I attended Erin Blaskie’s Blog Design Bootcamp last year and I am still utilizing the skills I learned in her class with my clients and I built this site shortly after attending her class. Erin’s teaching techniques make learning blog design easy because she shares her desktop screen and is on the phone with the students.
She takes the time to answer questions in a way that make it easy to understand. Purchasing a seat in her class was the best investment I made in my business. She is once again offering this fantastic class live from February 1-8, 2010 — 7-9PM EST. The Blog Design Bootcamp is an intense 10-hour course of webinar / virtual training.
Here are some of the topics she will be covering, see the full list on Erin’s event site.
Understanding the Basics
* Installing the blog platform with the one-click install feature
* Using an FTP client to upload files – themes, plug-ins, etc.
Customizing a Theme — Part I
* Working with the CSS to make changes to colors, etc.
* Setting up Google Analytics on the blog from day one
Customizing a Theme — Part II
* Working with sidebar widgets
* Looking at more advanced plug-ins. (Sociable, WP-Video, Technorati Tags, etc.)
* Working with external services ie: Feedburner
Other House-Keeping Functions
* Creating and managing pages
* Creating and managing posts
* Setting up permissions / privacy / allowances for the blog
How to Deliver Blog Design to Your Clients
* How to charge for your blog design
* Setting boundaries – how to draw the line at the number of on-going changes to the blog design
If you are in need of creating a website or blog for your business or your clients then this is the class that you need to invest your money in. I highly recommend Erin’s classes, she is very knowledgeable and a great teacher. To sign up for the course you can visit Erin’s event site or email me at dawn@SunriseVirtualServices.com if you have any questions about her class.
About Dawn Cullo
Dawn,
You are by far one of the most awesome Virtual Assistants I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a ton it seems!)! I don’t know what I’d do without you. We literally had to hire TWO people to try to take your place while you’re out with your new baby – but I’m kickin’ them to the curb when you’re back cuz you ROCK!
If anyone is looking for a kick butt VA to manage your social media, blogs and more (which by the way you SHOULD NOT be doing yourself anyway), you want to hire Dawn. She is so detail oriented and efficient I can’t believe all that she gets done for me in just a short amount of time.
Dawn – best wishes with the new baby!
Katrina Sawa
The JumpStart Your Biz Coach