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Creating Your Blog In 90 Minutes Or Less Webinar

Debra Simpson — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:50:28 +0000

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
4pm to 6pm Pacific Time
7pm to 9pm Eastern Time

Blogging is the heart of syndicating your content online, with the feed being the veins that deliver your message. Blogging is an instant publishing platform where you don’t need to have programming skills to create content on your blog site. You don’t need a webmaster any longer!

What You’ll Learn Blog Orientation

What is a post
What is a page
What is the sidebar
What is the content area

Dashboard Orientation

What are the settings and what do they mean

How To Create and Manage A Post/Page

Adding Images So your blog will also be visually appealing
How to use the Timestamp
Tags – what are they and how to use them
Categories – what they are and how to use them
Linking Strategies in Posts/Pages Linking keywords or phrases helps the search engine know what text is more important than other text
Keyword Strategies

Managing Links, Categories and Comments

Links – Creating them, managing them
Managing Comments
How to control them through the settings
How you find out about comments on your blog
How to determine whether you spam them or not
What to do if you get a negative comment

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Build A Blog In 90 Minutes Webinar

Debra Simpson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:44:06 +0000

Creating Your Blog In 90 Minutes Or Less

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
10am to 12pm Pacific Time
1pm to 3pm Eastern Time

What You’ll Learn Blog Orientation

What is a post
What is a page
What is the sidebar
What is the content area

Dashboard Orientation

What are the settings and what do they mean

How To Create and Manage A Post/Page

Adding Images So your blog will also be visually appealing
How to use the Timestamp
Tags – what are they and how to use them
Categories – what they are and how to use them
Linking Strategies in Posts/Pages Linking keywords or phrases helps the search engine know what text is more important than other text
Keyword Strategies

Managing Links, Categories and Comments

Links – Creating them, managing them
Managing Comments
How to control them through the settings
How you find out about comments on your blog
How to determine whether you spam them or not
What to do if you get a negative comment

Click Here To Register

Social Networking and the Year in Review

Debra Simpson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:48:33 +0000

North San Diego Business @Large
Show Notes: December 17, 2009

Today we celebrated over a year of weekly episodes of North San Diego Business At Large. Out of all my guests, I had to celebrate this with Barbara Eldridge, Mind Masters. She has been sharing tips and information on strategic planning, marketing, leadership and so much more during this past year. She’s guest hosted for me so I could take a vacation. She’s been one of my strongest advocates. She also made a special offer for the listeners on her Planning Summit being held January 8, 2010.

We talked about social networking, some of the concerns small business owners have about social networking…what should they do? Linkedin or Facebook? What about Twitter? Then there’s blogging….the list goes on.

It was an animated conversation. I hope you’ll learn something from what we shared. Let me know by commenting.

Have a great Holiday Season and a happy New Year! See you on the radio January 8, 2010.

July 10th Espisode of North San Diego Business At Large

Debra Simpson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:00:22 +0000

It’s Friday and that means North San Diego Business @Large, 3pm PT. Today I’ll be interviewing Bridget Ayers, GSW Consulting, about her business and how she uses social networking to market her business online.

I’ve been teaching small business owners how to create a blog in 90 minutes and I wanted to share some of that information with you, especially if you don’t currently have a blog. Blogging is the beginning of your adventure with syndicating your content on the web. You can reach more people, more quickly with a blog strategy.

Today is a good day to get some answers on social networking and blogging. Just follow the North San Diego Business @Large link to listen live. Remember the show will be archived if you can’t join us live.

Let me know what questions or ideas you have about social networking and blogging by commenting!

Bloblive San Diego

Debra Simpson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:50:31 +0000

There is an interesting event I’ll be attending Wednesday evening, Bloblive, even though it’s in the Gaslamp district at Henry’s Pub. This exciting event begins at 6pm and you’ll be done by 9pm.

Bloblive is about exchanging ideas with your fellow "big thinkers." It’s the perfect time of year to bounce your new ideas and marketing strategies off other small business owners. Who knows what will become of the exchanges and introductions made Wednesday. It could foster your next big money maker for your business.

If you are considering going, contact me and let’s see if we can get a few carpools together. If you can’t make it, check out the live web stream they are offering. If you do attend, look for me, I’ll be wearing the hat! Technorati Tags: business, San Diego, networking events

Social Networking For Your Business

Debra Simpson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:18:51 +0000

If you don’t have a Facebook profile for your business, it’s something to consider. Especially if you’re looking to market your business online. However, for as much buzz as Facebook is getting, the heart of social networking is your blog. It’s the RSS feed that pumps your message to the masses on the Internet.

I have had solopreneurs tell me they need a website, not a blog. For all intents and purpose, a blog is a website as far as the search engines are concerned. So why would you want to blog for your business?

Blogs, especially blogs set up for social networking, offer you a complete, easy self-publishing platform for your business. Often I hear solopreneurs complain that they can’t get their webmaster to make any changes for them in a timely manner. Now, that’s all taken care of with a blog. You don’t need programming skills to create your blog content.

Then, there’s the RSS feed. With that feed, which comes with a blog, you can start to spread your message, increase your online visibility, your perceived expertise and drive traffic to that static website, if you have one still!

So, a free blog, or self-hosted?

You’re reading a self-hosted blog. The benefits of self-hosting your blog are far too many to share in one post, so let me share the basics. If you self-host your blog, you’ve bought the URL (website address/domain name), you’ve purchased a hosting package and you’ve had the blog installed. Or, you’ve used a turn key blog site, like Blogi360. The important component in all this is that YOU own the blog, unlike the free sites. You own the traffic to the blog and can use the blog as you wish without worrying about violating one of the free blog site rules and finding your free blog gone.

If you already have a blog and want to know what to do next to get your blog seen and heard, tune in Friday, November 21st for Syndicating Your Content at 3pm PT and find out how your blog and a Facebook profile can work to leverage your business online.

Cross The Digital Divide, Syndicating Your Content

Debra Simpson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:52:40 +0000

I just finished my online radio show on syndicating your content. Here is a list of the websites I refered to on the show.

Article Marketing
http://www.ezinearticles.com/

Directory of Articles
http://www.arcanaweb.com/resources/article-directories.html

Ultimate Article Directory
http://ultimatearticledirectory.com

Submit Your Articles
http://www.submityourarticles.com

Blogging – posting regularly – use your articles, or use your posts for articles
Free at – blogger.com and wordpress.com
even though Google owns Blogger, I haven’t found it to index any faster – free sites traffic belongs to them, can pull down your blog at a moments notice
Guest Blogging
FeedBurner
www.feedburner.com – has a feature, Buzz Boost, that allows you to import your content into a website
Social Networking – Facebook has notes that let you post to Facebook – other social sites have blogging features
MyBlogLog – allows you to import your blog feed
Blog Carnivals
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/

Introduction To Blogging Video

Debra Simpson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:52:30 +0000

Last Friday I held the Free Friday webinar and introducted blogs to the participants. Blogs, and more particularly the RSS feeds are core to the social networking trend we are experiencing right now.

If you have a passionate message you feel compelled to share, blogging is the tool of choice. You’d be amazed at how you can syndicate your content across the web.

Let me know what you think of the video by commenting below.

Business Blogging, Is It Right For You?

Debra Simpson — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:22:03 +0000

Do You Need A Business Blog?

Find out Monday, March 10th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET.

Are you asking yourself these questions about your online visibility, your web presence?

Do you want to improve your search engine rankings?
Would you like to be recognized as an expert in your industry?

Did you answer yes to any of those questions? Then blogging is for you. On February 27th North San Diego Business will hold a business webinar on blogs and blog marketing. Whether you go the full route of having a blog site as your main site, like North San Diego Business, or if you add a blog to your existing site, there’s no doubt that blogging will drive more traffic to your site.

I know, you’re asking, “how’s blogging going to help my business on the internet?” Those are the questions this webinar will answer for you.

What is blogging?
How will it help my business?
What do I have to do?
Do I need any special programming skills?

Don’t miss this webinar! Participate from the comfort of your office with only an internet connection and speakers. What are you waiting for? Sign up now, learn about blogging and bring more traffic to your site.