Here are some basic notes that you can print out from the Conference

BLOGGING:
 Started as personal journal on the web
 Grown tremendously to business & corporate use
 Hard to monetize, Powerful to showcase your expertise and image
 Promote ideas, tips, advice to build an audience of possible clients
 Indispensable to travel enthusiasts planning a vacation
 Not the place to promote your product

2 Key Concepts critical to creating an audience:

1. Provide Quality Content

2. Blog regularly

Is Blogging for You?
1. Do you have a distinct topic in mind? 2. Do you have a strong opinion or passion for the topic? 3. Do you know what audience your are writing for? 4. Do you have time to commit to regular posts?

5 Easy steps to starting your blog:
1. Choose your theme – for example Restaurants: Create a recipe blog, a blog to promote your restaurant, restaurant news, cooking skills, restaurant trends, wines, etc. Maybe a humerous blog by the chefs, waiters, waitresses and/or restaurant customers.
2. Visit Other blogs - This will help you get some ideas about how you want your blog to look.
3. Choose a Blog Service
4. Write Your blog - Add to your blog on a regular basis. Readers will stop coming if there is no new information or comments.
5. Promote your blog – exchange links, use on promo materials

Resources:
- Blogger.com - Free, automated weblog publishing tool. Post your links and commentary into your form on blogger.com and, with the push of a button, your updated weblog page will be FTPd to your web site
-LiveJournal.com - Website and client software for maintaining an online journal/weblog
-Moblog - take pictures with your camphone and post them directly to the web, instantly!
-SquareSpace.com - Squarespace replaces the need for forum software, blog software, a web host, databases, statistics software, and a host of other development and content management programsyou'd need to integrateto get a similar web site. You pick a plan appropriate for your needs, and Squarespace handles the rest.
-TypePad.com - Has a free trial.

PODCASTING: - what would you host a radio show about????
 Started out as personal radio shows of niche content
 Amazingly popular moved from just hobbies to business use
 Promote ideas, tips, advice to build an audience of possible clients
 Brings a voice and a personality to your business

Top Trends in Technology:

 Broadband wireless (wifi vs. cellular broadband)
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