Chicago WordPress Meetup Group « Chicago International Blog Awards

Enter your Blog into the 2011 Chicago International Blog Awards if you are a current member of Chicago WordPress Meetup Group. Use the below form to submit your entry. You will save $149 and you can select up to three (3) categories for your blog, FREE! Enter today!

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2011 Chicago International Blog Awards - Blog Entry

Enter your Blog into the 2011 Chicago International Blog Awards today.

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The 2009 Chicago Blog Awards will take place on Monday, September 28, 2009. The gala event will begin after an all-day workshop and expo featuring advanced WordPress and WordPress MU. The event will start at 9:00 AM and last until 9:00 PM in the evening.

Logistics and details will be announced later in June. Here’s a rundown of the exciting all day and early evening event so far:

Chicago Blog Awards 2009

Awards and honors will be given to:

1.    Top 25 Chicago Blogs (out of 100)
2.    Chicago Social Media and Marketing (FB Page, MySpace) Awards
3.    Top Chicago Microblogging (Twitter) Awards
4.    Top Chicago Photo (Flickr) Awards
5.    Top Chicago Video (YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, etc) Awards
6.    Top Chicago Mobile Blog Awards

An all-day, advanced WordPress Workshop, targeted at agency professionals, companies and power users, will feature:

MyWPLife.com Newspaper Workshop and Expo

1. Domain Name Setup, Hosting and MySQL Setup for WordPress
2. Advanced Blogging Using WordPress and WordPress MU

Setup

Theme Selection and Design

Writing and Importing

Photos, Video, MP3s, PDFs

Comments

Stats (Google Analytics, WordPress Stats, etc)

Custom Admin Features in 2.8

WordPress MU

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

3. Social Marketing and Media Plugins
4. Monetizing (eCommerce, Ad Sales, Donate Buttons and More)
5. Printed Version of your Blog, Blog Books, Publishing Your Blog
6. Special Events, Event Marketing, MeetUps (Ticket Sales, Admission, Sponsorships)
7. Advanced Facebook Page Setup (FBML)
8. Flickr Uploading and Advanced Photo Tagging
9. Hands-On Video Uploading on YouTube, Veoh, Vimeo
10. Advanced Twitter Techniques

A limited number of Expo Booth and Event Sponsorships will be available.

Attendance, via sponsored scholarships, will be free and open to the public by invitation from this website in a few weeks.

All members of Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group will be admitted free of charge and receive special advance invitations to both the Chicago Blog Awards ceremony and Advanced WordPress and WordPress MU workshop. Look for notification via the Chicago WordPress MeetUp Group mailing list.

For more information please contact Dante @ 312-446-7600 (cell).