria Richards, Organic Technology Consultant

"If you have any questions before the class, feel free to contact me before the class!"

Adria helps business owners generate more revenue in less time. With 10 years of experience and several certifications, Adria offers technical support, website development and training services to clients around the world.

 

Keep open source free
Supporting open source is important to Fresh Workshops and is in line with the founder's code of ethics. This means we will strive to keep many of these classes free so people can get up to speed on the wonderful world of open source.

 

Get The Training You Need

Through a combination of free and paid training options, freshworkshops.com will get people up and running with Joomla, Wordpress, Microsoft Office and a variety of computer certification courses.

• Keep your email inbox productive
• Update their websites
• Post blog articles
• Manage images and photos
• Followup with contacts and leads
• Use Microsoft Office effectively
• Learn to use mobile devices
• Use FTP and HTML editing apps
• Understand how computers work
• Select consultants for projects
• Understand Google products
• Track time and invoice
• Understand your website traffic

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