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About BizChickBlogs.com

Here, bloggers of all levels can find content to help them create a blog with a great readership and community. I enjoy helping women (and men) in business launch successful blogs, so if that’s you, please feel right at home!

You’re welcome to email me anytime directly at tia@bizchickblogs.com, join me in a conversation on Twitter, leave me a comment on the blog, or send me a message through the Contact Page. I really look forward to connecting.

Cheers,

Tia

About Tia Peterson

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been out of college as long as I have. During the years between when I graduated and up until now, I’ve lived in 5 different states, worked for two very great companies, had a baby, worked for myself, went back to a cubicle for a year and now work for myself again. It’s been an interesting ride and I would do it all again (mostly).

Even before I graduated (and feel free to check out my LinkedIn profile which was much more handy when I worked in more corporate environments), I was into website development. I sold my soul the very minute I learned a bit of HTML. From that moment on, I was obsessed with websites and website development. I am not a graphic designer, so my interest lies more in what websites do – how they work, how each connects to the rest of the Internet, and how businesses integrate them into their business models.

For over three years, even during the times when I was working full-time outside the home, I’ve been constantly developing my own sites, sites for clients, and spending a LOT of time with WordPress and other blogging platforms and tools.

Specifics

Location: Tucson, AZ
Education: Oral Roberts University, BA Technical Writing, minor in Public Relations and Advertising
Age: Wouldn’t you like to know

Where BizChickBlogs.com was born

I have a friend. She is several years younger than me. Before we met, she knew nothing about blogging. She didn’t know anything about the Internet, really. And no, she doesn’t live in a cave. Believe it or not, those of us who run around the social media world and visit blogs and all that… we’re still kinda in the minority.

Lots of people still use the Internet like it’s the yellow pages and that is it. And for many, many, many people, their Internet experience starts and stops at Facebook.

I launched BizChickBlogs.com to answer the how-to’s and what’s that…

My friend is a new mom, like me. She graduated college not too long ago, and was really intrigued by the fact that I could earn a living doing “Internet” things. It didn’t take long before she was starting a blog, and then came the barrage of how-to and what’s that questions. I realized then that there are more people exactly like her. They want to get in on the game but have no clue how to do it. And I’m not talking about SEO – that’s even further from their level of Internet comprehension. My friend was baffled by the words “category,” “tag,” and “post.”

I’m sure she’s the extreme case. But there are still a number of people who launch blogs (or want to launch blogs) having no real understanding of what they are doing. I see many comments on how-to blogs from people who are like, “can you take it a step back?” because even the how-to blog is too far up the learning curve for them.

I’ve been developing blogs for many different people in various stages of blog literacy. While I love developing individual blogs, I feel I can be more effective if I talk about what I’m doing and the steps I am taking, and also just sharing my general opinions and knowledge of blogging and internet marketing.

So here at BizChickBlogs.com, I intend to mix it up a little. I don’t want my sole audience to be people who are already adept at blogging. I think everyone should have a chance to get there, and the only way how is if someone teaches them.

I launched BizChickBlogs.com to give a formal face to my blog development

While I will spend quite a lot of time blogging about blogging, social media and internet marketing, I still develop blogs! Clients come to me by way of referral and it keeps me really busy. But I wanted (and needed) for formal place to send people for information, and so that’s why BizChickBlogs.com serves those two purposes.

I launched BizChickBlogs.com for BizChicks

Yes, I’m a little pro-woman, I suppose. There are a lot of other websites out there for supporting chick bloggers, of course! But for my proteges, they will always have a home here, too.