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September 22, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Self-Edit as You Blog Your Book

how to self-edit your blog posts

When you blog a book, you publish the first draft of your manuscript in cyberspace. However, you still need to share great content. How is that possible when you aren’t sharing “finished” work with the world? You must learn to do a great job of self-editing your early posts—or versions of your manuscript—so they appear […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: editing, proofreading, self-editing

July 2, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Know When to Put Your Foot on the Brake or the Gas

When to brake

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that when it comes to blogging and to blogging books I’ve been repeating the same advice for a long time: Blog often and consistently if you want to get any traction in the search engine results pages. I still believe that is the best way […]

Filed Under: Writing for the Internet Tagged With: blog consistency, blog frequency, how often to post, posting frequency

February 26, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

How to Write Titles that Make People Read Your Posts

how to write blog post titles

Headlines are the most important part of your blog post. Without a good title, you can’t compel your followers on social media sites to click through to your site or entice subscribers to move their eyes down the page to read your post. That’s why you must write blog post titles that attract readers—to the […]

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February 10, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

8 Ways to Turn Your Blog Into a Content Marketing Machine

Most writers realize their blog offers a phenomenal tool for building author’s platform and for promoting a book once it’s been published. However, you may not realize the variety of ways in which you can actually put your blog to use to create a loyal fan base, sell more books and produce more useable content—even […]

Filed Under: Promote Your Book, Writing for the Internet Tagged With: blogging, content marketing

October 28, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Create a Blog Plan

How to create a blog plan

Before you begin blogging a book, you need a blog plan. Even if you don’t think you are going to use your blog to write, publish and promote a book post by post, you need a blog plan. And if you begin your blog with the idea that you might blog a book (or more […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, How to Begin Blogging a Book, Writing for the Internet Tagged With: blog plan, create a blog plan, monthly blog plan, quarterly blog plan, yearly blog plan

April 24, 2014 by Nina Amir 10 Comments

7 Ways to Write Blog Posts that Get Read

The other day I shared a link on Twitter to a new blog post. Someone tweeted back, but their response only answered the question in the title of my post, which I had shared in my tweet. Their response had little to do with the post itself, making it obvious they hadn’t clicked on the […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: bouncerate, how to get posts read, how to write blog posts, Pageviews, unique visitors, users

September 12, 2013 by Nina Amir 5 Comments

The Main Reason Your Blog Doesn’t Attract Readers

How long do visitors stay on your site?

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: […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Writing for the Internet Tagged With: attracting blog readers, increasing blog traffic, time on site, visit duration

August 29, 2013 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How to Write Search-Engine Friendly Blog Posts

SEO is one part of the puzzle for bloggers

You can find a ton of information online and off about how to “search engine optimize” (SEO) your blog posts. Yet, Google constantly changes its algorithms and rules making it difficult to know if you are turning out search-engine friendly content or not. If you aren’t a techie or simply want to blog or to […]

Filed Under: Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blog posts, blogging, Search Engine Optimization, SEO

August 27, 2013 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

21 Things To Do Before You Publish Your Posts

have a checklist before you publish a post

As you publish your blogged book post by post (or even if you just blog), ensure you place your best work on your blog each day. If you can afford to hire an editor or proofreader before you hit the “Publish” button—and most bloggers and aspiring authors can’t—use check list to determine if each of […]

Filed Under: Writing for the Internet Tagged With: checklist, editing, good posts, proofing, writing well

August 20, 2013 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

6 Creativity Fixes for Long-Time and Long-Term Bloggers

Bloggers can find ways to spark their creativity.

It doesn’t matter if you are blogging a book, blogging about a book or just plain blogging on a particular topic, sometimes coming up with creative ideas day in and day out feels hard and boring. When you began your blog, you probably were full of ideas and felt excited and passionate about your subject […]

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