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Your blog; your career platform @stylingyou

Your blog; your career platform

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How to use your blog as a platform for your career or as a way to build a business. (Guest lecture at University of the Sunshine Coast)

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Your blog; your career platform

@stylingyou

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The media landscape

Today’s journalists and the journalists of tomorrow are adapting to and moving with changes in the media landscape.

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How does blogging fit in to that landscape

Blogging is a platform for building a career – online and off

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How can blogging help your career

Blogging is a way to build your personal brand and build a business

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How can blogging help your career

Blogging is a way to actively build your skills across all social media networks

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How blogging can be your business

Advertising/sponsorship

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How blogging can be your business

Sponsorship

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How blogging can be your business

E-book publication

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How blogging can be your business

Book publishing

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How blogging can be your business

Social media consultation

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How blogging can be your business

Freelance writing

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BUT …

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How to build a blog

A successful blog business model is built on solid content and a solid community engaged with that content.

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How to build a blog

Know your topic

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How to build a blog

InformInspireAdd valueSolve problemsEntertain

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How to build a blog

Be YOU.

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How to build a blog

Don’t blog in a bubble – a blogger is a conversation starter, not just a broadcaster

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How to build a blog

Be consistent

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How to build a blog

Be persistent

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How to build a blog

Engage in social media and on other blogs

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