The document provides instructions for a blog hands-on training session that will last 3 hours. It covers understanding blogging, signing up for blog services like Wordpress, setting up a blog on Wordpress, creating blog posts with text, photos and videos, adding comments to posts, and marketing one's blog. Resources mentioned include blog engines, communities, search engines and hosting sites for photos, videos and slides. The training emphasizes that anyone can start blogging.
1. Blog Hands-On
Specially for RSVP by Peggy
hya.sky@gmail.com
2. Training Requirements
• Internet Access
• Email Account
• Can use Internet Browser
• Switch between browser
windows / tabs
• Ctrl+C to Copy
• Ctrl+V to Paste
4. Understand Blogging
• A website where articles / posts are
posted regularly and
displayed in reverse
chronological
order
• Web Log
• Individual articles on a blog are called
blog posts, posts or entries
5. Understand Blogging
• Adding or Maintaining an article / post
in an existing blog is called blogging
• A person who posts these entries is
called a blogger
• Made up of text, hyperlinks,
images, videoes and widgets etc
6. Understand Blogging
• Writing Style: Conversational
• Contents:
– Focus on a specific “Area of
Interest”
– Personal experience
– Feelings
– Controversial
7. Understand Blogging
• Characteristics of a Blog
– Empowers You
• Moderation (SPAMS / Comments /
Blacklist / Block IP Address…)
• Ease of Blogging (Post-date articles,
draft, Categorize by Month or Tags…)
• RSS Feeds
• Changing Skins
• Site Statistics
• Add fun stuff (call widgets)
8. Understand Blogging
• Characteristics of a Blog (Cont’)
– Brings like-minded people together
• Share experience and learn
• Widget like MyBlogLog.com
– Interactive
• Blog Comments
• Pingbacks / trackbacks
10. Signups
• http://www.wordpress.com
• http://www.photobucket.com
• http://www.technorati.com
• http://www.myhometown.sg
• http://www.mybloglog.com
(optional – if time permits)
Tip: You don’t have to use
your real name for signups…
11. http://www.wordpress.com
• Wordpress
– Easy to use and maintain
– For non-techie blogger
• Understand Limitations
– No Ads e.g. Google Ad Sense
– No promotion of products through
paid posts (e.g. payperpost)
– No Javascript
– Not for business
45. http://www.mybloglog.com
1. Paste the code in Text 1’s
Configuration screen
2. Click on “x” on the screen.
3. Click Save Changes button
Copy this code
62. Blog Comments
• Let’s all try this!
• Commenting on your neighbours’
blog entry
• Reply to the Comment
• Managing Comments
63. Market Your Blog
• Through friends and colleagues
• Add your blog address at every
likely social networking site
(e.g. facebook)
• Visit and post in forums
(signature links to blog e.g. MyHomeTown.SG)
• Blog Community sites
(E.g. MyBlogLog.com)
• Meta Blog Aggregator Sites
(E.g. Ping.sg, Tomorrow.sg)
64. Resources
• Blog Search Engines
– Google: http://blogsearch.google.com
– Microsoft: http://blogs.msdn.com/search
• Blog Communities
e.g. http://Mybloglog.com ,
http://bloggerschoiceawards.com
65. Resources
• Blog Aggregators
– International
• http://Technorati.com
• http://www.digg.com
• http://buzz.stumbleupon.com/blogs/
– Local
• http://MyHomeTown.sg
• http://ping.sg
• http://tomorrow.sg
• http://www.sgblog.com
• http://www.bloggersg.com