January 31 ABPA Meeting
Featured Guest Speaker
Dave Barnhart, Business Blogging Pros
Please note our NEW meeting location!
Marie Callender’s Restaurant and Bakery
4573 E. Cactus Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85032
Phone: (602) 996-0622
For the the exact location, visit Mapquest.com
Program (includes dinner) 5:30 p.m.— 8:00 p.m.
Early Registration (by Jan. 25): $25 members $35 non-members
Late Registration: $35 members $45 non-members
Advance payment is required for registration; no refunds after the early registration deadline.
Blogging 101–Why YOU Should Have a Blog
- Have you heard of blogs and wonder what they are all about?
- Are you wondering if a blog could help?
- Do you want to be known as an authority in your field?
- Do you want to turn your readers into enthusiastic fans?
- Do you want to leverage the most cost-effective means for boosting your image, exposure, and revenue?
Blogging has evolved into a cutting-edge tool that is immediate, personal, and engaging. More importantly, blogging can revolutionize the way to write and publish book. Blogging can boost your image, exposure, and reputation. Best of all blogging is within the financial reach of everyone.
Done well, a small company can achieve results like large firms.
In this seminar you will learn:
- What a blog is
- How they work
- Why they are so effective
- How to get started
- How a blog helps you write a better book
- How blogging can build buzz about your book even before it’s published
- Learn how blogging can change the way you think about book publishing.
Dave Barnhart is a Blog Strategy Consultant, founder of Business Blogging Pros, and a passionate blogger. His company is dedicated to the belief that small businesses can have a large impact without correspondingly large marketing and PR budgets.
In 2005 Dave–an avid gourmet chef–started a food and cooking blog, The Fumbling Foodie, as a laboratory for leveraging the power of the blogosphere for marketing and PR. The Fumbling Foodie has been quoted on the CBS News website, and many Fumbling Foodie posts rank in the top 10 for Google searches returning over a million hits.
Dave frequently speaks to groups of business owners and entrepreneurs about blogging and he was recently a guest on Pat McMahon’s show on KAZ TV. Dave helps companies get their blogs started and develop good blogging strategies. He also enjoys acting as your personal blogging coach, helping you effectively connect with your customers and employees, and turn clients into enthusiastic fans.
Voice of Experience: John Mahoney, RavenPheat Productions, LLC (Recording Studio)
“Recording Audio Books, What is Involved”
At 5:45, this short presentation explains why audio books are created, how they are created, what to look for in a studio, and available CD formats.
John Mahoney, RavenPheat Productions, LLC dba Raven Audio Books. Opened the recording studio in March 1998. Approximately 70 percent of the studio business is of the Spoken Word. I place Respect, Integrity, Honesty & Quality Above All Else. http://www.RavenPheat.com
Join us for this powerful program!
Prepayment is required for registration.
Please register below or
RSVP to the ABPA hotline (602) 274-6264 or
email info@azbookpub.com.
For speedy check-in, pay in advance by credit card (Visa/ MC) or check—mail to ABPA address.
Arizona Book Publishing Association
6340 S. Rural Road #118-152
Tempe, AZ 85283
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