MyWPLife Newspaper

Study: If Your Business Doesn’t Have a Blog You will Be Out of Business in 2012

Editor and Publisher — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:10:40 +0000

Having a blog surrounding your business is essential, as it’s the end of static web strategy as we know it. Everyday, new blogs emerge covering various sectors of modern business. More importantly, these digital outlets are fueling the web and changing the way we publish content online. Blogging is not just for college kids anymore. We’re seeing that it is a great way to position business owners and cultivate more sales.

The strategy behind this is to create a blog surrounding a sector of business and ultimatly a particular company or brand. The problem is, with the exponential growth of the business blogging sector, there’s a very small window of opportunity to get your idea out in front and in the game.

Why is this so important? Because blogging, or what we’re calling “content marketing”, is literally fueling search engine and social media strategy. Google and other search engine providers are now calculating organic search rankings by popularity of content and through social recommendations.

Two things that can be harnessed with a self-hosted WordPress blog.

Business owners, don’t let those stale websites slip your business into prehistoric times. Stay in the game by supercharging your online presence and creating a new content marketing strategy today!

Scott Winterroth, problogger
ChicagoBlogTutor.com

Attend 1-Day WordPress Workshop

Editor and Publisher — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:08:15 +0000

Attend 1-Day WordPress Workshop Flyer - March 13, 2010. RSVP Today!

1-Day WordPress Workshop

Editor and Publisher — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:07:39 +0000

1-Day WordPress Workshop, November 14, 2009.

June Summer Social at Jimmy Figs

Editor and Publisher — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:52:59 +0000

Please come out and Socialize with Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group members in our first official Summer Social event on Friday, June 19, 2009, 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM.

Chicago WordPress Meetup Group Summer Social on June 19, 2009 - 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM.

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MyWPLife.com Workshop and Expo at Chicago Blog Awards 2009

Editor and Publisher — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:49:04 +0000

Chicago Blog Awards 2009

The 2009 Chicago Blog Awards will take place on Monday, September 28, 2009. The gala event will begin after an all-day workshop and expo featuring advanced WordPress and WordPress MU. The event will start at 9:00 AM and last until 9:00 PM in the evening.

Logistics and details will be announced later in June. Here’s a rundown of the exciting all day and early evening event so far:

Chicago Blog Awards 2009

Awards and honors will be given to:

1.    Top 25 Chicago Blogs (out of 100)
2.    Chicago Social Media and Marketing (FB Page, MySpace) Awards
3.    Top Chicago Microblogging (Twitter) Awards
4.    Top Chicago Photo (Flickr) Awards
5.    Top Chicago Video (YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, etc) Awards
6.    Top Chicago Mobile Blog Awards

An all-day, advanced WordPress Workshop, targeted at agency professionals, companies and power users, will feature:

Advanced WordPress Workshop

MyWPLife.com Newspaper Workshop and Expo

1. Domain Name Setup, Hosting and MySQL Setup for WordPress
2. Advanced Blogging Using WordPress and WordPress MU

Setup

Theme Selection and Design

Writing and Importing

Photos, Video, MP3s, PDFs

Comments

Stats (Google Analytics, WordPress Stats, etc)

Custom Admin Features in 2.8

WordPress MU

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

3. Social Marketing and Media Plugins
4. Monetizing (eCommerce, Ad Sales, Donate Buttons and More)
5. Printed Version of your Blog, Blog Books, Publishing Your Blog
6. Special Events, Event Marketing, MeetUps (Ticket Sales, Admission, Sponsorships)
7. Advanced Facebook Page Setup (FBML)
8. Flickr Uploading and Advanced Photo Tagging
9. Hands-On Video Uploading on YouTube, Veoh, Vimeo
10. Advanced Twitter Techniques

A limited number of Expo Booth and Event Sponsorships will be available.

Attendance, via sponsored scholarships, will be free and open to the public by invitation from this website in a few weeks.

All members of Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group will be admitted free of charge and receive special advance invitations to both the Chicago Blog Awards ceremony and Advanced WordPress and WordPress MU workshop. Look for notification via the Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group mailing list.

For more information please contact Dante @ 312-446-7600 (cell).

MyWPLife.com Newspaper May 2009 Page 2

Editor and Publisher — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:24:47 +0000

MyWPLife.com Newspaper May 2009 Page 2.

MyWPLife.com Newspaper May Edition Set

Editor and Publisher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:40:38 +0000

MyWPLife.com Newspaper May 2009 Edition Cover

MyWPLife.com Newspaper Media Sponsor for Chicago Blog Awards 2009

Editor and Publisher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:20:14 +0000

Chicago Blog Awards 2009 in Association with Chicago WordPress Meetup Group and MyWPLife.com Newspaper.

For more information on Chicago Blog Awards 2009 please visit the below links:

Chicago Blog Awards Website
Chicago Blog Awards Facebook Fan Page
Chicago Blog Awards Twitter Profile

Be sure to follow Chicago Blog Awards on Twitter for up to the ‘Tweet’ information.

Photos: Chicago WordPress Meetup Group April 25th Meeting

Editor and Publisher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:57:48 +0000

Chicago WordPress Meetup Group April Meeting Photos are Online at Meetup.com Website and Facebook Page.

Here are links to Chicago WordPress Meetup Group April 25th Meeting photos below:

Enjoy!

Chicago WordPress Meetup: April 25, 2009, ING DIRECT Cafe

Editor and Publisher — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:46:19 +0000

Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group

Join Chicago WordPress Meetup Group on Saturday, April 25, 3:00 PM for our monthly meetup. For more information visit: http://meetup.com/mywplife.

Location Change

Our new location will be ING DIRECT Cafe Chicago, located at the below address:

ING DIRECT Cafe
21 East Chestnut Street, Chicago IL
Phone: 312-981-1236

ING DIRECT Cafe, 21 East Chestnut, Chicago, IL. April 25, 2009 Chicago WordPress Meetup group location. Meet inside Orange 'Ball' left of entrance.

Map of ING Cafe Location