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Blogging & Twitter
A beginners guide to blogging and a beginners intro to Twitter. Presentation for Kilkenny Library Services, June 10th 2009. Material contained in this presentation is adapted and updated from 'Blogging For Beginners', also by the author
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Blogging & Twitter
- 1. Blogging, Twitter &Other Stories (For beginners!) Ken McGuire for Event Media [email_address]
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- 6. Agenda Blogging Background– What, Why, How?
- 7. Setting up YourFirst Blog
- 8. Blog Writing Hintsand Tips
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- 11. Goals For TodayLearn about blogs – what they are, how they work
- 12. Discover how toset up a blog, for free
- 13. Making your firstpost - easy
- 14. Free ways topromote your blog
- 15. Getting yourself startedon Twitter
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- 17. What Is ABlog? A blog is... Short for 'Web Log'
- 18. Collection of blog'posts' / news items, stories published in a dated order
- 19. Pretty much likea journal
- 20. Versatile – canbe about anything
- 21. What Is ABlog? A blog is... Like a website, but for non-techies
- 22. Easy tocreate and update
- 23. Very interactive(comments, conversation)
- 24. Embed all thecool stuff (photos, videos, podcasts)
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- 28. Blog, Blogger, BloggingBlog: A web log
- 29. Blogger: Someone whomaintains a blog
- 30. Blogging: The processof creating and maintaining a blog
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- 34. Blogosphere – Theglobal blogging community (Blog O'Sphere)
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- 38. The cool stuff– audio, mp3s, video, photos
- 39. What Can ABlog Do For You? Connect you with fellow librarians, authors, writers
- 40. Showcase your ownworks, thoughts
- 41. Build an audiencefor your work
- 42. Establish you asan authority figure
- 43. What Can ABlog Do For You? “ I now realise how beneficial this blog is. It is almost like a creative diary. It allows me to reflect back on my practice as an artist, it helps me understand my way of approaching new ideas and my way of working creatively”
- 44. - Artist inResidence, May 2008
- 45. Why Blogs AreLiked They're web based – everything runs online with no need to install.
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- 47. You don't needto learn a language to run a blog
- 48. Blogging community isconstantly growing
- 49. Why Do YouNeed A Blog? Build your personal brand
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- 51. Become visible onthe web
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- 53. Deciding What ToBlog Follow your craft Music (KilkennyMusic.com)
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- 55. Sport (LiverpoolAccess.com) Themore 'niche' the better Book reviews, events, music therapy, sound design etc.
- 56. Why Have ALibrary Blog? Supplement and enhance existing library guides, newsletters
- 57. More relevant, moreup to date
- 58. Everyone can contribute,with ease
- 59. Publish events, bookreviews, photos
- 60. Setting Up ABlog
- 61. Starting A WordpressBlog Wordpress.com, it's free, it's great
- 62. Click ' SignUp Now ' and enter username, password, email
- 63. Choose name forblog
- 64. Confirm email, getwriting
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- 66. Your First BlogPost Title Be descriptive, be precise
- 67. Title will appearin search engine results Content
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- 71. Your First BlogPage Additional content to homepage
- 72. Title, content, linksas before
- 73. Chance to sellyourself, do it well
- 74. Pages have anorder of their own
- 75. Contact details, aboutyou, links, profiles
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- 77. Writing Tips Beyourself Be professional It is ok to have an opinion “You can't be an authority on a topic if you don't have faith in your own opinion” Proper Titles
- 78. Cheek your spellimgand grammar
- 79. Writing Tips Supportyour post with relevant links Link out to author, review, event location
- 80. Links give thepost added value to reader Write less, write often
- 81. Bold type, lists,headings, sections
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- 83. Advertising Your BlogIf you build it, they may or may not come
- 84. Find similar blogsTechnorati.com
- 85. blogsearch.google.com Comment onother blogs
- 86. Email, press releases,get the word out
- 87. Advertising Your BlogBlog directories BlogFlux.com, BlogCatalog.com Social Networks MySpace / Facebook / Bebo / Twitter RSS Feeds / Email Feeds
- 88. RSS Feed ReallySimple Syndication
- 89. Automatically via Wordpress/ Blogger
- 90. Subscribe via feedreader, mobile phone, email
- 91. Read your blogwithout visiting blog
- 92. Promoting Individual PostsStumbleUpon.com Great for information-based blogs, guides, “how-to” type posts Digg.com Suitable for news type blogs Delicious.com Sharing bookmarks, public listing
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- 94. What is it?A free , microblogging service
- 95. You get 140characters per message
- 96. Messages referred toas 'tweets'
- 97. What Can YouDo? Send your message... from anywhere
- 98. Lurk, or engagein conversation
- 99. Follow and befollowed
- 100. Link to posts,photos etc.
- 101. Sending A TweetWhat are you doing?
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- 106. Twitter In TheLibrary Keep in contact with colleagues
- 107. Keep up todate with publishers
- 108. Find out whatother library services are doing
- 109. Tell people what you are doing
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- 114. You can also...Link to events
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- 116. Take queries viaTwitter e.g. @kilkennylibrary do you have The Gate House by Nelson DeMille?
- 117. You can also...Follow conferences or events (hashtag) e.g. #le09
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- 119. Find users andlibrary services at http://wefollow.com
- 120. Twitter... Allows youto network, both personally and professionally
- 121. Get messages outstraight away (think of it like a group text)
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- 123. Turning It OverTo You... What do YOU want to know?
- 124. Thanks For YourTime Thanks for your time
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- 126. Follow me onTwitter @kenmcguire
- 127. Rate myself andthe talk http://speakerrate.com/kenmcguire