Let’s say you have taken my advice and decided to blog your book—and you succeed in doing so. Maybe you self-publish or your blog becomes so successful that you are discovered by a publisher. Is that it? Are you done? Finished? Caput? I’ve said it before: You have to pick your blogged book topic carefully […]
Tracy Repchuk Teaches You to Build a Business Around a Blog and Book
Many aspiring authors set out to blog a book, or to simply to write a book, with the idea that the finished product will make them rich. In fact, the majority of authors don’t get rich from their books. The majority of bloggers don’t get rich from their blogs, either. The largest percentage of authors’ […]
2 Fundamental Steps for Building a Business Around Your Blog
I won’t tell you that I have it all figured out when it comes to building a business around my blogs. Nor will I claim, like some, to make millions from my blogs or from the products or services I sell related to my blogged books, my other books, or my blog topics—at least not […]
How to Start Selling Products and Services From Your Blog
For years I did not have a plugin installed on my WordPress.org sites that allowed me to create membership sites or to provide courses and products via members-only technology. Instead, I sold my products and services on a typical webpage and then from blog pages without a member-only plugin. You can do the same until […]
How Membership Sites Help You Create Courses While Writing Books
This month I introduced the idea of building a business around your blog and your book(s). You may be wondering how you can manage one more activity in your busy schedule. Actually, creating courses using membership site technology, like Premise by CopyBlogger, can help you use your time more efficiently by multi-tasking. Create Courses While […]
Build a Business Around Your Blog with Membership Sites and Courses
Since January I’ve spent a ton of time creating courses and products around my books and blogs. I even wrote the first draft of my next book while creating an online course. I’m also working on new products and membership sites. Not all of these projects are complete, although a few are. Yet, at this […]
A Short Book with Bonus Content Makes a Great First Product
If you want to monetize your blog, one of the easiest products to create may be an ebook or short book. I’ve discussed these numerous times on this blog. As book bloggers and bloggers, you are uniquely set up to produce this type of content. And, of course, short books were the first products I […]
Create a Vision and Action Plan for Your Blog or Blogged Book Business
Building a business around your blog or blogged book equates to becoming an internet marketer. When you hear people talk about “business around a lifestyle,” selling “information products,” “selling while you sleep” or anything like that, they are talking about the same thing you need to do to make money from your blog or blogged […]
Will You Turn Your Blogged Book Into a Business?
You’ve got your blog set up, and you’ve started blogging your book. Have you considered what you might do to sustain your interest in your topic or story and to fill your wallet once you finish your manuscript and publish your book? Here are the cold hard facts: Making a living as a writer takes […]
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 […]