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December 30, 2014 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

11 Essential Elements of an Author Website

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Every author needs a website. Your blog serves that purpose whether you choose to blog books or blog about the topic of your books. To create an effective author website, however, your blog needs some key elements. 1. An author bio You want visitors to your site to know who you are. If they know, […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog Tagged With: author blog, author website, essential elements

December 23, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Why Your Blog Needs a Privacy Policy

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You’ve probably received privacy policy notices at your doctor’s offices. Did you know that your blog needs one as well? I’m just about to add this legal notice to all four of my sites. In this guest post Helen Sedwick (@HelenSedwick) explains why you need a privacy policy and how to create one. Today’s writers […]

Filed Under: Create Your Blog, Legal issues Tagged With: COPPA, legal issues Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, privacy policy

November 6, 2014 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Copyright: How to Protect Your Blogs and Blogged Books

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I frequently get asked legal questions, such as “If someone blogs a book—actually composes it in the form of blog posts they publish on the Internet—do they need to worry about a copyright issues?” Or “Is my blog content safe from copyright infringement?” Well, I am not an attorney—let alone an intellectual property attorney—so I […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog Tagged With: copyright, copyright infringement, copyright protection, copyright registration, legal issues, plagiarism

September 4, 2014 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Essential Plugins and Widgets for Blogs and Blogged Books

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A WordPress.org blog comes with the essentials. You might call these the basics—some widgets and plugins.  To make your blog run smoothly and efficiently with less work on your part, add plugins. If you are blogging a book, also  install specific plugins to help your visitors read the book. Plugins add features to your site […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog, Plugins and Widgets Tagged With: plugins, table of contents, turn pages, widgets

July 17, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Why You Need to Own Your Blog Site

Over and over again I repeat the same advice: Own your blog site. Let me explain what I mean by this statement and why this is so important. How to Own Your Blog You own your blog by purchasing a URL, paying for hosting and using a blogging platform like WordPress.org, which is technology (or […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog, Hosted (Free) Blogs vs. Self-Hosted Blogs Tagged With: how to set up a blog, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org

July 10, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

6 Steps to Create a WordPress.com Blog Site

You want to begin blogging your book, but your resources are limited. You feel like you can’t get started, since you know the best avenue is to begin with a WordPress.org self-hosted blog. You’re not super techie, though, which means you don’t think you can set up your site by yourself.  But you don’t have […]

Filed Under: Create Your Blog, Hosted (Free) Blogs vs. Self-Hosted Blogs, How to Begin Blogging a Book Tagged With: blog setup, how to blog, how to set up a blog, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org

July 8, 2014 by Nina Amir 14 Comments

6 Reasons You Don’t Want a Free WordPress.com Blog

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If you’ve been reading this blog for very long, heard me speak at an event, or read my book, you know I recommend WordPress.org self-hosted blog sites over WordPress.com hosted blog sites (or any other type of sites). Given that I get asked about this so frequently, I thought I’d offer a detailed explanation. What’s […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog, Hosted (Free) Blogs vs. Self-Hosted Blogs Tagged With: blogging platform, free blog vs. paid blog, hosted blog, self-hosted blog, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org

March 11, 2014 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Do Subscribers Really Matter?

Most bloggers primarily focus on subscribers. One they get traffic to their sites, they want them to subscribe to the blog. But do subscribers really matter? Should this be your primarily focus, especially if you are a published or aspiring author or an author building a business around your book? Not necessarily. Subscribers represent a […]

Filed Under: Build a Business Around Your Book, Create Your Blog, Parts of the Proposal, Platform, The Proposal, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: aweber, blog subscribers, building an email list, email list subscribers, why you need an email list

September 19, 2013 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Pressbooks: An Option for Blogging Books and Booking Blogs from Start to Finish

I’m always on the look out for ways writers and bloggers can easily blog their books or book their blogs. For some time now I have been aware of Pressbooks.com, but I haven’t had the time to try producing a book using their technology. Thus, I was hesitant to recommend the service. I’ll be trying […]

Filed Under: Create Your Blog, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blogging books, booking blogs, Pressbooks, publishing

September 10, 2013 by Nina Amir 10 Comments

Are You Allowing Readers to Share Your Blog Posts?

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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 […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Create Your Blog Tagged With: finding blog readers, increasing blog traffic, sharing blog posts, social share plugins

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