Slides from my presentation, ABCs of Blogs, at Geek Girl Bootcamp 2011.

1. ABCs of Blogs
Presented by
Kristin Sundin Brandt
Sundin Associates • Manic Mommies
Kristin-Sundin-Brandt.com • @kristinsb
©2011. All rights reserved. All names, brands and trademarks are property of their owners.

2. What is a blog?
Anatomy of a blog
Reading a blog
Finding blogs
Next steps

3. Web + Log = Blog
133,000,000
Number of blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002

4. * Mom
* Dad
* Green
* Crafts
* Design
* Food
* Photo
* Politics
* Business

5. 133,000,000
Tools
Blogger
LiveJournal
Moveable Type
TypePad
Tumblr
Twitter
WordPress

6. Anatomy of a Blog
Widgets, comments & plugins... oh my!

8. Name

9. Tagline

10. Pages

11. Pages Blog

12. Blogroll
Page

13. Archives
Categories
Tags
Widgets

14. Title
Author Comments
Date
Category

15. Name
E-mail
Website
Submit*

16. Plug Ins

17. Title
Category
Author Comments
Date

18. Ways to read a blog
Betcha’ didn’t know there was more than one.

21. Real Simple Syndication (RSS)

29. Amazon Kindle

30. Finding blogs you’ll love
Because there is something for everyone.

33. Lisa Belkin
New York Times
Meredith O’Brien
Gatehouse Media
Barbara Meltz
Boston Globe

34. Magazines
Newspapers
TV Shows

35. Mom-101.com
Splityarn.com
TheKitchn.com
RealSimple.com
PopGadget.com

36. Now what...
Or, where do you go from here?

37. Now what...
Or, where do you go from here?
Introducing Wordpress and the Dashboard
Wordpress Themes, Plugins and Widgets
Your Voice: Blogging About What Matters
Audio Podcasting for Beginners

38. Thank you!
Kristin Sundin Brandt
Sundin Associates • Marketing & Advertising
Manic Mommies • Podcast & Blog
Kristin-Sundin-Brandt.com • @kristinsb