Want to know what the blogging buzz is all about? Would you like to get started with building a new website or updating an old site using blogging tools? This 3-hour lecture-style Basics of Blogging workshop is for you!

The class will cover the following topics:

• What’s a blog?
• What blogging is (and isn’t) and why it’s a GREAT marketing tool for any business
• The parts of of a blog post and why they’re important
• How to find blogs you’ll like to read
• How to use RSS feeds to make reading blogs and other sites easy
• How to get started with building your own blog, including recommendations for what blogging tool you should use
• What commenting is, why it’s important for getting involved in the blog world, and how to develop a commenting strategy

Everyone will leave with a solid grasp on blogging basics and lots of good handouts. You can bring your own laptop to the workshop if you like, or you can take notes from the instructor's projected computer screen - you’ll learn plenty either way.

For complete details, PLEASE REGISTER at the BDA website. Boulder Digital Arts offers affordable training in digital media from professionals working in the field.