Like most recipients of blog-to-book deals, Darren Rowse landed his while simply blogging. However, he already had started thinking about writing a book—or, more specifically, turning his blog, ProBlogger, into a book. Then, he and his blog were discovered. That’s what many of us want—that email or phone call from an agent or publisher saying, […]
Darren Rowse: On Creating Profitable and Successful Blogs
Not only do I want my book blogging to result in a traditional publishing deal or a successfully self-published book, I also want that effort to create a successful blog that continues to attract readers and income after the book is published. This should be your goal as well. That’s how you create a business […]
Chris Garrett on How to Blog a Book or Book a Blog
My last post featured the first part of my interview with Chris Garrett, co-author of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, in which he discussed how to convert blog readers into book buyers using attraction, retention, conversion, and referrals. Today, in part two of the interview, which I conducted at […]
Chris Garrett on How to Turn Blog Readers Into Book Buyers
As part of this blog’s new focus, this is the first of a series of posts I’m going to publish during January based upon interviews I conducted at BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Los Angeles, CA, in early November 2011. While there I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Garrett, Darren Rowse, Liz […]
New Year, New Look, New Goals
I’m proud to unveil How to Blog a Book’s new design! I hope you like it. It’s cleaner, brighter and aligns with the design of the new How to Blog a Book printed book (which is now available for presale). Plus, it takes the blog to a new level. I have written about starting out […]
What NOT to Do When You Book a Blog
I highly recommend repurposing, or recycling your blog posts into a book. However, you can’t just slap you posts together and say, “Done!” Just this morning I was reading an announcement about a booked blog, one that was repurposed into a book, and thinking, “Wow. This guy has it all wrong.” The blogger and author, […]
Turn a Series of Blog Posts into a Short Book
I often teach a workshop called “How to Write a (Short) Book Fast.” As part of this workshop, I discussing booking a series of blog posts, which means repurposing 10 or 15 posts you’ve written in succession on the same topic. I did this with my book, 10 Days and 10 Ways to Your Best […]
How to Maintain Passion, Purpose and Inspiration while Blogging a Book
I advocate for planning out your blogged book’s content and creating a manuscript while you blog by sticking to that content plan. However, blogging should be an organic and creative process even if you are blogging a book. So allow yourself some freedom with your blogged book. No one is telling you how to write […]
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