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title: "Podcast – Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1)"
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# Podcast – Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1)

**Listen here:**

[Audio](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/bloggingrockymountain_part1.mp3)

[![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/apple_podcasts.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id-rather-be-writing-podcast/id277365275) [![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/watchonyoutubeblack.png)](https://www.youtube.com/@idratherbewriting) [![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/spotify.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/4HeOZfPGMMfViOhVS40QBD)

This podcast is a recording of the [Blogging for Technical Communicators webinar](https://idratherbewriting.com/2009/02/18/blogging-webinar-thursday-evening/) that I gave to the STC-Rocky Mountain chapter on February 19, 2009. I split the recording into two parts due to length. This first half covers the following four topics:

- The Blog as an Expected Format
- Why Bother to Blog?
- Search Engine Optimization: The #1 Perceived Value of Blogging
- The Most Difficult Part of Blogging: Generating Content Regularly

Here's the accompanying [PowerPoint visual](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/bloggingpresentation.pdf).

Note: After you listen to Part 1, be sure to [continue to Part 2](https://idratherbewriting.com/2009/03/04/podcast-blogging-for-technical-communicators-webinar-part-2/).

### Links Mentioned in the Webinar

At some point during the webinar (either first or second part) I mentioned the following sites. Here are links to each:

- [Writer River](http://writerriver.com/)
- [All in One SEO pack WordPress plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/)
- [Self-hosted WordPress](http://wordpress.org/)
- [Freely hosted WordPress](https://wordpress.com/)
- [Sharon Burton's Blog](http://madcapsoftware.wordpress.com/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/)
- [Digg](http://digg.com/)
- [Stumble Upon](http://www.stumbleupon.com/)
- [Delicious](http://delicious.com/)
- [WordPress Consulting](https://idratherbewriting.com/wordpress-consulting)
- [Whataboutmomblog.com](http://whataboutmomblog.com/)
- [Zyblog Social plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable-zyblog-edition/)
- [John Hewitt's Poewar.com](http://poewar.com/)
- [Erasmus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus)
- [WordPress Weekly](http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/wordpress-weekly)
- [Google Reader](https://google.com/reader)
- [Twitterfeed](http://twitterfeed.com/)
- [Feedburner](http://feedburner.com/)
- [Penelope Trunk, The Brazen Careerist, "How to build a career as an artist"](http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/02/06/how-to-build-a-career-as-an-artist/)
- [Poewar's series on his career as a technical communicator](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-end-of-part-one/)
- [Webworks](http://webworks.com/)
- [Lorelle.wordpress.com](http://lorelle.wordpress.com/)
- [Akismet](http://akismet.com/)
- [The Content Wrangler](http://thecontentwrangler.com/)
- [What would Seth Godin do plugin](http://richardkmiller.com/wordpress-plugin-what-would-seth-godin-do)
- [ITauthor podcast](http://www.itauthor.com/)
- [Where to find cool looking WordPress themes](http://woothemes.com/)
- [What plugins to use](https://idratherbewriting.com/plugins)