Blogging

Last Call for the Blogging Workshop

September 22, 2008

The much awaited Blogging with WordPress for Creative Professionals at the ASTA workshop is coming up very soon (October 3 & 4)! This is going to be an awesome two days all about online marketing through blogging – and with attendees flying in from all over the country, you can bet it is going to be good!

As part of a marathon of workshops in the beginning of October, the evening before the blogging workshop (October 2 – 6-9pm), Alyson B. Stanfield, the Art Biz Coach, and author of I’d Rather Be in the Studio! will be giving a one night only workshop designed to “give you inspiration and motivation, along with ideas that you can use to promote yourself and sell more art.” For more information, go have a look at Alyson’s introduction to the program. ONLY 2 SEATS LEFT!

Directly after the Blogging Workshop (October 5 – 7), Marilyn has scheduled a Beginner’s workshop for Corel Painter – the Fall Painter Blast. This one is going to be a lot of fun (and is already sold out).

Registration for both open events is available in the Digital Painting Shop – limited spots left, so run over and make your reservation before the seats run out!

Fall Blogging Workshop – Registration Open!

August 27, 2008

This Fall, Chris of Studio|chris will team up with Marilyn Sholin at the ASTA workshop to give a very special workshop on blogging in beautiful Asheville, NC! Come experience the fall colors, fresh autumn air and learn from two passionate speakers on the subject of blogging and promoting yourself through online channels.

The workshop will be open to 14 students and will cover all aspects of blogging, from start to finish, using the WordPress blogging platform. We’ll also cover how to integrate your blog with your current website (or link to your new blog from your website), if you have one, and how to get a website if you don’t have one already. By the end of the workshop, all attending will have an awesome blog to use for marketing, online journaling, and keeping the world up to date on your art! Take advantage of this fabulous marketing platform.

Workshop Basics:

  • Dates
    • October 3 & 4, 2008
  • Pricing
    • $299
    • Includes the workshop, one-on-one time with Chris, breakfast & lunch on both workshop days and light refreshments.
  • Suggested Prerequisites
    • A web hosting plan that supports PHP & MySQL (capable of running the WordPress software). If you’re unsure if your current web hosting provider offers this, contact Chris with the name and web address of your host. Those without hosting plans may participate in the workshop as well – there are options!

Registration open now at the Digital Painting Shop.

Windows Live Writer

October 8, 2007

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Here is a very cool, free (for now?) blog posting tool from Microsoft offered through Windows Live’s Beta program. This is my first post from it because I normally use Adobe® Contribute® for all of my posting. I don’t think I’ll be making the switch as my primary blog posting tool, but if you’re in the market for an offline blog posting tool check it out! It definitely is worth trying out.

Some features mentioned from the Microsoft Live site are:

  1. Compatible with your blog host — even if you host your own.
  2. WYSIWYG post editing — The editor is like simplified Microsoft Word, and it downloaded my template just fine!
  3. Rich media publishing — Photos, videos, maps, etc.
  4. Spell-check, tables, links, and a ton of other formatting enhancements
  5. Probably the biggest feature — OFFLINE EDITING! Compose your blog posts, even if an internet connection isn’t available. On a plane and need to write? Write… save… publish from your next airport’s Wi-Fi! How’s that for on the go blogging?

There are more features, but I’ll let Microsoft do the talking there. Go download it and give it a try!