Business Blogging Workshop - What do you want to learn?

I'm delighted to let you know I have been invited to be on the faculty for the next Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) in January. By all accounts this is a top-notch learning event with a stellar faculty (Jeff Herring, Kathleen Gage, Ellen Britt, Willy Crawford, Lynn Terry, Nicole Dean, and many more). This is the third iteration and I heard rave reviews by many colleagues about the previous event in August.

So I was honored to be invited by the organizer David Perdew, to do several presentations on blogging. The difference with this event is that it is a 3 day workshop - no pitching - where the goal is to teach real, actionable content. There are three marketing tracks: beginner, intermediate and advanced - so there's something for every level of attendee.

I was talking to David Perdew about the blogging track. I'll be doing 3 presentations: an overview of blogging for business, a workshop on getting traffic to your blog and a third workshop. I couldn't make up my mind about what to teach so I figure I'll throw it open to you...

If you were attending a hands-on business blogging workshop, what would you want to learn? Here are the two options David and I are discussing:

1) a hot seat for 3-4 people where I will review and offer feedback and suggestions to help improve and  optimize the blog.

2) a workshop to create an editorial calendar, identify several types of blog posts appropriate for your blog and create a schedule you can implement as soon as you're back in the office.

Whether or not you plan on attending NAMS in January, I'm curious to know which workshop you would prefer so you can boost the results you get from your blog.  Please vote here:

If you do plan on attending NAMS, be sure to register before December 1. The investment goes up $100 on 12/1.  And, as a faculty member, I have $100 discount coupons to give away so it's an even better deal if you sign up ASAP. Use coupon code: 100NAMS3 and you'll be able to register for the dirt cheap fee of $297!

See you at NAMS and thanks for your feedback!

Comments

[Angie (Losing It and Loving It)]

Hi Denise,
I'll be at NAMS and although I'm not quite a beginner, the beginner classes are the ones I'll be attending. I would be more interested in the editorial calendar info so I voted for that one. Thanks!

Looking forward to meeting you.

[PREGAS]

…feiner blog - wir kommen öfter.

PREGAS

[Pam]

Hi Denise,

I will be an NAMS. This will be my first and I cannot wait. Both of your ideas sound great to me. I also would love to hear more about ways to find content ideas. I am voting for the editorial calendar because it seems closest but the other choice sounds great too!

[Kathy Colaiacovo]

Hi Denise,

I am so excited to be going to NAMS and even more so meeting you in person!
I voted for the Hot Seat because even when this is done to other people's sites/blogs - the rest of us can learn so much. Plus real-life lessons always speak louder I find.

Looking forward to January!
Kathy

[Denise Wakeman]

So far it looks the blog hot seat is winning the vote by a slim margin...