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 […]
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 […]
Why You Need a Content Plan for Your Blogged Book
There are two primary differences between blogged books and a booked blogs. A blogged book starts with an idea for a book and it is written from a content plan on a blog and later published as a book. A booked blog is an after thought, simply a bunch of posts that were written and […]
Artist and Writer (Literally) Drives to a Blogged Book Deal
Here’s a blog-to-book deal I’ve been quite taken with ever since I discovered it–and I often mention it when I’m out speaking. Dmitry Smarov began his blog, Hack: Stories From a Chicago Cab, about six years ago. Each entry relates encounters with a memorable passenger or situation at the garage and each includes an original […]
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. […]
How to Create the Best Book From Your Blog
I advocate blogging a book rather than booking a blog. The reason why is simple: Not every blog deserves to become a book. Some blogs are just blogs; the content on them works well as posts but isn’t thought out well enough to become a book. A blogger who blogs a book, on the other […]
How a Blog Creates Visibility for Your Book
One of the primary reasons to blog a book revolves around creating visibility for you and your book. You want lots of potential readers to easily “see” you, or find you, on line so they will purchase your book. How do you create this visibility? Here are the three primary ways to increase visibility for […]
How to Create Community Around Your Blogged Book
If you are writing any kind of book that inspires people to do something, you might want to create a community of some sort around your blog and your blogged book. This can serve as a great promotional tool for both your book and your book-related business if, for example, your blogged book asks readers […]
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