It doesn’t really matter how or why you started writing your book or how you published it or plan to publish it. Maybe you just had an idea you wanted to express. Possibly you had a business you wanted to get off the ground. Or maybe you had a cause you wanted to promote. If […]
The Main Reason Your Blog Doesn’t Attract Readers
A few weeks ago I offered discounted strategy sessions on blogging books and blogging in general. Just about half of the aspiring or published authors and bloggers I spoke with wanted to know how to attract more readers to their blogs. When I took a look at their sites I inevitably discovered the same problem: […]
Are You Allowing Readers to Share Your Blog Posts?
Just about every week I get a call from a blogger who wants to know how to increase blog readership. When I visit the blog, I discover the same problem: The blogger has not provided a way for readers to share blog posts. Shared Posts Equate to More Readers It’s important to get readers to […]
Manage Your Subscribers’ Options Early in Your Blog Creation
When you create the blog for your blogged book, you must immediately create a way for readers to subscribe to your posts. Some readers prefer to follow your posts by showing up when they have time. Others want to receive posts in their email boxes so they don’t have to bother checking to see if […]
4 Things to Understand Before You Self-Publish Your Book
This month I focused my posts primarily on how to self-publish your blogged book. Before we conclude this series, I’d like to recap what I covered. There are 4 aspects of self-publishing you must understand if you want to produce a marketable self-published book and become a successful indie publisher and author. I covered the […]
7 Reasons You Likely Need an Agent to Traditionally Publish a Book
If you have decided to try traditional publishing, you will likely need a literary agent. As mentioned in my last post, this is especially true if you want to approach a mid-sized to large publishing house. Even if you opt to approach a small independent publisher, though, in the end, you may wish you had […]
Write for Your Market to Ensure Your Book Sells
Welcome to National Book Blogging Month 2013! Here at howtoblogabook.com, your April challenge is to blog a book in 30 days, and that’s no April Fool’s Day prank. Some of you may be familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or a similar event I host called National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), also know as […]
Remain Passionate and On Purpose to Achieve Inspired Blogging Results
Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors: Lesson 25 In the last three months, I’ve provided you with 25 blog posts containing 30 tips to help you improve your blog and your blogging skills, as well as your blogged book. If you’ve tried to implement them all in that amount of time, you might feel overwhelmed and […]
Improve Your Blog or Blogged Book with Five Underutilized Activities
Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors: Lesson 24 As I get ready to wrap up the “Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors” series, which began in January, I’d like to offer you five more underutilized ways to improve your blog or your blogged book. If you spend some time with each of these tips, you also will […]
Brand You Blog for Increased Blog Readership, Business and Book Sales
Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors: Lesson 23 Readers of your blogged book, or blog, are consumers. Like most consumers, they make choices daily about what online products they will choose to purchase, or read, each day. Many of these choices are made based on branding. If you have done a good job branding your blogged […]
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