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2 Nov – Natasha Courtenay Smith on Blog Stardom

Achieving Blog Stardom

Are you a Blogstar or would you like to be one?

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Natasha Courtenay-Smith is a blogger, an entrepreneur and soon to be published author of the intriguing book, Million Dollar Blog. She is also an online PR specialist and has helped a lot of people Her clients include TV presenters, blog stars, private health care businesses, festivals, charities and small business owners.

Natasha will share with us some strategies on how to tackle the issues that all bloggers want answers to:

  • How do you stand out?
  • How do you blog your way from nobody to somebody?
  • How do you use the right content to build your brand and drive your blog success?

Her new book Million Dollar Blog is about How to build a blog that makes money. It will be launched on 29 September and is available to preorder now.


You learn more about Natasha here.

Meetup Details

Date: Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Venue:

Alion Clerkenwell (Big room in basement)

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

Tickets: £15

 




 

 

Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

Workshops

Blog Traffic and Practical SEO for Bloggers- One Day Workshop

NEXT WORKSHOP: 3 JUNE 2017

Blog Traffic and SEo for bloggers

Blog Traffic Growth Hack and SEO is one of the most requested topics at Ladies in Blogging. If you blog, you need to understand and use SEO to get better and more targetted traffic. You will also need to know some killer growth hacking techniques to grow your social media channels and emails lists. This workshop will introduce you to some great tools that can automate a lot of what you need to do to keep everything ticking over.

This will be a full day practical workshop with a lot of takeaways that you can apply to your blogs.

What this Growth Hacking workshop will cover

  • How to increase your blog traffic
  • Different sources of traffic for your blog
  • Introduction to SEO
  • What is new in SEO in 2016
  • Essential tools for SEO
  • How to do competitive research
  • How to do keyword research
  • SEO friendly content planning
  • Follow / No follow tags
  • Duplicate content issues
  • Using Social Media for SEO

…and much more.

Who is this for?

Bloggers who want to increase their blog traffic and to  learn more about SEO and how to apply it on their blogs.

Small business owners who want to do their own social media and SEO.

This is suitable for beginners or intermediate bloggers. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge. You will need to have a Google Analytics account set up to see your own stats.

Date: Saturday 3 June, from 10am to 5pm

Venue: Central London. You will be sent details by email when you sign up.

Tickets: £120 per person or £180 for two. Includes teas, coffees and lunch.

There are limited spaces, so please book early.

Note: Discounted tickets if you book to come with a friend £180 instead of £240 (25% Discount)

 

Early Bird Option (limited tickets)

 


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Networking Events

SnapChat and Instagram Stories with Laura Hyatt

Snapchat! 

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Snapchat and Instagram Stories are the hottest new social media channels today. It should be on your radar and it should be in your blogging arsenal. A lot of bloggers are on here now, creating content and sharing content like mad.

What is Snapchat or Instagram Stories? 

It’s a messaging app where you can share your pictures and videos with your friends or the world. It’s not just  teen sexting app!

What’s the point of Snapchat or Instagram Stories? 

It’s a new way of messaging that is really authentic. Now ABC and Sky News are using it as a platform to stream live news stories. They have recently signed a deal with Oracle to measure the impact of their ads online. With the addition of ads, this is now the platform where all the brands will be playing on.

How does it work? 

We’ll talk about this and how it work for bloggers.

Where do you find it? 

Download the app on your smartphone for Snapchat and Instagram Stories is found on your Instagram app.

Why do you need to use these platforms? 

It’s the next big platform that bloggers need to be on. Missed the early boat on Instagram, don’t miss this. If the brands are there, you should be there too. Get involved, get a following, build an audience and be an influencer.

Our Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker: Laura Hyatt from Heroine in Heels

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Laura is a full time Lifestyle Blogger on Heroine in Heels, a social media influencer and an early adopter of Snapchat and Instagram Stories. We will talk to about how she uses both apps and her top tips, why it’s important and things you need to do to engage your audience.

• We’ll talk about why you should Snapchat and Instagram Stories.

• Which platform should you use ?

• How to do it while still having a life, top tips on how to engage and be seen on the platform.

• Working with brands on these channels

 

Date: Wednesday 12 October 2016

Venue: Browns Butlers Wharf
26 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf,

London, SE1 2YG

Nearest tube: London Bridge/ Tower Bridge

Tickets: £15

 




Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

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HOW TO USE SNAPCHAT

Networking Events

Leveraging the power of Pinterest for Bloggers with Nienke Krook

If you are using Pinterest, the visual bookmarking tool, you will know how effective it is for driving traffic to your blog. Pinterest is making a lot of changes to their platform right now and you really need to be on top of these updates to leverage the power of Pinterest.

This month, our guest speaker is Pinterest Superstar Nienke Krook (@thetraveltester) who runs a community of 500,000 bloggers on Pinterest.

What you will learn:

  • If you are using Pinterest to get more traffic to your blog
  • Find out how to use the latest updates on the Pinterest Platform
  • Some top tips on how to get maximum engagement on Pinterest
  • How to build a community on Pinterest
  • How to make sure your pins are more visible and searchable
  • How to get blog readers to pin more of your posts

More about Nienke

Nienke Krook The Travel Tester

Nienke Krook is a former school teacher from the Netherlands, currently living in London and working full-time in the blogging industry. As “The Travel Tester” (www.thetraveltester.com) she writes about experiences around the world that lead to self-development.
On Pinterest, Nienke runs a community of over 500.000 travellers dreaming, planning ánd booking their next trip. She created the largest resource of quality location based travel content in her community “Mappin Monday” and educates travel brands on Pinterest strategies in her latest project “Dream.Pin.Go.” (www.dreampingo.com).
Nienke has worked with a variety of travel brands on optimizing their Pinterest accounts and gives regular presentations and workshops on leveraging the power of this visual platform. Her online video course, aimed specifically at Pinterest use for the tourism industry, will be launched in 2016.

Leveraging the power of Pinterest for Bloggers with Nienke Krook

Date: Wednesday 1 June 2016 from 6.30pm

Venue: Slug and Lettuce Hanover Street

Tickets: £15




Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging

Networking Events

A Conversation with Angie From Silverspoon London a top Lifestyle and Luxury Blogger

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This month (Wednesday 27 April 2016) I am thrilled that we have luxury blogger, Angie from Silverspoon London, speaking at our next event. She started blogging on SilverspoonLondon.co.uk just 2 years ago. In that time, she has swiftly risen up the ranks of both Foodies 100 and Trips 100. She is often in the top 10 of both. That is a stunning achievement.

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You don’t have to blog for a long time to get a lot of traffic or rise up the ranks. There are some things that you need to do consistently and well. Angie will share her journey with us at this event. She will cover questions like:

  • What have you been doing or blogging about to get so much traffic?
  • How often do you blog?
  • Did you have a blogging strategy?
  • What are tips for other bloggers who want to emulate that growth?
  • What does it take to be a successful lifestyle and luxury blogger?

More about Angie (@SilverspoonLdn)

Angie Silverspoon London

Angie Silver is the blogger behind SilverSpoon London, a lifestyle, food and luxury travel blog following her adventures in her hometown of London and around the world.

In only two years of blogging Angie has risen to be one of the top luxury bloggers in the UK and SilverSpoon London has been ranked as a Top Ten Luxury Travel blog and a Top Ten London Lifestyle blog by Vuelio. Through her blog Angie travels the world staying in the finest luxury hotels, eating in world class restaurants and enjoying once-in-lifetime experiences.

Join us to find out how Angie built her reputation and her top tips on how to succeed in blogging, working with brands and social media strategy.

A conversation with Angie of Silverspoon London

Date: Wednesday 27 April 2016 from 6.30pm

Venue: Slug and Lettuce Hanover Street

Tickets: £15

 




Agenda

6.30pm – Registration and networking

7.00pm – Presentation and Q&A

8.00pm – Networking Drinks

Hashtag: #LadiesBlogging