Blogging for your Business I & II

Fellow IACP members who blog may want to know about Denise Graveline´s forthcoming "blogging-for-your-business" workshops (both beginner and advanced) coming up in late October in Washington, DC.

Her own food blog, Vegetables for Breakfast, was recently named "small business blog of the day" by Pajama Market, an industry observer of entrepreneurial blogs. More and more food-related businesses are using blogs to promote their products and services, so if you are in the DC area, make sure to attend this event!

Here´s the program:

Blogging for Your Business I and II

A workshop presented by don’t get caught — creative communications consulting

Monday, October 23, 2006 OR Tuesday, October 24, 2006

PART I: 9:00 am to 12:30pm

PART II: 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Part I: With strategies, examples, and hands-on practice, this workshop helps you start (and make the case for) a blog, create content, use it to promote your business, build an audience, handle comments, and drive and measure traffic. Part II: More hands-on practice and strategies for improving your blog's visual appeal; adding links, sound and photos; promoting your blog to wider audiences; and more creative uses for business blogs.

Location:
National Press Club, Eric Friedheim Library classroom, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC
Please note that neither the National Press Club nor its library is a sponsor of this event.

Cost: $150, or $110 for National Press Club members. Major credit and debit cards accepted. Workshops are limited to no more than 15 participants. Registration includes coffee and light refreshments.

What Previous Attendees Say: Terrific seminar…very hands-on…informative, easy to follow and helpful...thorough and fast-moving. Whether you are a new or experienced blogger, you’ll be posting items throughout the session. If you don’t have a blog now, you will have started one in this session.

About the Instructor:
Denise Graveline is president of don’t get caught—creative communications consulting. A former magazine writer and editor and longtime senior communicator for major nonprofits – including AAAS and the American Chemical Society -- a federal agency and a national philanthropy, she is the current author of two blogs: don’t get caught news & info and Vegetables for Breakfast, recently named “small business blog of the day” by the Pajama Market blog, an industry observer.

To register, go to Don´t Get Caught.