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Why and How to Blog to Attract New Business

Jun 2008 18

Wed 6:30 PM

Location: The Learning Center

1691 Kettering Street
Irvine, CA 92614
949-275-3830

This is a private home or office

How to find us
"Nonmembers of MCAI pay $12 in advance with PayPal, $17 at door. MCAI Member $5"

Estimated attendance: 30 people attended.
5.009
Who organized?
Dennis and Grace McKay

Price: $12.00 per person

Why and How to Blog

Blogging to Attract New Business

A panel discussion on the ins-and-outs of blogging.

AND a Live Demonstration on How to Set Up Your Blog

Featuring Kyra Reed, author of "blog101: Why you Need a Blog and How to Make it Successful", and Addrianne Machina and Kirsten Wright of Tornado Marketing. Tornado specializes in developing blogs oriented toward business success. All three of our panel are recognized experts in the field, and are continuously blogging. They will guide us toward our own succcess with blogging.

Visit blog101book.com and tornadomktg.com/blog to find out more about our guest panelists.

Why is "blogging" taking on such a large significance in businesses of all sizes? Blogs are an extension of yourself, both personally and professionally. Learn why you should be blogging to enhance your positioning on the web, and to motivate potential clients to want to do business with you. LIVE Demo on Setting up your Blog
www.mca-i.org
Light dinner at 6:30; Meeting starts promptly at 7:15pm.
Pay with PayPal for reduced rate.

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Who attended?

30 attendees
- John Coleman
  
  “ The presenters were top quality experts in their field and I met new business connections. ”
- Gary
  
  “ I must admit I thought blogging was a dubious activity, but it was great to see some real world examples at work, and learn some "rules" and guidelines from successful implementations. Thanks too Kyra, Addrian, and Kirsten for a great, informative presentation. ”
- Tanya
  
  “ Thank you so much for the "Meetup"! I learned the important of blogs and already created my first blog! With your help, I used WordPress as my blogging tool, but used my hosting provider to create a friendly URL to my site. AWESOME! ”
- Emmett Kesel
  
  “ The information from all the presenters was terrific. I wrote some notes down and today I will start exploring the web for additional information thanks go Kyra, Addrian, and Kirsten. Grace has already signed up on the sights she learned at the meeting. ”
- Brian Page
  
  “ Very interesting and informative, now I've got to get blogging. ”
- Juanita Gray
  
  “ The presenters were quite knowledgeable and seemed to enjoy interacting with the attendees. It was of tremendous help to me. ”
- Steve
  
  “ blogging will help search engine optimization ”
- evan little
- Gerry Grant (+1 guest)
- Adrianne Machina
- Dennis
- Kirsten Wright
- Bill
- Grace McKay
- Mark
- Vickie Queen
- Bill Ennis
- Adam Morrissey
- Lady Bug
- Tina Wilson
- Marcelo Lewin
- Kristine
- Kayla Zerby
- Mark Alexander
- Omar Guzman
- Craig Burnie Burns
- Frank Figueroa
- Peggy Bragg
- T.W. Kennedy