Pat Richley-Erickson, better know by many as DearMyrtle, is a renowned blogger and popular genealogical speaker. She runs a respected genealogy centric blog, is the co-founder of Genea Quilters, and is involved in many other aspects of genealogy, especially on the Internet. Who better to turn to when Legacy Family Tree wanted to do a webinar on blogging.
DearMyrtle presented Blogging for Beginners on May 3, 2013, it ran for 1 hour 32 minutes and includes a 6 page handout.
She again gave a presentation, More Blogging for Beginners on September 6 of this year. The session ran 1 hour 41 minutes and has a 5 page handout.
In the first webinar, DearMyrtle presents step-by-step approach to creating a blog, and making postings using the free service at Blogger.com. A great way to share genealogy research, post your society’s newsletter, share info with extended family members. The webinar will also feature a survey of sample blogs, and links for additional help.
Topic Include:
- What is a blog?
- Creating a blog in three steps
- Creating posts (articles)
- Genealogy blogs
- How does a blog work?
- Reading blogs with Google Reader
- Blogger’s dashboard
- How to add an image
- Schedule blog postings
- Using draft mode
- Advanced settings
- How to get help
- Advice for professionals
More Blogging for Beginners Continuing the discussion about free online software at Blogger.com to get your message out to the world. This session’s topics include adding gadgets such as links to other websites, adding book suggestions from Amazon.com, removing the blogger search bar and inserting a Google Search box to make it easier for your readers to find previous postings.
Topics in the second webinar include:
- Disclosure statements: why you need one
- How to add a page (tab)
- Design and layout tips
- Add a graphic
- Add the Google Search box.
- Add Amazon. Affiliate links within a blog.
- Print-friendly buttons
- Backing up your blog
- Removing the Blogger navbar
- Q & A
Web seminars, or “Webinars,” have quickly become one of the most popular ways for professionals and companies to share information with large groups of individuals from across the country, or even around the world, without the high cost of travel. Webinars are just like seminars. A large group of “attendees” can come and watch a presentation at a given time. Webinars are nice, since they are usually recorded and can be watched again at a later time. The only real downside to webinars is the video stream can be slow for some people. Depending in large part on the viewer’s own personal Internet connection speed, video may or may not play well. The age of a person’s computer may also contribute to slow playback. To counter these playback problems, some individuals and companies offer the option to buy their webinars on CD. CD’s offer the opportunity to play these webinars on almost any computer at anytime, without the worry of connection issues.
Ordered together or separately, both Blogging for Beginners and More Blogging for Beginners are available from Family Root Publishing.