Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Thank you Phil the Cable Guy

The SCIMA meeting last night was another success! Phil the Cable guy shared tips on blogging and even walked us through creating a blog. A copy of his presentation will be posted in a few hours. Thanks again to SC State Museum for use of their wonderful venue.

We hope you enjoyed the meeting and welcome your feedback. We're excited about the SCIMA blog and hope you'll make yourself at home here.

As we mentioned, if you'd like to be an "official" contributer to this blog, just send us an email at contact@myscima.com. The more SC interactive marketers contributing, the better. Of course regular blog comments and interactions are also encouraged.

The blog site Phil used in his demo was www.blogger.com (which also powers this blog). Here's a quick rundown of getting started on blogger:

Step One: Before you can create a free blog on Blog*Spot, Blogger's hosting service, you need to have already created an account on blogger.com. Once you've logged into blogger.com, click the Create a Blog link beneath your list of blogs.

On Step Two, enter a Title and Address (URL). Remember you'll want to include your brand name in your URL if possible. For example, our URL is http://myscima.blogspot.com. You'll also need to type in the verification word displayed on this page, to confirm that you are a real person and not a computer. When you're done, click continue.

On Step Three,you can choose a template for your blog; this is how it will appear when you publish it. Next, Blogger will create your new blog and reserve your spot on BlogSpot. As soon as you make your first post, your page will appear at the address you chose. You're all ready to blog!

For more information, visit the blogger help page for helpful how-to information.

1 comment:

Kim Curnutt said...

Thanks for the great ideas on how to make our blog more successful! Sorry I can't make the next meeting but speak with you soon!