Class Description
There's a huge audience hungry for your words, but reaching them (and getting paid for it!) now requires a new skill: social media. This six-hour class, incorporating lecture, individual instruction, and instant feedback, will teach you the fundamentals you need to know.
You will learn:
- Why blogging is now indispensable for writers and media professionals
- How to build and/or improve your blog
- How to increase your traffic
- How to incorporate and easily manage a network of social-media outlets
- How to use social media for professional and personal growth
- How to expand your network by sharing useful content
The class is appropriate for complete newbies as well as those with a little to moderate experience. For people who have blogs already, or ideas for one, we will address the concept, format, landing page, and web-reader worthiness of it.
Students should bring laptops or tablets if they have them, a blog or blog idea (optional), a notebook, and something to write with.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.