Signs of Blogging Life in the Tri-Cities

by Matt on Nov 8, 2008 in Blogging

blooming flowerI spent all day Friday attending (and speaking at) a small business web marketing conference called Learn About Web. There were many things that stand out for me now, 24 hours later, but one is that small/local business owners appeared to be interested in learning about local blogging.

The attendees were mostly small business owners/employees, and in terms of online marketing knowledge/experience, they would mostly have to be considered novices — that’s who the conference was for, and that’s why they were there.

There were sessions on everything ranging from link building to local search, social media to web security, and more.

Mack Collier did a talk on business blogging that had everyone’s attention. Then, during the Q&A session at the end, there were a few more questions from local business owners asking about starting a blog, finding blog topics, and so forth.

As it stands now, my wife and I are a rare breed — there aren’t many other Richland bloggers, Kennewick bloggers, and so forth in the Tri-Cities area.

It would be nice to see a few more local bloggers join us, and maybe after yesterday’s seminar, they will.

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November 8, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging 

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  1. Learn About Web: Small Business Reality Check on November 9th, 2008 11:29 pm

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