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April 15, 2008 by BethDunn

Many thanks to Dave Caolo for an excellent presentation on Blogging for Artists tonight at the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. I particularly loved the exercise in which he asked us which of the alleged benefits of blogging were we skeptical of — I really admire a presenter that asks for that kind of feedback right up front, and at several points throughout the presentation.

Several artists are already on their way with setting up their own blogs, and I think a few really got inspired to start tonight. But Dave seemed to have something for everyone, no matter where on the scale of things they were.

If you have started a blog, and you are in this class, please link to it in the comments to this post! I will happily add each artist blog to the sidebar on the right, so thatwe can all watch them evolve over the next few weeks.

And really – don’t be shy! We are all beginners here.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, blogs, davecaolo, WYS | 18 Comments

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on April 16, 2008 at 5:51 am | Reply annegarton

last night’s presenter was excellent. I was sorry to have had to leave early for my ride. I have a question for Dave about using tags with blogspot….is there any way i can reach him? I have a blog with zero tags, which apparently defeats the purpose. Many thanks
on April 16, 2008 at 9:55 am | Reply Dan

Okay! I just dove in and did it! springed.wordpress.com
I can’t seem to download any additional images???????
but at least I’m out there and linked to my gallery!

Dan:-)
on April 16, 2008 at 10:38 am | Reply kaylow

Thanks for the kind words, all.

Anne: I’ll post an answer for you here later on.
on April 16, 2008 at 11:51 am | Reply Robert John Cook

Wow!!! What a great presentation last night! Thanks, Dave. It took me a little while this morning (and into this afternnon) to finish my wordpress site — nice to feel accomplished. I would love any and all feedback from anyone daring to take a look RobertJohnCook.wordpress.com. Thanks!
on April 16, 2008 at 3:33 pm | Reply Bonnie Perry

I was so inspired, that I finally actual published a post to my new blog – BonniePerry.wordpress.com. Any comments or feedback would be great. I am so loving these What’s Your Story meetings! Dave is full of detailed information and is able to present it in such a calm way that I can get it without feling overwhelmed. Dave & Beth – THANKS!
on April 16, 2008 at 5:15 pm | Reply Liz

I am so impressed with all the blogging going on. I scheduled to work on mine this weekend. I’ll let you know. Thanks so much to Dave. The presentation was extremely informative and helpful.
on April 16, 2008 at 9:31 pm | Reply kaylow

Bonnie: Awesome. Looks great.

Liz: Keep us informed please!
on April 16, 2008 at 9:36 pm | Reply kaylow

Ann:

When you’re composing a post in Blogspot, you’ll see a small field just below where you type your post. You’ll find a picture of it here:

http://kaylowmedia.com/img/tagsgohere.png

For some reason, they call it “labels,” but I assure you that’s where you enter your tags.

Good luck!
on April 17, 2008 at 11:35 am | Reply kat

Here is my blog, sterckandrozo.wordpress.com. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave for all the tips and advice. It was very helpful.
on April 17, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Reply annegarton

I love everyone’s blogs. Thanks Dave for the input about tags.
on April 18, 2008 at 11:32 am | Reply DonaS

OK here it is, My bouncing baby BLOG:
millgirl.wordpress.com
Still having some technical diffficulty addin the images. They are in the media library, but won’t show up in the posts.
I’ll keep trying.
DonaS
on April 21, 2008 at 11:21 pm | Reply My presentation at the Arts Foundation : Dave Caolo

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on April 24, 2008 at 11:10 am | Reply Keith Burtis

Hi Beth. My blog is a woodturning blog that discusses my art, artistic process, and life. I wil be soon adding a video and audio podcast to the feed as well. Thank you for the post. I will most likely add all of the related blogs here to my google reader. Thank you.
Keith Burtis
on April 24, 2008 at 11:21 am | Reply BethDunn

Nice to see you here, Keith!
on April 27, 2008 at 7:52 pm | Reply kaylow

Kat

You recently asked me about limiting comments on your WordPress blog. I sent you an email, but I’m not sure you received it. So, I put up a video explaining the process at my own blog:

http://davecaolo.com/2008/04/23/restrict-commenting-in-wordpress/

I hope it helps!

Dave
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