how to create your blog and personal web site
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This is part of a two-day presentation by Bounceback St Louis in September 2010 for prospective job seekers. We cover how your web site becomes your resume, and also look at blogs and twitter to promote yourself.TRANSCRIPT
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Agenda
The web site becomes your resume What about blogs What about Twitter?
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Become master of your domain
No, not that kind of domain!
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The Internet domain!
You need your own dot com! Remember my business card?
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Why a domain?
It is all about branding!
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Hosting your Web site
You need a Web server A hosting provider (different from
domain provider), also called a registrar
Web browser to control and configure And content!
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Cheap hosting providers
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Why blogs are a better Web site
No programming required Easy to make frequent updates Easy to quickly change the
appearance of your pages Automatic posting of your content to
Google’s search index
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The blog IS your Web site
Make it your first and in some cases your only Web presence
It is very simple to setup!
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Use blog hosting providers
Wordpress.com
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Google juice!
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Ties into LinkedIn
External Web sites Wordpress blogs Twitter feed
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List your Web sites
Use the “other” choice Also can put a 4th in “Interests”
This is what it will look like on screen:
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Twitter connection
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Good luck with your blog!
David Strom(310) [email protected]://strominator.comhttp://webinformant.tvSlides available:http://slideshare.net/
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