1. Ed 1 2 3 4 5 7 Steps to Becoming a Blogger Edition

2. 1 2 3 4 5 Setting up a Schedule 1. Consistency Come up with a weekly posting schedule. Stay consistent. Let your readers know.

3. 1 2 3 4 5 Setting up a Schedule 2. Schedule Schedule your posts ahead of time to launch on your consistent days.

4. 1 2 3 4 5 Setting up a Schedule 3. Log Future Post Ideas Utilize a future post idea plug-in. Log any ideas, articles, sites, news, products, people, etc, you come across.

5. 1 2 3 4 5 Setting up a Schedule 4. Draft Create drafts in your off time. Utilize lunchtime and in-between time to draft up starts to full posts.

6. 2 3 4 5 Make it Pretty 1. Theme Choose your theme wisely. Choose from the Canisius built-in themes.

7. 2 3 4 5 Make it Pretty 2. Color Scheme Your colors reflect your brand! Colourlovers.com

8. 2 3 4 5 Make it Pretty 3. Images Use Google Images or Flickr. Choose Creative Commons or Open images to use.

9. 3 4 5 Streamline your Workflow 1. Connect the Dots Include links to find you elsewhere: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Use widgets.

10. 3 4 5 2. Nail your Topic Do not stray! Stick to a few categories and terms. Streamline your Workflow

11. 3 4 5 3. Follow Others Follow others in your topic. Follow others you admire. Comment on their blogs. Draw their readers to also follow you. Streamline your Workflow

12. 3 4 5 4. Quality Posts Read more, write well. Read post-like writers: Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink. How to Write a Lot. Streamline your Workflow

13. 3 4 5 5. Comments To comment or not to comment? Disable comments while you build your readership? Ask readers to engage you in your other SM Does it work or doesn’t it? Streamline your Workflow

14. 4 5 1. RSS Offer More Options Who is the RSS audience? What makes their experience exciting?

15. 4 5 2. Mail Sign-up Embed mail sign up right at the top of your page! Mailchimp.com Offer More Options

16. 4 5 3. Add Multimedia Try podcasting. Podbean.com Try vodcasting Youtube.com or vimeo.com Always pair text with media. Offer More Options

17. 4 5 4. Broadcast to SM Broadcast your post links to FB, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Schedule reoccurring posts during ‘hot’ hours. Hootsuite.com Offer More Options

18. 4 5 5. Add This Let others broadcast for you! www.addthis.com/ Offer More Options

19. 5 1. Form a PLN (Personal Learning Network) Contribute to the community. Be a loyal promoter. Build and streamline your go- to-network. What does your business card say about you? Build your Followers

20. 5 2. Guest Blog Give your blogging buddies a break. Reach another audience. Build your Followers

21. 5 3. Engage Followers Reply to all comments. Ask questions. Be open to all opinions. Comment on their blogs. Build your Followers

22. 5 4. Work your way to important people. Be a loyal supporter. Promote them. Engage them on their blog. Ask to interview them. Build your Followers

23. 5 5. Give, give, give Create meaningful products. Give knowledge. Analytics: give them more of what they love. Build your Followers

24. Connect Connect with Leah Leah MacVie Canisius College macviel@canisius.edu, 888.8355 www.leahmacvie.com @leahmacvie /in/leahmacvie