How to Blog a Book

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

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Why November is a Great Time to Blog a Book

Halloween is right around the corner. After that, the holiday season comes upon us…first Thanksgiving, then Kwanza, Chanukah, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. No time to blog a whole book, right? Wrong. In fact, next month, November, is a great time to blog an entire book from scratch, start to finish.  Why? First, it’s National […]

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How To Pick A Topic For Your Blogged Book

Today’s guest post is written by eBook/Self-Publishing/Internet coach Ellen Violette. Have you ever looked for a solution to a problem and found yourself dissatisfied with those offered? Did you find yourself saying, “I could do this better!”? If so, the solution you devised could be exactly what will sell in the market place. In other […]

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5 Reasons Why Your Blog Readers Will Buy Your Blogged Book

Every day, at least one–if not more–book bloggers have the same moment of panic. Maybe you’ve had it, too.Let me describe the scenario for you. You have a dream of becoming an author, but you know no one will purchase your book unless you begin promoting that book right away–from the first moment you start […]

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What’s the Difference Between a Blogged Book and a Booked Blog?

I must have described the difference between blogging a book and booking a blog here on this blog at least 100 times. I’ve done the same on the phone with prospective clients countless times. I do it every time I speak to an audience. Yet, I can find no blog post here on this blog […]

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Why Readers Matter More than Buyers

In the world of publishing, we talk a lot about selling books. We obsess over promotion and marketing and how to ensure our books sell once they are released. Once published, we turn our focus to how many sales went through registers each week according to Neilson Bookscan (which tracks most bookstore, online, and other […]

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Blurb Offers Ipad Users a Way to Go Blog-to-Book

More and more ways to go literally from blog to book seem to appear all the time. These technologies allow you to get your blog content–your blogged book–off your blog and into a book format. Blurb, a San Francisco-based creative publishing and marketing platform, is the latest to enter the field by giving Ipad users […]

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Why One Blog Cannot Be All Things To All Readers

Recently, several of my coaching clients have struggled with the same issue. They wanted to blog a book—maybe even more than one book, but they felt the book didn’t necessarily fit into the focus of their pre-existing blog. They didn’t initially, however, like my solution to their problem: Start a new, additional blog focused only […]

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How Often Should You Publish a Blog Post?

One of the most common question new bloggers or book bloggers ask is: How often should I publish a blog post? You may get different answers to this question, but here’s mine, which is based on my own experience and the advice I have been given by a variety of successful bloggers and professional bloggers. […]

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