Using Blogging & Social Networks to tell your story A four week e-course with one e-tutorial per week. Tutor – Fiona Doubleday www.scottishislandmum.com Aim The aim of this course is to support students in telling their own story through blogging supported by appropriate social networking dynamics. Rationale Scottish island mum was born on 1st January 2013 and since then she has established a huge following of very loyal readers. Together they now work as a community to create positive experiences. This could not have been done without a dedicated networked blog. Whether you have a personal and creative story to tell or a brand to share blogging is central to that ambition. Scottish island mum will lead you along that journey in bite-sized and personal chunks of learning. The end goal will be the development of your own fully networked blog using wordpress as the software of choice.
Structure Tutorial One What is the story or the brand and what is its USP? Blogging – an introduction Blogger Tumblr Wordpress
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Tutorial Two Establishing a blogger framework Posting Static Pages Widgets Tutorial Three Networking your blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flickr Instagram Mini Blog – Tumblr Google + Stumbleupon Tutorial Four Telling the story – convincing and readable copy Sharing the story – blogging networks Guest Posts Each tutorial will land in your inbox once per week according to the following schedule and e-mail support will be available throughout. You can take the course at a pace that suits you if you need more time and e-mail support will continue for the duration. Date Friday 23rd January Friday 30th January Friday 6th February Friday 13th February
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Cost - £20.00 Bookings – via paypal or eventbrite Paypal e-mail address is natureslarder@gmail.com Eventbrite page is http://www.eventbrite.com/o/fiona-doubleday6649711409 Any questions please email me anytime.
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