On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm Pacific Time you can learn how to create, and use, a WordPress.com blog.

If you want to really start getting your message out to the world, blogging is the tool you need. It’s the beginning of leveraging your content, world wide! It also minimizes the time you need to invest in social media, helping you work more efficiently.

With a blog you can increase your online visibility and elevate your credibility. Now is the time to start blogging! Plus it drives search engine traffic to your website.

In this online webinar, you’ll work with me learning:

• 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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Syndicate Your Content With Blogs

Syndicating Your Content
Show Notes: March 8, 2010

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In today’s episode of Syndicating Your Content I talked about how to find content for your blog. Some of the points I made were,

• subscribing to blogs through Google’s Reader to keep you at the forefront of your niche
• other blogs posts can be shared, including a link back to the original post
• YouTube
• Re-purposing your old newsletter and article content (audio on Article Marketing)
• EzineArticles as a resource
• FireFox AddOn ScribeFire for posting on the fly

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 from 10am to 12pm Pacific Time you can learn how to create, and use, a WordPress.com blog.

If you want to really start getting your message out to the world, blogging is the tool you need.  It’s the beginning of syndicating your passionate message, world wide!

You can bring your blog into many of your social networking sites, making it a very effective tool increasing your online visibility and elevating your credibility. Now is the time to start blogging!

In this online webinar, using desktop sharing tools, you’ll work with me learning:

• 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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Jason Grigsby of Cloud Four discusses the bloat that’s crept into web site design processes and how to combat it to keep your WordPress installation lean and optimized. He shares tips and tricks for caching, choosing the right resources for your blog, compression, and other optimization strategies for your WordPress-powered site.

Let me know if you have any questions about the video, or your WordPress blog.

Join me tomorrow, July 25th, in my online classroom and learn about finding content and marketing your business with YouTube.

As I talk about blogs and blogs marketing, I’m often asked about the different strategies you can use to find something to post about. One of my favorites is YouTube. I’ve spoken to groups about using Linkedin as a marketing tool and found really great videos to support my talk at YouTube.

Tomorrow I’ll show you how to search YouTube and grab the code you need to post video to your website. I’m also here to answer your YouTube questions. So grab a beverage of your choice, pull up the conference room, put your feet up and let’s cross the digital divide together.

I’m inviting you to Cross The Digital Divide with me tomorrow at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern to chat in my online classroom  about You Tube.

I look forward to sharing with you, and answering your questions about how you can promote your business online. If you’d like to ask a question prior to our webinar, feel free to contact me directly.

Join me tomorrow, July 25th, in my online classroom and learn about finding content and marketing your business with YouTube.

One of the common questions I’m asked is how to come up with content for a blog. One of my strategies is to use YouTube. I also use YouTube for viral marketing.

Tomorrow I’ll show you how to search YouTube and grab the code you need to post video to your website. I’m also here to answer your YouTube questions. So grab a beverage of your choice, pull up the conference room, put your feet up and let’s cross the digital divide together.

I’m inviting you to Cross The Digital Divide with me tomorrow at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern to chat in my online classroom  about You Tube.

I look forward to sharing with you, and answering your questions about how you can promote your business online. If you’d like to ask a question prior to our webinar, feel free to contact me directly.

Friday, June 27th, I’ll be talking about Blogs and Blogging at the Free Friday Webinars in our ongoing effort to Conquer The Digital Divide. The webinar starts at 3pm. If you haven’t been to one of my webinars before, you’ll need to sign up here. 

Are you wondering about blogs? Did you know that you’re reading a blog right now? Are you wondering what the advantages of a blog are for your business? These are some of the questions I’ll be answering during this 30 minute webinar.

If you have specific questions, use my contact us form to share them with me ahead of time and I’ll be sure to incorporate them into my presentation.

So, grab a drink of your choice, log into my online classroom, turn the speakers up and take some time to Conquer The Digital Divide.

Ok, another new word, scraping.  I was notified that I had comments awaiting moderation. These comments showed a small portion of my original post, including a link back to my blog.  Usually I check the website address for the comment to see if it’s legit and found that these types of comments were on a useless blog.  I couldn’t figure it out….until today.

I have made it a practice not to approve comments that don’t really add to the blog, that are blatantly bogus. I subscribe to a ton of blogs and I found this post, "One Sure Way To Stop Scrapers From Earning Off Your Blog", from Blog Content Provider.com to explain it well.

Let me know what you think by commenting below.

Goggle’s Blog Directory – This is the link I’d check first.

List of Directories

Blog Catalog

Blog Digger

Bloglines

Blog Universe

Small Business Webinar Series on Blogs and Blogging

 Monday, March 10th 6pm PT – 9pm ET

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

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, blogging is for you. Magic In Blogging will host a small business webinar on blogs and blog marketing. Whether you go the full route of having a blog site as your main site, like Magic In Blogging, 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 me?” 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.