Online Class: Blogging Basics
|  | | | | | Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription Basic Course (no certificate) = $99.00 Course with Certificate & CEUs = $124.00 |
A Blog is a Web Based Journal used to "log" about different topics. There are hundreds of different kinds of Blogs, some very personal, some political, religious, and others for Sport, and Business. There are blogs with only one writer (known as a blogger) and blogs with a community of bloggers. There are blog networks, where communities work together in providing information between blogs of similar topics. At the end of this course, students will: 1. Know what a Blog is, why it's used and how Blogs can make money. 2. Have chosen a Blog platform. 3. Have chosen one or more Niches for their Blog, after evaluating a number of possibilities. 4. How to use RSS Feeds and Aggregators to find content for their blogs. 5. How to use a simple HTML editor to create well presented posts. 6. How to Insert images into their blogs. 7. How to advertise on their Blogs. 8. How to Optimise their Blog for the Search Engines, so people searching on the Internet see the Blog. Earn a certificate (both hard copy and electronic) upon successful completion (additional charges apply). UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course,
including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.
 Course Description Blogs are very popular on the Web. They are being used to promote any kind of business, sporting event, musical activity, or provide information to readers, such as independent reviews of products and services, and lots more. In many cases, Blogs are earning their authors a significant income. A Blog is a Web Log, where the author writes about a specific topic, and Internet users can get information they require and comment on the topic if they want to. This course demonstrates with graphical examples: - How to Choose a platform to create your Blog on,
- How to Choose a Niche or a few different Niches for the Blog,
- How to use RSS Feeds and Aggregators to quickly and automatically find content on Favorite topics, from all over the Web,
- How to automatically format the Blog and Insert Images, and
- How to optimise the Blog on the Search Engines, so you can promote whatever you want to Internet Searchers, and therefore earn income as a Blogger (the author of the Blog).
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: What is a Blog, why use them, how to make money and where to Create the Blog.Blogs are described in detail, along with reasons for using them, and different ways to make money with Blogs.
We also step through the process of Choosing a Platform on which to create your Blog. | Lesson 2: Why use a Niche and how to Choose a Niche for your BlogThis lesson describes what a Niche is, why it's important to have one. Students are shown how to evaluate different Niches and to choose the one which will be most beneficial according to the goals and objectives for a student's specific Blog. | Lesson 3: Using RSS Feeds to quickly find Content from the World Wide WebStudents will learn an easy way to review fresh content from a large number of websites, in a very short time. This fresh content is accessible by using technologies called RSS and an Aggregator. RSS and Aggregators are explained with graphical examples. | Lesson 4: Creating Simple HTML and Inserting Images in your BlogStudents learn to use a simple HTML editor to automatically translate unformatted Text into well formatted HTML for the Web. Images are important in a Blog, so photo albums are shown along with how to display images in the Blog. | Lesson 5: Advertising and Search Engine OptimizationThis lesson shows 2 methods of Advertising on a Blog, and walks students through 10 ways to optimize your Blog in the Search Engines, so there will be lots of traffic coming to your Blog. |
Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Class Participation
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- Certificate of Academic Excellence
Students will receive a certificate based on how their blog is set up and what they've done to optimise it on the Search Engines. Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit.
To save your award and have a hard-copy delivered, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online.
Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
| | Additional Information | Course Title | : | Blogging Basics | | CEU Value | : | | | Course Number | : | 15583 | | Course Type | : | Computer Skill | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $99 | | | | |
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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