Desert Dolphins Presentation, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 @ 6pm PT via Zoom

Title: “Blogging About Bubbles”

Subtitle: “How to Get Published in 13 Steps” 

Summary: Whether you’re a snorkeler, diver, or photographer, blogging preserves your underwater experiences while humor lets your story stand out from others. This presentation will take you through 13 easy-to-follow tips to create personalized blogs that can help you get published or self-publish.

The tips will include being a shameless self-promoter; opportunistic; knowledgeable of SEO keywords; always thinking outside the box; and above all, injecting humor into your headlines, captions, and copy to grab the attention of editors and endear yourself to readers.

About The Presenter: Gil Zeimer was PADI Open Water certified in 1985 in a reservoir in Texas. Since then, he has published more than 2,600 blogs, including over 1,500 about travel and another 225 as scuba-related articles, newsletters, and websites.

His stories have appeared in the S.F. Chronicle, L.A. Times, Marin IJ, California Diving News, Scuba Times, Alert Diver, Sport Diver, Adventure Journal, Dive Travel (Santa Cruz), Undercurrent, Travelin’ Diver’s Chapbook, Red Sail Sports, Dive Pacific (NZ),  Local Getaways, Scuba Diver Life, Scuba Radio, NCUPS, and Marin Scuba Club.

He and his wife Ellen Young live in San Rafael, CA.

Read More: ScubaStoryteller.com