Next dates for this workshop:
February 11, 2012, 9:00 AM – 3:50 PM
Learn the ins and outs of running your own blog. We’ll show you how to set up and administer your blogspace using WordPress. We’ll teach you how to market your blog so that more people than just your friends and family are paying attention. We’ll teach you the lingo so you’ll understand RSS, pings and trackbacks. We’ll also spend time exploring various plugins for photo galleries, tag libraries and other useful ways to extend your WordPress installation.
Workshop Description: WordPress is an open-source (free) software system that provides unparalleled customization and functionality in developing a blog site. Small businesses may consider a blog-based site as their primary website or a blog can be free online additional exposure. Blogs may be easily updated by site owners with no knowledge of website design and visitors can interact with the site. WordPress has numerous exciting plug ins that add functionality and the whole system is very search engine-friendly. Students in this workshop will leave with their own blog site set up and ready to go. Three hours of classroom instruction and three hours of guided computer lab time.
Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of the workshop, you will be able to…
- Create a free blog site with WordPress
- Write and edit posts and pages, including image management
- Design a blog for desired look and functionality
- Manage visitor comments
- Manage additional blog authors and contributors
- Apply proven techniques designed to promote his or her business
Text/Handouts Provided:
- Step-by-step instructions to setting up a WordPress blog
- Workbook with guided assignments for lab work
- List of resources and important articles about blogging for business
$60 | Full Workshop Schedule | Register
Workshop Location: Clackamas SBDC, Harmony Road Campus, 7736 SE Harmony Road, Milwaukie, OR 97222
Call 503-594-0738 for more info
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Thank you so much for the workshop today at the Small Business Fair in Portland. I came directly home to look at my own site and check for key words. I have a ways to go in optimizing my site, that’s for sure. Your presentation was helpful, though and much more interesting than reading the stacks of books I’ve checked out of the library. Thank you for your enthusiasm and for answering many people’s individual questions.
Thanks, Shari. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the questions.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me. Meeting with you at the SBDC was a great start, but now that I have attended one of your workshops, I can see how much your information will help me in my business.
Thank you. Maribeth Niece