Free Blogging Webinars and Courses ($1,000+ in Free Information)
Essential resources for bloggers
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to share some free blogging resources that many of you will find extremely useful. These webinars and courses are all available for free and can be accessed remotely. They cover blogging and blogging related topics such as SEO.
1. Free Courses From MOZ
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a powerful digital marketing strategy that helps your business earn valuable traffic that turns into conversions. It takes time and effort to optimize your website, so many companies rely on SEO professionals to manage their campaign. Moz is an SEO company that focuses solely on helping people run successful SEO campaigns. This is a topic that I get a lot of questions about. It’s normally hard to give succinct responses to SEO related questions as it is such an involved topic.
Normally their courses cost $100+ (and there are many of them). However, MOZ if offering their courses for free until May 31st.
Just log in to your moz.com account (or sign up for free if you don’t have one). Use the exclusive promo code “wegotthis” at checkout to redeem your training.
2. Blogging For Business with Tina Calder
This slide/video-based webinar is presented by publicist, journalist and commentator Tina Calder.
Date and Time
Thu, 28 May 2020
15:00 – 16:30 BST
As founder of Excalibur Press publicity management, content creation and copywriting agency Tina has been in the business working in Northern Ireland for the last 20 years and has worked with a number of thought leaders over the years.
In this webinar you will learn:
Why you should “blog for business”
What types of blogging you can do for your business
How to create quick and easy blog posts
What are the key ingredients to a successful blog
Her favorite tools, tips and tricks that help with my blogging and content creation
How to create quick and easy content from your blog posts
and much more.....
They've set aside an hour and a half for this overview webinar which will help you start thinking about what you need in order to get blog up and running. There will be an opportunity to ask questions throughout.
3. Research Education and Development (RED): Managing a Blog
This workshop focuses on what it means to manage a blog. It will help answer questions about how much time it takes, ways to maintain a stream of good content, and provide strategies for dealing with problems (such as trolling, people ‘stealing’ ideas, etc). It has two parts:
Managing your blog: tips and strategies from two experienced bloggers!
ACTIVITY: Planning your blog content. Participants will work out what their blog will contain and get ideas/advice from their fellow workshoppers.
Why should I attend?
Learning to blog effectively brings together many great benefits such as knowing how to write in an engaging manner for broader audiences, focused networking, participating in (and leading!) conversations around your areas of expertise, and clarity around your research purpose.
About the facilitators:
The ‘Blogging your research’ program is presented by two experienced academic bloggers.
Dr James Burford founded and manages the Conference Inference blog, which focuses on the world of scholarly conferences. He runs the blog with his colleague Emily Henderson (University of Warwick, UK).
Dr Tseen Khoo founded and manages the Research Whisperer blog, which features posts about research cultures, funding and grants, and life as an academic. She runs the blog with her colleague Jonthan O’Donnell (University of Melbourne).
Jamie and Tseen are the co-managers of the RED Alert blog.
4. Substack Writer Events
Meet, connect with, and get to know other Substack writers at their upcoming events. These events are all remote and free. If you are a Substack writer, these are a must!
💌 Tuesday, May 26th, 11am PT (UTC-7) - Getting your first 1,000 email signups
Roll up your sleeves, it’s time to get scrappy. Scott Hines of Action Cookbookwill share how he successfully grew his email list on Substack in less than a year.
💰 Thursday, June 4th, 11am PT (UTC-7) - Paid launch 101
Thinking about launching a paid newsletter, but haven't yet pulled the trigger? Lenny Rachitsky, who writes Lenny's Newsletter, will share how he decided to launch paid subscriptions and tactics for going paid.
👫 Thursday, June 11th, 11am PT (UTC-7) - Making friends with your subscribers
Who are these people that signed up for your email list, and what do they want? Erin Moon of The Swipe Upwill talk about getting to know your subscribers, helping them get to know each other, and building a community around your list.
5. Online Blogging Workshop
Join Ellie and Sarah (Youth Workers) and Phil (Lecturer) for this virtual workshop delivered on Zoom. This 1 hour workshop will set you up with the knowledge and skills to make your own blog. Use your blog to share your ideas and stay connected with others.
Date And Time
Tue, 26 May 2020
12:00 – 13:00 BST
Until next time,
Casey