Blogging Basics

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category

Business & Technology

Note: This is a multi-session event series. By purchasing the event package, you acknowledge that you can attend all event dates included below.
Event Overview

Ever wonder what the buzz is all about with blogging?

Celebrities, scientists, business owners, scholars, and everyone in between is hopping on the blogging bandwagon. Online content isn't just digital journaling anymore -- it's the key to creating your own virtual brand, whether it's in growing and harnessing community, representing your company or profession, or sharing a new voice with the world.

Our "blogging basics" series will cover four pertinent topics in blogging today. The class is targeted towards new bloggers or people in the very early stages of creating a blog, and will discuss basic topics such as blog types and how to create your first blog post, as well as more intermediate topics like social media and community management. We will even touch the ever-popular topic of monetization and how to bring a little extra cash with your blog.

Session 1 (Tues, 10/14): Setting up your blog: Platforms, layouts and what you need to know to start

Session 2 (10/21): Creating content and writing a post

Session 3 (10/28): Personal branding and social media

Session 4 (11/4): Monetization and outreach

The key to great blogging is practice, so students will be expected to come to the class with their laptops and one new article per week. They'll leave this class series with the start of a great blog and a basic understanding of blogging elements and techniques. Don't start a blog without attending this class first!

What to Bring

A laptop computer (preferably not a tablet), a great attitude that's ready for some fun!

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

Light handouts, snacks ;-)

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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

Beth Santos

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Beth Santos is founder and CEO of Go Girl Travel Network (travelgogirl.com), an online resource and community for female travelers. She oversees the writing of 30 international bloggers and publishes content daily. Go Girl reaches an audience of 10,000 monthly readers from 110 countries, and has an extensive following on social media.

Go Girl is the creator of the Women in Travel Summit (witsummit.com), a conference geared toward building the expertise of female travel bloggers and brands and connecting them to one another. Our second event will take place in Boston in 2015.

Considered about as old as a wooly mammoth in the blogging world, Beth has eight years of digital publication experience, and has also created print and broadcast material for such organizations as Voice of America, New Hampshire Magazine and Edelman Public Relations. Beth studied art history at Wellesley College, constructing long, elaborate descriptions of age-old works of art. She is now pursuing her MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, focusing on entrepreneurship/innovation and social enterprise.

EXPERIENCE REVIEWS

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    Sarah M.
    Reviewed on 08/29/14

    This was a wonderful class for a blogging beginner like me! Beth was an excellent teacher who took the time to understand where we all were at with skill level, and she spoke in terms we all could understand.

    The world of blogging seems so overwhelming for beginners and this class opened my eyes to so many things. I now feel confident to start my blog and know I have learned the skills I need to make it a success.

    This was a wonderful class for a blogging beginner like me! Beth was an excellent teacher who took the time to understand where we all were at with skill level, and she spoke in terms we all could understand.

    The world of blogging seems so overwhelming for beginners and this class opened my eyes to so many things. I now feel confident to start my blog and know I have learned the skills I need to make it a success.

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    Candace C.
    Reviewed on 06/10/14

    My daughters enrolled me in this class as a Mother's Day gift and it was a gift and so much more. It didn't matter if you were brand new to blogging or seasoned, we all learned a lot from Beth. She gave us loads of resources and strategies to build an amazing blog while sharing the "what not to do's" along the way! If you don't sign up, you are missing a blessing. If you do sign up you are missing months of needless research and learning by trial and error. What are you waiting for?

    Felisha (Candace's Mother)

    My daughters enrolled me in this class as a Mother's Day gift and it was a gift and so much more. It didn't matter if you were brand new to blogging or seasoned, we all learned a lot from Beth. She gave us loads of resources and strategies to build an amazing blog while sharing the "what not to do's" along the way! If you don't sign up, you are missing a blessing. If you do sign up you are missing months of needless research and learning by trial and error. What are you waiting for?

    Felisha (Candace's Mother)

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    Miriam C.
    Reviewed on 05/30/14

    I recently started my first blog, and this class was so helpful!
    Beth is knowledgeable, organized, and fun. I highly recommend this course!

    I recently started my first blog, and this class was so helpful!
    Beth is knowledgeable, organized, and fun. I highly recommend this course!

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    Allison P.
    Reviewed on 05/30/14

    Beth did an excellent job teaching this course. She was very organized and provided a lot of information at a good pace. I what I really enjoyed about the class is it covered all aspects of blogging and was relevant for someone just starting out to an individual with an established blog. Beth was great to work with and I really enjoyed the class!

    Beth did an excellent job teaching this course. She was very organized and provided a lot of information at a good pace. I what I really enjoyed about the class is it covered all aspects of blogging and was relevant for someone just starting out to an individual with an established blog. Beth was great to work with and I really enjoyed the class!

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