How to Blog a Book

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

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Essential Photo and Video Advice and Strategies for Bloggers

Long ago, bloggers didn’t use photos or videos in blog posts. Now, photos and videos are critical elements of a posts’ success. For this reason, it’s essential to learn how and when to use both. Today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), freelance writer, travel blogger, yoga instructor, and entrepreneur, provides basic tips, strategies, and advice for using […]

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Why, When, and How to Use Keywords in Your Blog Posts

All writers concern themselves with word choice, but a blogger’s choice of words can mean the difference between a post being discovered by readers or being invisible to the target audience. Today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), freelance writer, travel blogger, yoga instructor, and entrepreneur, offers advice on keywords and keyword phrases so you can increase the […]

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Why Every Blogger Needs to Develop Excellent Proofreading Skills

It’s not enough to learn how to write a great blog post. And to become a great blogger…especially if you are a team of one…you need more than superb editing skills. You also need to become an excellent proofreader. Today, Emmanuel Nataf (@EmmanuelNataf), co-founder of Reedsy, explains why you can’t just rely on apps or […]

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Books to Help you be a Better Blogger

Sometimes all it takes is a book to teach you something you need or want to learn. You don’t have to pay for an expensive class or a coach. Just pick up a book. That’s true of blogging, too, and, in today’s post, freelance writer Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) provides a shortlist of books that will […]

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How to Land and Conduct Interviews for Your Blog

If you want to add a bit of variety to your blog content and gain some authority and engagement in the process, try interviewing an expert. Turn that interview into a blog post, and watch what happens! In today’s post, freelance writer Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) offers sound tips for landing, conducting, and completing an interview […]

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How to Use Pillar Content To Grow Your Blog Audience

You chose to blog a book and build author platform and compose your manuscript at the same time. However, building a platform of avid blog readers can take a while even if you are making good progress on your blogged book. That’s why you want to add pillar content to your site. In this post, […]

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How to Use an Editorial Calendar to Plan Your Blog Posts

Many bloggers—old and new—struggle to stick to a blogging schedule. But there is a way to make help you write and publish posts consistently. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how she schedules a variety of posts using an editorial calendar plugin. Additionally, you’ll […]

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10 Ways to Turbocharge Your Blogging

Do you ever feel like your blogging and writing are being done in low gear? When that happens, it takes so much effort to compose a post and make progress on your blogged book. What if at those times you could flip a switch and turbocharge your blogging? Wouldn’t it be amazing to speed to […]

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How to Use Scrivener to Track Your Blog-a-Book Progress

Many writers and bloggers use Scrivener to help them manage their projects—and even more would like to learn how to do so. I’ve written about Scrivener several times and how I’ve used it to help with my continued blogging and blog-to-book projects. But my knowledge of how to use the program is limited. That’s why […]

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4 Proven Steps to Make You a More Productive Blogger

You sit down at your computer ready to crank out a blog post, part of your manuscript, or some sales copy for your newest book, product or lead magnet. Today will be a productive blogging day, you tell yourself. Fingers on the keyboard, you look at the clock and commit to an hour of focused […]