Blogging support group

Rachel,

Put me down as a definite maybe! :-)

I don't often get stuck while writing, but I am always interested in what people are writing about.

Hi Rachel,

Sounds great, if the timing works out. I'm all for support groups.

Rachel, awhile ago I posted on Biz Talk looking to see if anyone was interested in forming a WordPress pod ... sort of a support group for the more tech side of things, but got no takers. Are you thinking mainly just the writing end of blogger support, or??

My website/blog should be up fairly soon. I'm working on content now and have yet to write my first blog. I am very interested in a group that is focused on writing. My work schedule is very irregular. If the time and location work for me, I'll be there.

I'd be interested in participating in chats on either blogging or the technical aspect of it. It would definitely be worth a shot.

I like the idea. I would be willing to participate if the timing is right. The evening hours work best for me.

Evenings tend to be better for me than days, although Thursdays at noon or 1:00 would generally fit in with my schedule. As for which evenings, it varies from week to week.

Depending on place and time I might be interested in coming.....

Sounds like a great idea Rachel and a way to encourage more of us to swing by each others blogs and leave comments. Also, given any particular subject, someone in attendence would likely be able to offer guidance for others. Count me in... if the timing is right.

Dennis

Hi Rachel,

I'd be interested in attending via conference line/speaker phone if that's a possibility. I'm not planning on traveling to Seattle until later this Spring, but would like to attend if that's an option.

Thanks,

Ed

How about a mix with the plan for each meeting posted before the meeting? This would mean off and on participation, but that would happen anyway due to peoples' varying schedules. The balance of structured vs. unstructured meetings could evolve over time out of participants needs.

I am going to blame this on me working online for a living but when you said "chat" i thought you meant a web chat. I do need to get out a bit.

For conference calls, would skype be a possibility. I have only used it once, but i have heard it has teleconferencing capabilities (up to 5 users).

Also, a web chat isn't necessarily a bad way to go. or perhaps once in a while. This would allow people who are removed (like me) to participate.

Rachel et. al.,

If you do any web-based chats or conference calls, I'd love to be a part of it. As a Peninsular, I don't make it out to the city as much as I would like. But I could sure use the support and feedback for my blog, and I'm interested in what everyone else is doing.

Mike

If you wanted to handle out of area folk- you can try a system like gotomeeting.com. I am not aware of any free conferencing systems except for Skype (for five or less).

I do a lot of teleconferencing and training. Unfortunately it has been my experience that everyone should either be offline or online, as offline users tend to dominate the topics and online users miss important information that is relayed face to face.

~Barry Hurd

i'm in! got ideas on venues too..

I keep wanting to go to your blog class so I'd definitely be interested in a group chat. At the moment, my blog is mostly me thinking out loud and is related to my business in the sense that a lot of what I'm thinking about is yoga-related! But it would be interesting to see what other folks are doing and how they're making the connection with their work.

Will this support group include things like what to even talk about? My business is pretty simple, and I don't tend to have much interaction with clients after our initial meet and greet. As a pet sitter, I'm dumbfounded as to what to blog about.

I'm interested in the group regardless!