I offer workshops, webinars and personal tutorials on electronic publishing and media training throughout Alberta. The electronic publishing workshops demonstrate how easy it is to master your own website, build your reputation with a blog or design a profitable electronic newsletter. The media training events demonstrate how simple, quick and easy it is to enhance your or your company’s reputation -- for little or no cost -- with the strategic use of corporate and social media.

~ Marilyn Jones, BA Honors English (U of A, 1995), MA Publishing (SFU, 1997)

Feedback from others...

"I have taken numerous workshops with Marilyn over the past three years and have contracted her media release distribution services for the same length of time to great success. This year we also contracted her to rebuild our current website into a content management system so that I, as the Executive Director and only staff member, could update it myself..."

Read more about what Cathy from the Alberta Underwater Council had to say about this experience...

“Thank you Marilyn for helping us with the AAWA website. Starting a new website is a daunting task and can lead to some confusion on where to start and what to do. Thanks to your help we have hit the ground running with the new website. By showing us how to maintain our own website and edit content ourselves, we are able to maintain our site better, faster and for a far lower cost..."Read more about what Mike from the Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association had to say about this experience...

"I would definitely recommend this tutorial to anyone who wants to learn how to publish professional looking electronic newsletters. I really enjoyed the opportunity to work one-on-one with Marilyn. I learned so much about how to design and distribute an enewsletter! Marilyn was able to answer every question I had and walk me through the publishing to distribution process and beyond, step-by-step to make sure I understood." ~ Shannon Werbicki, Central Alberta Manager, Kidsport Alberta

"Whitemud Equine contracted with Marilyn earlier this year to help us rebuild our website and help us create an enewsletter program. The response to our enewsletter has been fantastic and it has grown from 100 subscribers to over 600 in just six months! Writing and publishing the enewsletter has been incredibly easy since Marilyn provided the template and great advice as to regular content and continuity. The website development is also getting great reviews and Marilyn is excellent at providing trouble-shooting and advice. She is also very aware of the latest applications and technologies which have really helped to make our website serve our membership. As a non-profit organization where time and money is always in short supply, I am happy that I can finally maintain the website and the enewsletter in-house. Any changes, news items, etc take just a few minutes and Marilyn is always on the other end of the phone if I need help." ~ Diane David, Administrative Director, Whitemud Equine Learning Centre

"I attended two workshops led by Marilyn Jones: Optimizing Media Releases and Social Media Relations. Marilyn is a dynamic facilitator and instructor who not only knows her subject thoroughly but can communicate it well and understandably no matter what the background and experience of the participant. In addition, Marilyn delivers more than promised and one such gem was hearing about Joomla at the workshop, which inspired me to create my own website using Joomla after hearing Marilyn's story's about its strength, ease of use and suitability. Anyone considering learning more about all of the potential within the world of internet media, social networking and marketing and how to make it work for them should not hesitate to sign up for her workshops." ~ Brian Scott Marketing, Technology & Research Director, Communitas, Edmonton

Blog Your Book Workshop

If you've got a book in you, a blog could be just the stepping stone you need toward your first deal. If you have already published your book, publishing a blog will help you promote it faster and less expensively than a website or any other promotional tool.

WRIT 0248 (570)   
Sat, June 4 & 11, 2011
9 am – 4 pm
Instructor: Marilyn Jones
MacEwan's Writing Works Program

To register call 780-497-5000 or email writingworks@macewan.ca.

Marketing Your Writing Workshop

Learn to market yourself by creating a professional business image, developing a writing portfolio, and refining the art of self-promotion. Explore traditional and innovative markets, including social media and the Internet.

WRIT 0218 (570)
Sat, Mar 19, 2011
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Instructors: Marilyn Jones
$154, noncredit
Macewan Writing Works Program

To register call 780-497-5000 or email writingworks@macewan.ca.