Story Telling in Your Blog Posts
Cheryl and I (Beth Barany) had a wonderful Breakfast Blogging Club workshop last week in Oakland. Our topic of the day was how to write a success story. To a full house of entrepreneurs, we covered how to tell a compelling story in approximately 500 words, then covered how to create links in your post.
Secrets to a Great Blogging Workshop
Filed under: Blog Topics, Marketing Tips, Workshops, Writing Tips
Greetings! Beth Barany here… Our March 10th Oakland workshop was full of fun and good writing. What made it such a success? I’ll let you in on a little secret… A great blogging workshop includes:
- Full participation by our 10 participants
- Great questions
- Great exercises!
- “Excellent facilitators!” — Janet Peischel, Marketing Consultant
“I am so grateful to Beth and Cheryl for providing this forum for new bloggers. Thank you both for assembling such a dynamic and creative group.” — Isabelle Choinere-Correa, Insights and Foresights
Blogging For Your Business: 4 Keys to Start
As I stood in front of 10 pairs of eager, bright, and slightly caffeinated eyes at our first BBC meeting last week, I felt only a slight tinge of nervousness. This was the result of 4 months of planning and organization that brought the kernel of an idea I had last fall into reality. And I’m still amazed at how easy and fun it’s been all along the way. My husband was shocked when I told him this because he knows me to be someone who tends to over-think things and make them seem harder than they really are. Moi?!!
Thank God, Buddha and the Order of the Sacred Lily for blessed partnerships! Thanks, Beth! Read more
15 Minutes Can Change Your Life
Beth here. Hi! It’s 1:35pm and I sit in a warm cafe drinking tea and staring out the window. Okay, I’m not actually staring out the window. I’m writing this blog post and time is running out.
I’ve set the timer in my head (you can use the timer in your phone or your kitchen timer) and I am writing this post.
Why? To demonstrate that you too can write a first draft in fifteen minutes.
Yes, fifteen minutes can change your life. You can go from staring at the blank page to filling it with the minutae of your life. Or whatever you’d like to say.
Need ideas? I’m sure my colleague and marketing coach, Cheryl Liquori, will offer some great marketing ideas. To get you started, I would say, “Start with what you know.”
Business 101: Overcome Writer’s Block
Filed under: Writing Tips
Hi Beth Barany, here,
Blogs are a fun way to communicate in short bursts. Unlike a website, a blog is ever changing. Thus you can write as often as you want. Sometimes, though, you may be stopped by writer’s block or fear. I’m here to tell you can overcome writer’s block and you really, really need to.
You have your blog up, but now you’re faced with the prospect of populating it, of writing your posts. Ack! Writer’s block rears its scary head. What do you do now?
