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How to create a successful blog

Niamh Shields, founder of Eat Like a Girl.
Niamh Shields, founder of Eat Like a Girl. Photograph: Pal Hensen for the Guardian

This lively seminar will teach you how to make your blog stand out from the crowd. Led by some of the UK’s most successful bloggers, it covers everything from how to create engaging content to how to make money from your blog. Over the course of the day, you’ll learn how to build a bigger and more loyal audience, as well as how to use social media to ensure your site gets the attention it deserves. Crucially, you’ll also learn the practicalities of dealing with sponsors, marketers and publishers, and receive advice on becoming a professional blogger.

Content

  • Eat Like a Girl founder and blogger Niamh Shields on how to make your blog pay, without compromising on content
  • Award-winning travel blogger Julie Falconer on how to build traction and traffic, as well as how to measure your success

Speaker profiles

Niamh Shields is a food and travel blogger, and author. Her blog, Eat Like a Girl, is known as one of the best in the business. Niamh won the Observer Food Monthly Award for Best Food Blog in 2011, and is currently working on her second book. She tweets @eatlikeagirl.

Julie Falconer is a travel writer and consultant. She’s been blogging since 2002, and currently writes the award-winning travel blog A Lady in London. Her writing and photography have been featured in Lonely Planet, National Geographic Intelligent Travel, and other leading travel media. She tweets @aladyinlondon.

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Details

Date: Sunday 10 January 2016
Times: 10am-1pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £49 (includes VAT, booking fee and drinks)
Event capacity: 100

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