Jeff Woelker : Chicago SEO, SEM, and Online Marketing Consultant

WARNING: SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION AHEAD!

Well, I was approached the other day by the Arts and Business Council of Chicago to speak at their July 10th conference on Blogs and Online Communities:

Blogs and Online Communities
Tuesday, July 10th at 10:00 AM
The launch of ChicagoClassicalMusic.org through A&BC’s E-Commerce Incubator marked the beginning of a continuing effort to explore and develop online communities. Learn from experts how online communities and blogs are developed and executed. Hear how they integrate and track with your marketing and communication efforts, and how they can be used to engage arts enthusiasts of all ages and interests.

Asked what I would like to present, I said “Let’s set up a blog in five minutes. Live!” So that’s what I’ll be doing. Setting up a blog at a property I registered just for this event: NorthsideArtist.com. I’m going to set up a shell of a website with a placeholder for “blog” and then install Wordpress, set up an administrator, apply a theme to the site, and make a post in around 5 minutes. This can only truly be done with the ease of installation of Wordpress and the readily available themes due to its fanatical open source development community.

The audience is primarily artists and non-profits in the Chicago area who are interested in getting involved in online communities, blogging, and all things Web 2.0, but anyone who is interested is welcome in attending.

Here’s another post about it:

Blogs and Online Communities Announced
Registration Form

Wish me luck! I’ll post any interesting happenings afterward here.