Not sure if you want to start a blog? View this presentation on the advantages and the disadvantages of starting a free hosted blog or a nonhosted blog. Happy Blogging?
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So you\'ve decided to start a blog, but aren\'t sure where to begin (or even what platform to use)? This session will start with a comparison of some of the most popular blogging platforms and then walk through step-by-step instructions to get you set up in no time!
(I am also holding Blogging 101 and Blogging 301 sessions if you\'re not sure if blogging is right for you, or if you already have a blog and are looking for more advanced advice.)
This will be presented live on 12/12 - http://anyvite.com/events/home/6omohiadjn
What Is WordPress and Why Is Everyone Talking About ItBobWP.com
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Developing a professional presence onlineJamie Ranse
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Presented at the WordPress Halifax Meetup Oct. 24
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For beginners and established users alike, we'll tackle some common issues such as :
- understanding what themes are
- how to find the right one for the job
- maintenance tips
- how to level up an existing theme
Presentation at the WordPress Halifax Meetup's 2nd Anniversary.
A presentation about how WordPress.Com can provide a basic website for individuals or organizations, and step-by-step tips on how to plan and implement a WordPress.Com site.
Back in July, we had a client that was looking to get into business blogging, and asked the Bradford Group to lead a lunch-n-learn that covered the basics of BtoB blogs. We covered a lot of important stuff in that presentation that I thought would be useful to share here.
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WordPress has built-in support for storing location information on posts, but no real way to make use of it. The <a>Geo Mashup plugin</a> enables deep, powerful geolocation in WordPress, letting you easily add geolocations (coordinates) to almost any content type. It also displays locations on maps you can embed in your theme, posts or widgets, with a dizzying array of options for what to show and how to display it.
This talk will start with the default geolocation system in WordPress and how Geo Mashup integrates with it. We'll then cover the basics of setup and adding locations on posts, then the different map types and situations where you'd use them. We'll finish with some dev considerations for displaying maps as elegantly as possible.
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What Is Blogging?
Definition and Examples of Blogging
By Randy Duermyer Updated on November 29, 2022
Reviewed by Khadija Khartit
Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez
In This Article
What Is Blogging?
How Blogging Works
Blogging vs. Traditional Websites
Pros and Cons of Blogging
Requirements for a Blog
Man edits photos on his laptop for his blog
PHOTO: BURAK KARADEMIR / GETTY IMAGES
Blogging refers to writing, photography, and other media that's self-published online. Blogging started as an opportunity for individuals to write diary-style entries, but it has since been incorporated into websites for many businesses. The hallmarks of blogging include frequent updates, informal language, and opportunities for readers to engage and start a conversation.
Here's an overview of what a blog is, why it's popular, and tips for starting your own blog.
What Is Blogging?
The word blog is actually a shortened form of its original name, "weblog." These weblogs allowed early internet users to "log" the details of their day in diary-style entries. Blogs often allow readers to comment, so as they became more common, communities sprung up around popular blogs.
Note
The content of blogs varies significantly. For example, travel blogs may feature many pictures with few written passages, while political blogs may weigh in with wordy takes on the news of the day. The popularity of YouTube and similar sites also gave rise to video blogging, or "vlogging."
Like most internet-based innovations, many entrepreneurs saw marketing potential in having a blog, and the adoption of blogging among the business community helped further increase the popularity of the medium. Not only can a blog be used for marketing a business, but it can also become a home business in and of itself.
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So you\'ve decided to start a blog, but aren\'t sure where to begin (or even what platform to use)? This session will start with a comparison of some of the most popular blogging platforms and then walk through step-by-step instructions to get you set up in no time!
(I am also holding Blogging 101 and Blogging 301 sessions if you\'re not sure if blogging is right for you, or if you already have a blog and are looking for more advanced advice.)
This will be presented live on 12/12 - http://anyvite.com/events/home/6omohiadjn
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Presented at the WordPress Halifax Meetup Oct. 24
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Wrangle everyone's favourite WordPress item: theme!
For beginners and established users alike, we'll tackle some common issues such as :
- understanding what themes are
- how to find the right one for the job
- maintenance tips
- how to level up an existing theme
Presentation at the WordPress Halifax Meetup's 2nd Anniversary.
A presentation about how WordPress.Com can provide a basic website for individuals or organizations, and step-by-step tips on how to plan and implement a WordPress.Com site.
Back in July, we had a client that was looking to get into business blogging, and asked the Bradford Group to lead a lunch-n-learn that covered the basics of BtoB blogs. We covered a lot of important stuff in that presentation that I thought would be useful to share here.
Put A Map On It! Enhanced geolocation in WordPress with Geo MashupJer Clarke
WordPress has built-in support for storing location information on posts, but no real way to make use of it. The <a>Geo Mashup plugin</a> enables deep, powerful geolocation in WordPress, letting you easily add geolocations (coordinates) to almost any content type. It also displays locations on maps you can embed in your theme, posts or widgets, with a dizzying array of options for what to show and how to display it.
This talk will start with the default geolocation system in WordPress and how Geo Mashup integrates with it. We'll then cover the basics of setup and adding locations on posts, then the different map types and situations where you'd use them. We'll finish with some dev considerations for displaying maps as elegantly as possible.
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BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS
BECOMING AN OWNER
What Is Blogging?
Definition and Examples of Blogging
By Randy Duermyer Updated on November 29, 2022
Reviewed by Khadija Khartit
Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez
In This Article
What Is Blogging?
How Blogging Works
Blogging vs. Traditional Websites
Pros and Cons of Blogging
Requirements for a Blog
Man edits photos on his laptop for his blog
PHOTO: BURAK KARADEMIR / GETTY IMAGES
Blogging refers to writing, photography, and other media that's self-published online. Blogging started as an opportunity for individuals to write diary-style entries, but it has since been incorporated into websites for many businesses. The hallmarks of blogging include frequent updates, informal language, and opportunities for readers to engage and start a conversation.
Here's an overview of what a blog is, why it's popular, and tips for starting your own blog.
What Is Blogging?
The word blog is actually a shortened form of its original name, "weblog." These weblogs allowed early internet users to "log" the details of their day in diary-style entries. Blogs often allow readers to comment, so as they became more common, communities sprung up around popular blogs.
Note
The content of blogs varies significantly. For example, travel blogs may feature many pictures with few written passages, while political blogs may weigh in with wordy takes on the news of the day. The popularity of YouTube and similar sites also gave rise to video blogging, or "vlogging."
Like most internet-based innovations, many entrepreneurs saw marketing potential in having a blog, and the adoption of blogging among the business community helped further increase the popularity of the medium. Not only can a blog be used for marketing a business, but it can also become a home business in and of itself.
A general overview of blogging with a quick walkthrough for starting a blog using the Wordpress platform. Topics include hosting, parts of a blog, themes, and content management. Intended for adult library audiences with moderate computer skills.
WordPress powers more than 60 million websites, so chances are, you’ll be asked to add content to a WordPress site if you haven’t already. This presentation will explain the following:
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• How to create posts and pages
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• How to use widgets to customize sidebars and footers for your clients
• Where to go for help and resources
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7. “If anything, I think the way they handled it made things
worse for the restaurant. They were right in that the
restaurant was new, but mark’s review wasn’t completely
terrible in my opinion. He pointed out the pros and cons of
his experience, which led me to believe I should give the
restaurant some time before trying it out.
Their actions, however, have turned ME off of trying it out.
And I want to clarify I mean ME. I don’t want to be served
with papers after all for allegedly swaying readers not to eat
there.”
11. Quick Poll
Do you:
Have a blog?
Read at least one blog?
Read 5-10 blogs?
Read more than 10 blogs?
Are you:
Interested in one for Education use?
Interested in one for Personal use?
12. WHAT IS A BLOG?
a website in journal format, personal in its tone
and arranged in a chronological order.
can also be used as a verb, meaning to
maintain or add content to a blog.
Video: Blogging in Plain English
13. DEFINITIONS
Blog: A web log.
Blogger: Someone who creates and maintains a
blog.
Blogging: The process of creating and maintaining
a web log.
Blogsphere/Blogosphere: The totality of blogs; a
community or social network of blogs.
Blogroll: A list of a blogger’s favorite blogs, usually
placed on the side of that blogger’s blog.
14. REASONS TO BLOG
PERSONAL
To share personal experience
BUSINESS
To promote business
ADVOCACY
To promote an idea or a cause
15. TYPES OF BLOGS
TEXT blog
MICROblog
MOBILEblog
PHOTOblog
VIDEOblog
PODCAST
22. There are many different types of blogs and these blogs fall under many
different genres – which are further divided into many sub-genres.
GENRES OF BLOGS
33. Types of blog posts
Instructional
Reviews
Lists
Interviews
Link Posts
Informational
‘What If’ Posts
Rant
Debate
Critique Posts
Collation Posts
Research
Satirical
Case Studies
Memes and Projects
Prediction & Review Posts
‘Problem’ Posts
Inspirational
Contrasting two options
34. The 4 C’s of blogging: conceptualize, choose a platform, customize & create
SETTING UP A BLOG
35. • Niche/Type
• Blog Name
• URL (easy recall, relevant, not too long)
• Description
• Keywords
CONCEPTUALIZE
36. Blogger Wordpress Tumblr Twitter or Facebook
(Personal Blog) (Personal/Business (Mini-Blog) (Micro-Blog)
Blog)
CHOOSE A PLATFORM
38. BLOG PLATFORM OPTIONS
Custom blog Lotus Notes Wordpress.com Blogger
Pro: Pro: Pro: Pro:
• You own the domain, • You own the domain, • Very easy to set up • Very easy to set up
look and feel look and feel • A fair amount of • Free
• Full customizability • Customizability (but customizability
• Platform support from more programming • Free (with upgrades
WordPress/TypePad, involved than available for $)
lots of widgets, help WordPress)
available • You can create and
review posts right in
Lotus Notes
Con: Con: Con: Con:
• You need to pay for • You need to find • It’s not a personal • It’s not a personal
hosting (~$10-12/mo.) someone to host it (we domain (although you domain (although you
• You need to do the up- might be able to help a can redirect to it) can redirect to it)
front setup work and few of you) • Not as fully customizable • Not as customizable as
maintenance • Fewer template choices as if you run your own free WordPress blog or
(or more work to move blog. your own blog.
to move to a new • Free service hosted in • Free service hosted in
template) the cloud – no/limited the cloud – no/limited
guarantees guarantees
39. BLOG PLATFORM OPTIONS
DeveloperWorks IT Toolbox ChannelDB2
Pro: Pro: Pro:
• Very easy to set up • Easy to set up • Easy to set up
• Network effect of being • Free • Free
included on • Network effect of being
DeveloperWorks included on IT Toolbox
• Makes it seem more
like an “official” IBM
blog
• Technical support
Con: Con: Con:
• Very limited • Very limited • No customizability in
customizability in look customizability in look look and feel
and feel and feel • Limited editing tools
• Can take ~2 weeks to • IT Toolbox • Harder to find, link to
get a new blog set up design/layout may not
• developerWorks be for everyone
design/layout may not • URL harder to share
be for everyone (although can do
• URL harder to share redirect)
(although can do
redirect)
43. Blog Title
Date Header
Post Title
Timestamp
Permalink
Post
Author Name
Category/Label/Tag
Comments
Trackback/Pingback
Sidebar
Miscellaneous
Footer
45. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Go to www.wordpress.com
and click “Sign Up Now!”
46. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Create a user
account
47. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Pick a blog name and title
48. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Congratulations – you’ve got a blog!
(Well, we do need to do a little more work. Click the
Login link to start customizing it.)
49. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
This is your admin site
(where you’ll go to
customize things and
write posts)
50. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
First, click Design and
Themes to pick a theme.
Once you find a theme you
like, click “Apply to my
blog” from the preview
page.
51. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
You can now go to your blog and
check out your spiffy new design!
… but let’s customize it just a
little more.
52. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
First, you want to make
sure the title, tagline,
contact information is
accurate (it’ll help Google
find you, too.)
Click Settings and General
to update this information
53. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
You also want to be sure
that the About page is all
about you!
(Click Manage and Pages
to get there.)
54. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Now, let’s customize the
sidebar by adding some
“widgets.”
Go back to the admin
page and select Design
and Widets.
55. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Click Design and Widgets
to add widgets. I’m
showing the key ones I’d
recommend
56. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
To add some links to your
blogroll/resource list…
Click Write and Links to
add some links – to other
blogs, to online resources,
etc.
57. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Click Manage and
Categories to add
categories to organize
your posts. (You can also
use tags instead of
categories.)
58. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Now you’re ready to write
your first post!
59. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Adding links is easy… just
highlight your text and
click the little “chain” icon
and enter the URL.
Adding images is just as
easy – just click the media
icons.
60. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Click on “View Site” to go
see your post live on the
Web!
61. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
To view statistics (visitors,
traffic sources, etc.) select
My Account and Stats.
62. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
Hmmm… I might need a
few more viewers. Better
tell my friends about my
new blog!
63. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
You can purchase
Upgrades from Wordpress.
Notably, the ability to
further customize the
template or redirect to a
non-wordpress.com url…
64. SETTING UP A FREE BLOG ON WORDPRESS.COM
If I wanted the site URL to
be db2isgreat.com
instead of
db2isgreat.wordpress.com
I could do so for ~$15 a
year.
65. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR
WORDPRESS.COM BLOG IS DONE!
It took me 20 minutes to go through all the steps you just saw,
from registering an ID, though choosing a template,
customizing the sidebar and writing my first post.
Granted, I was going quickly and had done this before. I’d allow 3-4
hours for setup.
WordPress has a lot of online resources for tips and tricks and
help: Start here: http://faq.wordpress.com/
76. LET’S START WITH AUDIENCE
First and foremost, who are you writing this
blog for? If the answer is “myself” and you have
more than one RSS subscriber,
congratulations. You’ve done it. If the answer is,
“Anyone into _____,” like “anyone into tech,”
and you have more than 10 subscribers
congratulations. Be clear about the audience. If
I’m going to bother giving you some of my time,
I want something back.
77. YOUR CONTENT NEEDS TO BE WELL CHUNKED
First off, journalists know this, but I’ll tell you: start with
the best stuff right up at the top. Don’t do it as a build-
up.
Second, make it such that people can read it in chunks.
Make headings that break up the post.
Use bullets that break up the post.
Lead with a graphic.
Pull out a graphic or a pull quote to keep it looking better.
Break things up so that human eyes can read them
easier. Dense posts and super long posts are a turn-off.
78. PROMOTE YOUR BLOG EFFECTIVELY
Create an RSS feed: feedburner.com
Make sure there’s a very prominently displayed link
for folks to subscribe to your RSS feed for your blog.
The bigger and more attention-drawing, the better.
Second, add an email subscription option to your
blog.
79. PROMOTE YOUR BLOG EFFECTIVELY
Add your blog URL to all social networks you’re
on! Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+,
Youtube, Flickr, and wherever else you can
bring awareness.
Create a facebook page, twitter account,
google+ page for your blog and maintain them!
Add it to your email signature and your
business cards.
80. BE PERSISTENT
Try new things. Stretch out the medium. Think
of new ways to ask the same old questions.
Decide on challenging approaches to blogging
in ways that powerfully reveal the information
your audience seeks from you. Persist in such
matters, never accepting that your work is
flawless, but instead analyzing your responses
and uptake or downturn in traffic, and giving
more effort accordingly.
83. DEFINE THE GOALS OF YOUR BLOG
To be found on the Internet
To be read by peers and potential
clients
To demonstrate your expertise
To maintain relationships with past
clients
To turn clicks into deposit slips
84. HOW TO GENERATE BLOG TOPICS?
Anything and Everything
Start with an area of expertise
Hobbies/Interests
Customer stories
Personal triumphs
Controversial topics (if you’re comfortable)
Make it distinctly you, don’t plagiarize, don’t
compare and don’t underestimate yourself
85. CONTENT IS KING
Write about what you want to be
known about
Brush up on your writing skills if you
need to
Keywords in your post title and story
Picture descriptions and title
Relevant tags and categories
Keep the blog fresh
86. GET INSPIRED
Subscribe to:
RSSPieces.com (A Years Worth Of Blogging
Ideas)
Daily Blog Tips Website (dailyblogtips.com)
Read local newspapers and comment
Read industry publications and comment
Read blogs from outside of the industry
88. TIPS FOR BLOGGING
Length
Don’t worry about length – write to fit the post
Images
Adding images always helps
Google Image Search (http://images.google.com)
Flickr (http://flickr.com) – pay attention to reuse rights
iStockPhoto – Many images are $1-2
Links, links, links
Link to others. The more you link to others, the more
others will link to you
89. TIPS FOR BLOGGING
Socialize online by reading and commenting in
other blogs for online interaction and
networking purposes.
Join in offline blog events/get-together. Real-life
interaction is also important in blogging.
Be yourself. Don’t blog just to impress other
people.
90. TIPS FOR BLOGGING
Content is King. Link Building is the Queen.
Merge them together and you might earn good
money from your blog!
91. TIPS FOR BLOGGING
Join in writing projects and blog contests. You’ll
never know what’s in store for you!
Keep on learning and improving. Later on, your
efforts will be recognized.