Blog Design Bootcamp Training

Learn How to Build a Blog From Scratch To Get Increased Traffic, More Clients, Faster Response Time and Have Less Stress So You Can Focus on What Really Matters

Introducing the 10-Hour Intensive Blog Design Bootcamp Self-Study Program!

The Blog Design Bootcamp is perfect for you if you have ever experienced the following…

• Frustration with waiting for your blog site to be finished.
• The stress of knowing how much blog design and blog site design creation can cost you.
• Wondering how you’ll update and make changes to your blog now that you’ve finished it.
• Not knowing where to start when a new client comes to you wanting a blog.
• Disappointment at not having any high-end services, like blog design, in your portfolio of offerings.

These are common issues we’re faced with when it comes to blogging and creating this technology.  Luckily, I’m here to tell you that it’s okay… you can breathe a sigh of relief and know that I’m going to do something I never thought I’d do.  I’m going to teach you EVERYTHING I know about customizing blogs and blog sites so that you can in turn do this for yourself, as a service or for fun!

The Blog Design Bootcamp is an intense 10 hours of training. You will have access to video demonstrations with audio (a live screen capture of my screen and my training) as well as a library of applicable resources.

You will see a visual of my screen as I walk you through all aspects of this training.

On top of that, you’ll also receive the video recordings. This way, you can reference the videos and training material at a later date or go back over anything that you didn’t get the first time.

You’ll also receive PowerPoints and audios of all of the class material. We’re giving you multiple ways to access this information.

Class #1 – Understanding the Basics (2 Hours)

• What is a blog?
• Installing the blog platform with the one-click install feature
• Using an FTP client to upload files – themes, plug-ins, etc.
• Choosing and installing a theme
• General overview of the dashboard - all the features, settings, etc.
• The basic plug-ins that come pre-installed with WordPress and how to set them up

Class #2 – Customizing a Theme — Part I (2 Hours)

• Understanding the different design files inside of the Design — Theme Editor
• Working with the CSS to make changes to colors, etc.
• Setting up Google Analytics on the blog from day one
• Looking at the settings and users menus

Class #3 – Customizing a Theme — Part II (2 Hours)

• Creating a custom header for your blog
• Changing out some of the base graphics that come with the theme.
• Working with sidebar widgets
• Looking at more advanced plug-ins. (Sociable, WP-Video, Technorati Tags, etc.)
• Working with external services ie: Feedburner

Class #4 – Other House-Keeping Functions (2 Hours)

• Creating and managing categories
• Creating and managing pages
• Creating and managing posts
• Setting up permissions / privacy / allowances for the blog
• Using e-mail to blog
• Backing up the blog

Class #5 – How to Deliver Blog Design to Your Clients (2 Hours)

• How to listen to their needs and honor their vision
• How to work with a design brief (your blog design blueprint)
• How to charge for your blog design
• Setting boundaries - how to draw the line at the number of on-going changes to the blog design

Plus… This Course Includes Some Mini-Crash Courses On Some of the HOTTEST Technology Required to Enhance Your Blogging Experience…

We also include some crash courses on:

• Popular Graphics Programs
• Shopping Cart Platforms
• Feedburner.com
• Google Analytics
• And More!

We left NO stone unturned when it came to this training program.

We also want to make sure that you walk away armed with everything you need to create blogs for yourself and for your clients with great ease!

Blog Traffic Explosion

Once you’ve learned the ins and outs of creating a blog, you’re going to want to drive traffic to it!

This e-book is designed to teach you how to implement the tactics that worked for me on your own blog. It is important to DO these things in order to make the most out of your blog.

I promise that by implementing at least five of the tactics in this book, you’ll see an increase in traffic. If not, I’ll give you $34.95 in exchange for your copy of the e-book back!

This e-book will be yours, absolutely free upon registering for this program.

AMAZING Resources in Each Class Block

Blog Design Checklist

Another important piece of this comes into play when you want to take what you now know and deliver that to your clients.

We have a blog design checklist that will provide for you as part of this training program that will help you easily and quickly move your clients through the blog design process.

HTML Cheat Sheet

Does HTML scare the living daylights out of you? Fear no more! This easy to use cheat sheet will explain basic HTML tags and show you, right in the code, what things do and mean.

PhotoShop Cheat Sheet

Creating and modifying graphics for your blog just got easier… The PhotoShop Cheat Sheet will help demystify the common elements inside of PhotoShop 7.0.

Direct Links to the Best Blog Plug-Ins

Want to know which plug-ins to use and install? Not only will we tell you, we’ll give you direct access to them!

And More…

All of the resources you might need to do blog design are included on the downloads page. You will be blown away by all of the support and resources you’ll receive.

Membership in the Blog Design Bootcamp Facebook Group!

I know what it’s like to take part in training and then go off on your own to complete the work and carry out what you’ve learned. We’ve created a Facebook group that participants of this Bootcamp (and those that follow!) can use to share in the conversation around blogging and blog design.

You can also use this group to showcase the work you are doing during the program, your own blog that you’ve created using the techniques taught here or any service offerings you decide to implement as a direct result of this training!

This course is priced at $197 for the entire 10 hours of training.

Your purchase is also backed with our money-back guarantee! If you purchase any of our training programs and are not satisfied, you can return the program for a full refund within 15 days, no questions asked!  After the 15 day period, if you are unhappy for any reason, we’ll give you a 50% credit voucher toward a new training program!

“I highly recommend taking Blog Design Bootcamp. I’ve taken many classes from Erin Blaskie and I’ve found them all to be top-notch.  Her commitment to quality is evident from start to finish.

Blog Design Bootcamp was yet another outstanding course.  In fact it was unbelievable.  I had my high expectations as usual, but this course far exceeded them. Delivered in an intensive 5-day webinar format, Erin covered literally the entire process of designing a blog.  The class was perfect for both virtual assistants as well as for “do-it-yourself” entrepreneurs.

Professionally delivered, information packed and rich with resources, Erin took us on an intense journey traversing the peaks and valleys of blog design. From installing Wordpress  and analyzing the internal features and functions of the latest version, to working through the complexities of the stylesheet and other Wordpress structures, we covered pretty much everything you could possibly ever want to know about blogs. From which plug-ins to add, to designing a header graphic, from importing and exporting blog posts, to creatively customizing the blog layout, we covered topic after topic after topic - 10 solid hours of content.

Not only was the content delivered via webinar and audio, Erin provided extra resources for each class that supplemented each module.  She provided plenty of examples and actually showed us how things worked - step by step.

This course has already saved me hours of work. It took me a long time to learn many of the procedures and techniques which were taught in just a few minutes.  The training was not only great for the complete beginner, but also very useful for someone with more  experience like myself. Erin filled in the gaps, showed how to do things faster, easier, and yes — with a lot less effort.

I also really enjoyed the format of the class — meeting every day for a week rather than meeting once per week for 5 weeks.  By the end of the week you had everything (and more!) to get started.  And on top of this, Erin answered our questions live on the call and also supplied us with a FAQ of all the questions that we asked.

Blog Design Bootcamp was a course that could have easily been sold for 3 or 4 times what it cost. If you have an interest in blog design and you want to save yourself a lot of time, energy, and frustration, or if you want to learn this so you can offer it as a service or to increase your knowledge in the subject, definitely consider taking the home study version which Erin recently made available.  I can’t say enough positive things about the course. Thank you Erin for sharing your knowledge with all of us.”

– Tara Kachaturoff, www.PersonalBrandEssentials.com

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“I attended your Blog Design Bootcamp a few weeks ago and since then have been inspired to create so many things for my new business not only a web site but products as well.

Until I took your Blog Design class I had no idea how I was going to deliver my business and get clients.  Now that I have the skills to create my site I am one step closer to adding my products and making money with my site.

It is fantastic because as I develop my site I have so many ideas for products that I can develop to help out other VA’s and clients looking for information about internet marketing.

I just wanted to send this email and thank you again for sharing your knowledge and inspiring others.  I have referred to you as my VA coach even though I haven’t taken any VA coaching from you (yet) but I feel as though you have inspired me as a coach does.”

– Dawn Cullo,
Sunrise Virtual Services

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“Hi Erin,

I just want to thank you for the Blog Design Bootcamp classes this week – they were fantastic! It’s really hard not to gush about how wonderful it really was.

Someone in class was saying they have spent hours figuring things out on their own – well, me too! There is so much information out there - at times is can be overwhelming.

I needed someone to set out the key elements of blog design to see if there were important elements I was missing, especially if I was going to offer this as a service. Your class definitely clarified things for me. Every minute of each class was jam-packed with valuable information which to me translates into getting value for my money.

Watching you in Photoshop was helpful too since I recently bought CS3. Erin, I know I’m not the first person say this but you really have an easy-breezy way of delivering your training – your classes are motivating, confidence building and such a pleasure to attend.”

– Carrie Anderson, BA, The Virtual Inch, http://www.thevirtualinch.ca

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“Erin,

I just want to thank you for doing the Blog Design Bootcamp . The classes were great!

Not only will I be able to do my own site changes, I will now be able to offer this as a service to my clients!”

– Julie Barnes, Let’s Coordinate, LLC
www.letscoordinate.com

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“When I signed up for Erin’s Blog Design Bootcamp, all I knew was that I was a technophobe who prayed I wouldn’t hold up the class. Although I was able to make entries and posts within my own blog (designed by Erin last year), that was about the extent of my blog knowledge.

However, Erin designed the course almost like a “total immersion language” course. With this approach, I found myself creating my very first blog on my own by Wednesday morning. That was just after two classes! It was actually me doing FTP magic — and I could scarcely believe it. By the end of the week, I was handling plug-ins with ease. Thanks to Blog Design Bootcamp, I now have one blog up and running with plans to create another one reflecting a different field of interest. What a great investment!”

– Diane Fusco, http://wavelengthtarot.com

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“I just wanted to thank you for the excellent training you delivered during the Blog Design Bootcamp.

I am just getting started as an online entrepreneur, and have been getting prices from website designers. They want to charge at least $900 to create a website for me.

After taking this training, I can not only create a blog, but I can create an entire website to support my new business.

I feel completely prepared to do this for myself and prospective customers. I can’t wait to get started.“

– Kristin Crawford