How to Blog a Book

June 7, 2016 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Speakers Should Blog Books in a Month

Every year (usually in April) I challenge bloggers to produce a book in a month—on their blogs. This year and this month, I want to challenge more than just bloggers to blog a book in 30 days. I want professionals who have blogs—speakers, coaches, trainers, and entrepreneurs—to take the National Book Blogging Month (NABoBloMo) challenge. […]

May 31, 2016 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How to Market a Book to Millennials

When you market your book, you want to be sure to target those most likely to purchase it. If Millennials (also known as Generation Y) would find your book interesting, you must know where to find and how to get noticed by those born from the early 1980s to around 2000. Today Nick Rojas (@nickarojas), a […]

May 24, 2016 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

5 Deadly Landing Page Mistakes to Avoid

Beyond basic blog pages, you need landing pages if you want to sell anything, including your blogged book or booked blog, or build an email list. However, your landing pages won’t do much good if you don’t know the basics of how to create ones that convert visitors into subscribers, book buyers, customers, or clients. […]

May 17, 2016 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Joe Ponzio on Going from Book to Blog to Book

Joe Ponzio started his blog as a way to build platform for the book he planned to write (not necessarily blog). When his blog readership exploded, he sealed the success of his book. After going book to blog to book, he reports, “the book and the blog go hand-in-hand.” In the case of Fwallstreet.com, both […]

May 10, 2016 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

8 Reasons to Book a Blog

Long-term bloggers are in a fabulous position to turn their blog content into a valuable book. However, some bloggers don’t know why they’d want to go to the trouble of “booking” their blogs. If you are on the fence about transforming yourself from blogger to author, these eight reasons might convince you to book your […]

April 26, 2016 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Your Author Platform

A platform is a necessity whether you write fiction or nonfiction. It provides the foundation for your promotion plan, which you put to use when your book is released. Without a platform, your promotion plan won’t be effective. But how do you know if your author platform has the visibility, reach, authority, or influence in […]

April 19, 2016 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

How to Create a Successful Blogged-Book or Booked-Blog Project

As a blogger, you are uniquely suited to become an author. If you have a successful site, meaning one with a large and engaged readership, you have set up yourself to produce bestselling books. You can use your blog effectively to transform yourself from blogger to author. Either blog a book or book a blog. […]

April 12, 2016 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

6 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Blogging

Writers write. That’s the adage, right? But sometimes—more often than you care to admit—writers don’t write. You know it’s true. Like me, sometimes when you sit down at your computer to work (which means “write” or “blog”), you don’t do anything close to producing work. You don’t type a word—except in a Facebook update, a […]

April 5, 2016 by Nina Amir 8 Comments

Simple Facts And Tips About Marketing Your Book Online

Content marketing provides one of the most—possibly the most—important way to market your book. However, it’s important to know how to produce content effectively if you want your efforts to pay off in book sales. Today Todd Worley (@ToddWorleybc), a blogger, online entrepreneur and Internet marketer, explains the essential elements of marketing your books online, […]