Let's Start Blogging

£0.00 Non-member Price - £0.00

Let's Start Blogging

Activity type: Action Planning Workshop
Monday 06 September 2010
9.00am - 4.00pm

Easy to set up and with a very low outlay, blogs give companies the chance to raise their profile, better connect with customers and clients, improve advertising and PR, increase innovation and generate new business.

This full-day workshop provides a introduction to the process of setting-up, designing and managing a business blog. The live workshop demonstrations show the production of a blog from scratch in order for you to see and learn about every stage of the production, hosting and posting process.

Workshop case studies show how other businesses are using blogs, and gives an opportunity to share experience and expertise.

Workshop programme in detail:

A brief introduction to blogs - what are they and how do they work?
Using podcasts in businesses
Planning and implementing a business blogging strategy
Case notes - review how small and large businesses currently use blogs
Live workshop demonstrations - we produce a blog from scratch!
Producing a business blog from start to finish - planning, design, implementation and launching on the web
Managing your blog - adding posts, setting-up and managing subscriptions and RSS feeds
Widgets and Web 2.0 - using widgets to increase usability, integrating blogging and social networking
Where to go from here - sources of further information and support

Who should attend?

The workshop is designed to give delegates the skills necessary to launch their own business blog, and to design and implement a business blogging strategy within their organisation. You will need to have basic computer/IT skills but do not need previous experience/knowledge of blogging.

This full day workshop is designed to complement our Podcasting for Business Action Planning Workshop.

Non-attendance: Demand for places on eBusiness events is extremely high. Should you fail to attend without providing at least 5 working days cancellation notice in writing, or send a substitute from your own organisation, we reserve the right to charge your company an administration fee of £50 + VAT which will be collected by the Host Organisation detailed below.