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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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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.

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 Blogs, Do I Need One

Debra Simpson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:36:38 +0000

This is the audio from the webinar held Monday, March 10th in my virtual conference room. This was the first of a two part series on business blogs. In this audio I discussed what a blog is and how it’s different from a traditional html website. I also showed different ways of incorporating blogs into your business strategy. They can be the perfect compliment to your existing website.

As always, please feel free to leave your comments 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.