I don’t know about y’all, but my free time is pretty limited, but I’m loving this new hobby of mine, blogging! It’s hard to find time to do everything I want with blogging, and I tend to be a night owl blogger. I’ve really wanted to go to a conference or workshop, but it’s hard to get away from the family for a couple of days. I am heading to another niche conference in August, but I’m still so green in the blogging world. There are a bunch of non-niche specific things that I need to learn more about: SEO, social media, marketing my blog (and myself), and how to network. Recently I joined The Blog Workshop, where I hope to learn more about these topics. I recalled that I saw some of my fabulous bloggy mentors talk about this workshop back in May, but I had a conflict with the dates and times. So I jumped at the chance to sign up now. The organizers have made the conference and all of the workshops available for participants to listen to on their own time and at their own pace.
What I didn’t realize that the Blog Workshop is much more than just a 3 day conference, it’s also a community for blogger. Yes, there are a number of online workshops that are available to increase my knowledge base about blogging. I’m particularly interested in the Surviving SEO workshop that is coming up on Wednesday, June 26th at 8pm. (I’m still not quite sure how SEO works, and this could be just the information that I need.) I watched this teaser video, and I got excited about learning how to make my site more relevant for Google! (Doesn’t he make you want to attend?!)
There are also forums and twitter parties where I can get to know other bloggers out there on the inter-webz! Now if I decided to really make a commitment to learn a lot about blogging, they have something called the TBW University, which involves a series of courses offered over a one year period. The courses include things like blog design, the business of blogging and improving your writing. I think the 3-day conference workshop, done in my jammies, at home, is just the right speed to test the waters before making such a big commitment, don’t you? If you’re interested in becoming a part of the Blog Workshop community or participating in the recorded conference like I am, you can stop by here to register.
With this plan of attending at workshop from my own home, in the evening after my little Monkey and Frog have gone to bed, I can save my days off for fun family times. Things that make my heart sing, like hanging out at the zoo, park or pool with this little guy!
