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Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE

DearMYRTLE
May 3, 2013
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Welcome
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Polls
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Parts of a Blog
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How A Blog Works
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3 Steps to Set Up Your Blog
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Blog Resources
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Polls
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Prizes/announcements
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Step-by-step approach to creating a blog, and making postings using the free service at Blogger.com. A great way to share genealogy research, post your society's newsletter, share info with extended family members. The webinar will also feature a survey of sample blogs, and links for additional help.

 
Topics include:
  • What is a blog?
  • Creating a blog in three steps
  • Creating posts (articles)
  • Genealogy blogs
  • How does a blog work?
  • Reading blogs with Google Reader
  • Blogger's dashboard
  • How to add an image
  • Schedule blog postings
  • Using draft mode
  • Advanced settings
  • How to get help
  • Advice for professionals

 

About the speaker

About the speaker

DearMYRTLE
DearMYRTLE is the nom de plume of Pat Richley-Erickson, author of the award-winning DearMYRTLE Genealogy Blog, consistently among the top 5 family history blogs internationally, where the focus is beginning genealogy topics. DearMYRTLE hosts
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