Blogging 101 For Interior Designers

March 27th, 2009 by Gail Doby • Related • Filed Under

Cathy Perkins, the WordPress Wizard, is one of the top experts on blogging, and we are lucky to have her as a regular instructor for DSU with her Blogging 101 class. If you attended either of the Interior Design Summits, you heard many of the speakers share how important blogging is to your business. If you don’t have a website, an inexpensive blog (less than $300 per year for a blog) is a fabulous alternative.

Cathy walks you through all of the steps for setting up your blog in her 4 week class that starts Tuesday, April 7th at 7 pm Eastern time.

How do I install it?
What does everything mean?
How much will it cost?
Pick your domain name.
Choose your hosting.
Do the actual install.

Finding A Theme:

Where to find themes.
How to choose a theme.
Essential Plug-ins.

What is the Dashboard?
Introducing you to the essential components of your blog and how to use them.

The WordPress Editor:

What does everything mean?
Navigating around in the editor.
How to write an effective Title.
How to write an effective Post.
What are pages and how to use them.

What are links?
How to manage links.
Your linking strategy.
Why are comments so important?
How to effectively manage comments.

Design, Settings & Users Plus… Putting It All Together To Create:

Online Profits With Your Professional Interior Design WordPress Blog

Widgets, widgets and more widgets.
What are the best settings?
Managing Users.
How to create blog content in your niche.
How to automate and systematize the process to create more time in your day.
How to build a blog based income stream in your niche.

Even if you can’t make one or more of the classes, Cathy records each one with Camtasia so you can hear the audio and see her screen.

Click here for more information about Blogging 101 for Interior Designers.

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