A Blog Workshop for Weddings and Parties

by magnoliajazz on August 10, 2010

in Marketing My Band,My Musical Career

Magnolia Jazz Band A Blog Workshop for Weddings and PartiesEver attend a blog workshop? Blogging is becoming important for me and many of my colleagues.  Most of us work in small businesses, either self-employed or with just a few friends, and we’re often our own sales and marketing departments.

These days many businesses are marketing with more and more social media — blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest — and we’re eager to learn the “best practices”.  So we explore these new media to see how they work, talk with friends and experts, read books & magazines, and attend a blog webinar or a blog workshop.

Magnolia Jazz Band A Blog Workshop for Weddings and PartiesI’m trying to learn everything quickly and completely, and yesterday I attended a wonderful blog workshop presented by my friend Stacie Tamaki.  She made it one of those days where I’m reminded that the more I learn, the more I can see how much more I don’t know.  Stacie did a fantastic job of rounding up many important aspects of blogging, that we OUGHT to be aware of, and then “filling in the blanks” clearly and thoroughly for each one — explaining either what it’s all about, how to do it, or where to find out more.

She started with “Why Have a Blog”, progressed through “Traffic and How Search Engines Work”, “Creating Your Blog (including a demonstration)”, and a few other topics, and finally discussed “Blog Etiquette and Legal Issues”.

Nine other Bay Area wedding & event professionals attended — Armando Sarabia, Daniella Degrassi, Fearon DeWeese, John Woods, Katherine Knoller Fernandez, Megan Woods, Naphtalie Squier, Sara Otsuka, and Susan Groves — and I’m REALLY looking forward to their blogs.

This was the first in a series of workshops Stacie calls “Newbie Bloggers 101 Seminar”, and I recommend anyone interested should visit her blog and sign up for the next one.

Way back when I attended school I never intended to become a marketer, but these days marketing helps me entertain at weddings and parties.  In fact, between events I’m either in my office, or with my family, or with my friends and colleagues at a networking event.

As a result, the Magnolia Jazz Band helps people at ALL kinds of celebrations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.  If we can ever help you, please call us at 408-245-9120.

Please visit MagnoliaJazz.com for testimonials, music samples, videos, photos, and our public schedule, and catch us at an event soon.  Our next PUBLIC appearance is on Friday, August 13, in a Gala dinner party in San Jose, following a two-day seminar hosted by the Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants (ACPWC).   See details and RSVP for this event on our website.

In the meantime, please join our Facebook “fans”, and you’ll get a reminder for each of our public events.  Thanks for reading my blog.  Please take a moment to SHARE this post, SUBSCRIBE, and send me a COMMENT.

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  • http://www.danieladegrassi.com/blog/ Daniela Degrassi

    It has been indeed a very helpful workshop. Stacie is so well prepared and professional, and such a sweet person. All the content was easy to follow and I look forward to implement the new information in my blog. Thank you Robbie for such a well written review, I look forward to share more time at Stacie’s workshops!
    Daniela Degrassi´s last [type] ..Vine Hill House Wedding Photography- Kristin and Brian sneak peek

  • http://MagnoliaJazz.com Robbie Schlosser

    Thanks for your comment, Daniela. Nice chatting with you at Stacie’s terrific workshop, and I’m sure we’ll continue to meet often. I’m glad you’re enjoying my blog, and I hope it will give you an idea or two. In the meantime, I’ll jump over to your blog and see what you’ve been up to.

  • http://theflirtyguide.blogspot.com/ Stacie Tamaki

    Thank you both for the kind words. It was such a pleasure to be in a room full of people who want to learn to blog! The advantages are many and I truly believe that those who start blogging now will be ahead in the long run while those who wait to begin will sooner or later be playing catch up.
    Stacie Tamaki´s last [type] ..Concert Review- Styx at the Mountain Winery

  • http://www.scatterjoydesigns.com Naphtalie Squier

    You summarized the importance of blogging and learning about it very well! We all were so inspired by Stacie – but I think we also were inspired by each other! Thanks for sharing your blog and helping motivate me! I have just begun a simple inspirational blog just to get going (http://scatteringjoy.wordpress.com/) but I know that I have other brewing blog ideas that will come out with time! Thank you for writing this!

  • http://MagnoliaJazz.com magnoliajazz

    Hi Naphthalie,

    Thanks for commenting on my blog and inviting me to yours. Your low-light photos are amazing! They create a fascinating new perspective for seeing familiar things differently. You’ve started a nice blog — I’ll return soon and look for more images.

    By the way, I love how you use the Snap Shot feature. There must be a thousand useful little gadgets like this! What’s the best thing you like about it?

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