In response to all the newer bloggers that have been approaching us, starting next week we are hosting a variety of “classes” all month long to help bring support and assistance into our blogging community.

ALL SESSIONS ARE FREE, however we do require that you are part of our forums in order to not only attend, but be aware of any ongoing discussions on the topics and find out the sign-in information.

You can leave a comment below if you would like to attend and which session, but please remember if you want to show up but are not part of our community, you must get set up ASAP or your spot will be given away.

If you are an expert in any of these fields and would like to co-host with us, please email me at Trisha(at)MomDot(dot)com and let me know and I will see about setting you up to assist.

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Comment Support Night (60 minutes):

Next Session: October 7th at 9pm Central

Meeting Place: MomDot Chat Room

Comments build report, makes you feel good to give and receive, and allows some true communication with your audience. Unfortunately, social networking can keep you so busy in your OWN world, that often you forget to be involved in others. Join us for a comment support hour where we surf each others blogs, leave comment love, talk about what is going in our blog lives, and get interactive.

Signups: Only 20 seats available and you must pre-submit your URL so I can have the comment support list available to chatters.

• Kristie
• Cat
• Brittany
• The Shopping Mama
• Lisa
• Shannon
• Jacqueline
• Stefanie
• Faythe
• Frantic Holly
• Kasandria Reasoner
• Trish
• Janis @ SneakPeek
• Dee
• Cheryl
• Dee (DeeLan
• Brandy
• Betsy
• Jen
• Kasey@All Things Mamma
• Rob
• Lucy

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Blogging 101  (60-90 minutes long)

Next Session: October 9th at 8:30pm Central

Meeting Place: MomDots Blog Talk Radio Station

We are going to turn our FNL into Blogging 101 this Friday night. As suggested by our readers/forum members, the basics on opening a blog, niche writing, wordpress or blogger (cough), basic SEO, basic acronyms, where to find graphics and photos, and how to start developing your blog from ground up. This is VERY basic knowledge, but if you are an advanced blogger, please feel free to be a part of our chat room and assist the newbies.

Signups: Open to all

• Brittany
• Stefanie
• Faythe
• Janis @ SneakPeek
• Dee (DeeLan
• Shannon K
• Katie

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SEO basics 30 minutes

Next Session: October 9th at 9:30am Central

Meeting Place: MD Chatrooms

What exactly is SEO and how will it help me grow my blog? We are going to break it down for you and give you some basic SEO blogging knowledge to help bring in more visitors off your content alone. What you do with them once they are there is up to you!

Signups: 15 only

• Kristie
• Amanda
• Cindi
• Andreah
• Jacqueline
• Brittany
• The Shopping Mama
• Lisa
• Trish
• Dee (DeeLan
• Shannon K
• Brandy
• Betsy
• Jen
• Katie
• TheresaJane
• Sky
• Rob
• Lucy
• blueviolet

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Branding- 30 minutes

Next Session: October 15th at 10am Central

Meeting Place: Stickam, info on MomDot forum

Trying to find your niche? Figuring out how to brand and stand out as a blogger? We are going to talk one on one with how to be yourself, keep it transparent, and differentiate from the crowd.  Vlogging, graphics, and writing will all be touched.

Signups: 10 only

• Andreah
• Brittany
• Trish
• Janis @ SneakPeek
• Dee (DeeLan
• Brandy
• TheresaJane
• Rob
• Lucy
• blueviolet

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Critique 101- Lets get Real 90 minutes

Next Session: October 16th at 8:30pm Central

Meeting Place: Blog Talk Radio

Signups:  Open to all

You call in. Your questions. Your blog. No fluff. We answer. Callers all night long.

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Wordpress 101 30-60 min

Next Session: TBD

Meeting Place: (most likely MD ChatRoom)

Want to know whats the fuss about wordpress? How to get a domain name, buy hosting, and transfer? What about best plugins and how to develop those pesky themes. Talk to our hosts Kim and Cat about going from nothing to something great with some time. No prior knowledge needed.

• Brittany
• Jenna
• Lisa
• Jacqueline
• Stefanie
• Jen
• Katie
• TheresaJane
• Bridgette
• Sky
• Rob
• blueviolet

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PR 101 – 60 min

Next Session: October 20th at 9pm Central

Meeting Place: MomDots Blog Talk Radio

Our resident PR expert Shellie from Military Mom, whom also works with Mom Select on setting up and developing campaigns, will be here to answer your questions regarding reviews and giveaways. How to work with PR, how to get signed up with review networks (and the best ones!), how to handle negative reviews and more. She will be joined by several PR to talk to you about how to get involved, and stay involved, with PR.

Signups: Open to all. You will be able to call in if you have questions.

• Cindi
• Brittany
• The Shopping Mama
• Jacqueline
• Stefanie
• Dee (DeeLan
• Jen
• Kasey@All Things Mamma
• TheresaJane

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Beyond the Basics;  60 minutes

Next Session: October 26th at 9pm Central

Meeting Place: TBA on MD Forums

So you are past the “basics”. You know how to review, how to do giveaways, you have a .com and you know what “CSS” means. Where do you go from here? We are going to have an open round table on your ideas, how to get involved with running campaigns, publishing, writing for you or for your audience, and mainstream media.

Signups- 15  seats (advanced bloggers only)

• Kristie
• Cindi
• Andreah
• Brittany
• Cat
• The Shopping Mama
• Jacqueline
• Stefanie
• Frantic Holly
• Kasandria Reasoner
• Lucy
• blueviolet

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(are we missing something? Let us know and we will include in November)

~Trisha