Smug School

The Friday Roundup

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by David Wolf in SmugSchool

For a site that’s been around for about a week, it’s gratifying to see the number of people that are already falling in love with what we offer. In fact, we’ve gotten a ton of positive reviews on our free webinars.

But, don’t keep all the goodness to yourself. Let others know! This type of site only works when lots and lots of people come to watch the webinars and read the content of the blog. The more readers/attendees, the more stuff we’re able to do for free.

Anyways; this week at SmugSchool…

• Our kick-off event was a 2 hour intro to SmugMug. Almost 100 people attended. An amazing turnout considering we had only advertised the webinar for less than a week prior to the event!
• SEO Primer was our 2nd webinar, and lasted for an hour. A respectable 60 or so people showed up to it at 10AM. I actually wonder if the date/time had something to do with the lower turnout, or if people don’t understand just why SEO is as important as it is! Great feedback though and a number of people already signed up for my full SEO Unleashed workshop on Sept 16.
• We just recently announced that Nikolai, the creator of Star*Explorer will take our stage and talk about his uploader for SmugMug. I’ve used it since I got my first SmugMug account. He’ll be with us Sept 17 at 6PM Pacific.
• It was my Birthday on Sept 3, so I gave everyone a birthday present Now, my whole family was sick yesterday (really.. I’m being honest. This isn’t a marketing gimmick!), and they said, “When we’re better, we’ll celebrate your birthday properly!” On the day my family actually celebrates my birthday, I’m going to be giving away another birthday present to my followers. Here are some ways to ensure you don’t miss the birthday gift!
  1. Make sure you’re following me on Twitter
  2. Post comments to this article
  3. Add yourself to my mailing list
  4. Keep checking this blog daily!

And a special mention:

• Peter Garr has thoughtfully donated about 20 photos for us to use on the site and during webinars. His wedding photos are gorgeous!

Tags: birthday, SEO, starexplorer, twitter