What is our Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog?
Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog
Many small business owners and entrepreneurs may think that blogging is just one more chore to add to their marketing list. But actually blogging for your business can be fun and create results, as long as you know what you want from your blog and how to go about getting that.
After teaching over 20 blogging workshops in 2009, the year we launched the Breakfast Blogging Club, we (Cheryl Liquori and Beth Barany) have distilled our knowledge into a fun and useful (and free) Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog. Read more
5 Tips to Get Writing Now
Last Saturday, Cheryl and I got video taped for GuruTube.net. I had a great time! I have to admit, though, I was nervous. I was going to have a video clip on the same site as Guy Kawasaki and MC Hammer! (Our videos will be posted in a few weeks.)
For the Breakfast Blogging Club, I presented on 5 Tips to Get Writing Now.
Tip 1: List of 20
On a piece of paper, list from 1 through 20. Set a timer for 3 minutes. With a blog topic in mind, write as fast as you can.
The purpose of this exercise is to generate ideas.
Tip 2: Mind Mapping
Pick one idea from your List of 20, and place it in the center of a blank page. Then read how to use mind mapping in the post, “What Are You Passionate About?”
The purpose of this exercise is to expand upon an idea.
Next Blogging Workshop: Sept 8th
Filed under: Blog Topics, Calendar, Workshops
Co-Founders, Beth Barany and Cheryl Liquori
Join us for our next Breakfast Blogging Club workshop September 8th, 9 – 11:30am, at the Z Cafe and Bar in Oakland. Preregistration required because we only have room for 15 bloggers. See our About page for more details.
You can register by emailing us through this site’s contact form. Or, register through our page on Meetup.com.
Topic: How to Get More Comments on Your Blog
And, we’ll write a post, of course!
See you there!
Secrets of the Breakfast Blogging Club
Beth Barany and Cheryl Liquori, Co-Founders Breakfast Blogging Club
Join Dojo Radio host Lee Rodrigues and us, special guests Cheryl Liquori and Beth Barany, to learn the secrets to writing great blog posts.
Cheryl and Beth are the hosts and founders of the Breakfast Blogging Club, a series of monthly blogging workshops in Oakland and Pleasant Hill. In addition to answering your questions, they will share tips and writing exercises that will help you to define your target audience, make time to write, tailor your writing to a blogging format, and more.
If we’re lucky, they may even share the Breakfast Blogging Club’s secret handshake.
The show will air live on Wednesday, May 13 from 3-4PM PST (6-7PM EST) at www.blogtalkradio.com/Dojo-Radio/. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry — you can always listen to the archived version later.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING BLOG POSTS?
Lee designs these radio shows to be as useful as possible — so tell us what you want to hear about!
Call In: The best way to ask a question is to call in to the show live at (646) 716-9210.
Chat: If you register at Blog Talk Radio, you can also participate and ask questions in the chat room during the show.
See you on the air!
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.
