At the end of July I came across an interesting blog-to-book deal featured in The Huffington Post, and I quickly contacted the author. Again, it’s a booked blog, but a very cool idea from a very cool young lady. (When will bloggers start blogging books and make their lives easier when they land these book […]
How to Focus Your Blog or Blogged Book on a Topic
Many bloggers simply begin blogging about a topic that interests them. They also may just feel passionate about the subject they first choose to write about. That’s all well and good–if you are just blogging. If you want to blog a book or build a business around a blog or a book, you have to […]
How to Decide How to Monetize Your Blog or Blogged Book
As you consider how to monetize your blog beyond your blogged book—and eventual printed book or ebook, you need to consider what types of activities you want to take on to produce information products and services–which ones are best for you and for your readers. Unless you want to put advertisements on your blog (and […]
Building a Business Around a Blog is Easier Than You Think
At the end of April, I began a series of posts about building a business around your blogged book. For a month, guest bloggers and I wrote about how you can have an attitude that allows you to take your book blogging to the next level, and what types of actions you can employ to […]
Keeping the Energy Going
Last night, or rather this morning, at about 2 a.m., I was answering interview questions for a piece that would appear on someone’s blog. It was a very long interview–23 questions–that I should have completed about two weeks ago. I’d answered many of the questions many times before for other people. Then I came across […]
Are You Blogging a Book? List it here!
Gaining readers to your blogged book represents the keys to success. Whether you plan on self-publishing your blogged book or want to be discovered by an agent or publisher, you must have a successful blog–one with many unique visitors. (If you don’t understand that term, read this post.) That’s your author platform or fan base, […]
NAIWE Hosts Blog Your Way to a Book Deal Teleseminar
I’m so pleased to announce that I’ll be teaching a Blog Your Way to a Book Deal teleseminar for the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors next week. I’m thrilled to be associated with this organization as their blog-to-book expert. I haven’t taught this class for a few months now, so this is a […]
Is Your Blogged Book Idea Unique?
Today I ran into a woman I’ve known for a long time. We aren’t great friends, but our kids used to dance together. We’ve been connected on Facebook for a number of years mostly because of the kids. However, we both had Examiner.com columns. What I didn’t realize was that she also had a blog […]
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