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Essential SEO for Bloggers

One of the most common questions I have seen from bloggers are on SEO related topics. Some of the most common questions are :

  • What is the difference between a follow and no follow link
  • Is it illegal to use follow links?
  • How do I just pick one keyword to write about in my blog post (referring to Yoast SEO plugin.)

In the last year, there has been a major upheaval in the SEO landscape. As a result, you might have seen your rankings and traffic drop. As a blogger, you need to understand how these changes can impact your blog.

If you blog, understanding how SEO works is going to help you get more traffic. You will learn the answers to the question above and more:

  • Latest SEO practices since the recent Google updates
  • Practical tips on how to make sure your blog is SEO friendly
  • What best plugins to use
  • How to write SEO optimised content
  • What’s the deal with keywords

There will be an open Q&A session where you can get your blogging SEO questions answered.

Bonus:

Attendees will get free access to a soon to be launched SEO for bloggers course.

Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Time : 6.30

Tickets: £15


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Agenda
6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Guest Speaker and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking

Get your ticket now to confirm your place.

Venue:

Cocoon Networks
4 Christopher Street,
London EC2A 2BS

nearest tube: Moorgate or Liverpool St

 

Networking Events

How to be a Social Media Manager With Cat Davies

Update: This event has been cancelled. Please check your emails for instructions to refund tickets. 

Lots of bloggers have learnt to use Social Media from the ground up and along the way have accumulated a lot of knowledge that is now second nature.

We indulge in our daily hour of skimming Instagram, lusting over travel destinations, getting inspired by fashion and interiors. Now you have the chance to put that Social Media expertise to good use.

Did you know that there is a high demand for Social Media Managers? Do you have these common questions?

This month’s meetup is all about how to set yourself up as a Social Media Manager and how to make a living from it.

Meet Cat Davies

Our Expert Speaker is Cat Davies.

At this event, Cat will share her tips for pivoting into freelance social media management, and share how she made it happen for herself.

In this session

  • she will be walking us through finding your “T”
  • top tips on optimising your social media platforms
  • the difference between managing your own platforms and managing a client’s
  • why video matters
  • Q&A where you can ask Cat any questions about social media management

Meetup Details and Buy Tickets

Date: Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Venue: Albion Clerkenwell (Big room in basement)

Unit 1, The Turnmill,
63 Clerkenwell Road,
London EC1M 5NPAgenda
6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

 

 

 

 

Networking Events

17 May Composition Techniques that will improve your blog photography with Jeanne Horak-Druiff

This event is all about improving your photography. Today, visual content is so important. Not just on your blog but also on your social media channels. Whether you are a lifestyle, travel, fashion, beauty or food photographer, good images make your blog stand out. Using these great pictures on social media will also get you a lot of follower and friends.

For both beginners and seasoned bloggers alike, this event will include a lot of practical tips and tricks to improve your blog photography. This session is relevant to you if you just use your ssmartphone to take pics or use a DSLR. It’s all in the composition.

How to take beautiful photographs – Top Tips on composing photographs

HongKongThePeakJeanne

Jeanne Horak-Druiff is one of original UK food and travel bloggers. ( She has been blogging over 11 years).  She is a great photographer and regularly teaches workshops to bloggers. She did a sold-out session at Traverse, the travel bloggers’ conference last year.

Photo Composition Tips

In this session

  • she will be walking us through her top tips on photography composition.
  • having a signature style
  • How to get the best shots when you are travelling or even when you are styling food or even doing some creative flat lays.
  • How to make money from your photography.
  • Q&A where you can ask Jeanne any questions about photography, food and travel blogging. There is a lot of experience to learn from here.

You can find out more and connect with Jeanne here:

https://twitter.com/cooksisterblog
https://instagram.com/cooksister

Meetup Details and Buy Tickets

Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Tickets: £15




Venue: 

Cocoon Networks – The Beijing Room (downstairs) 

4 Christopher St, London EC2A 2BS

Time: 6.30pm.

Nearest tube: Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Old Street

Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

Networking Events

How to Pitch to PRs – Insider Secrets an Top Practical Tips

We are kicking off January with a topic that is much discussed, How to pitch to PRs.

If you are looking to work as a blogger either part time or full time, you will need to start working with brands. Most of the time, this involves pitching PRs with ways that you can work together.

Rather than waiting to be approached to do random sponsored posts on your blog, you can take a more proactive approach by targeting brands you want to work with.

Of course there are right and wrong ways to do this.

This month, our speaker Megan Hallinan will walk us through:

  • How to pitch
  • When to pitch
  • The essentials of following up
  • Handling rejection
  • Increasing your success rates
  • …and some insider secrets

Megan wears both hats, as a blogger as well as a PR, so she has seen both sides. She is in a great position to tell you of her experiences of from both view points. She has a lot of stories to share about the pitches she has received and what was right or wrong about them.

More About Megan Hallinan

Megan Hallinan

Megan has 10 years of experience in the PR industry, working across a variety of sectors from finance, to technology, to food, both in-house and in-agency. She now heads up the PR & Social arm of digital marketing agency MBA, looking after clients such as Sage Appliances by Heston Blumenthal, Comté Cheese and Riviera Travel. Alongside her job in PR, she also runs her own food blog at www.gottobegourmet.com.

Meetup Details and Buy Tickets

Date: Wednesday, 18 Jan 2017

Tickets: £15


Venue: Alion Clerkenwell (Big room in basement)

Unit 1, The Turnmill,
63 Clerkenwell Road,
London EC1M 5NP

 

Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

 

Blogging

Giveaway: Million Dollar Blog Book by Natasha Courtenay Smith

Million Dollar Blog A book review

million-dollar-blog book review

Natasha Courtenay Smith, a former journalist, is a blogging mentor to many people including some celebrities in the UK. She has helped them build a brand online and helped other bloggers with strategies to monetise their blog.

In this book, she has interviews with some of the top names in the world of blogging including, Seth Godin, Grace Bonney, Grant Cardone, Chris Brogan, Guido Fawkes, Heather Armstrong, Madeleine Shaw and Lily Pebbles.

I especially liked reading the inspiring interviews with the bloggers and seeing how everyone has a different approach to content and brand building. One thing every blogger agreed on was authenticity. Your readers will be able to tell when you are not being yourself.

There are a lot of nuggets of great information and practical advice to be learnt from this book, regardless of where you are with your blogging. Will this book make you rich? It might, but you will have to read it and apply the lessons.

Meet Natasha

Natasha is our guest speaker on 2 Nov where she will talk about these topics covered in the book, join us then. You’ll get to meet her and pick her brains.

Win the Book

To win this book, just follow the instructions on the rafflecopter app. You can come back daily to add more points and increase your chance to win.

Open to UK residents only.

Closing date: 2 November.
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