How to Blog a Book

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 […]

February 5, 2015 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

7 Ways to Mine Blog Posts into Publishable Gold

Most bloggers simply blog. Day in and day out, they write their posts and publish them in Cyberspace. They produce a lot of content, but as one post after another pile up in front of the last, the older ones get lost in a deep dark blog hole. There they remain. If you are like […]

February 3, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

7 Tips for Turning Your Blog into a Book

As the blog-to-book trend continues on its upward curve, more and more bloggers see their blogs as gold mines filled with nuggets of content waiting to be extracted, refined and cast into books. Writers, on the other hand, historically have balked at becoming bloggers. Many aspiring and published authors turn to blogging simply because this […]

January 29, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

3 Mistakes to Avoid for a Successful Book-Blogging Venture

When I created this site and began blogging my book, I became a guinea pig. I had not seen my idea put into action by anyone else, but I felt sure it would work. I was the test subject. As such, I learned from my mistakes, but you don’t have to do that. You can […]

January 27, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Plan Your Book Content to Write Quickly and Easily

An ongoing debate exists in the writing world about whether or not to plan out a book prior to typing that first word. The “mappers” or “planners” say, “Plan it out! It’s more effective!” The “pantsers,” on the other hand, say, “Write by the seat of your pants! It’s more creative.” I tend to be a […]

January 22, 2015 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

6 Ways to Quickly Write an E-book to Build Your Mailing List

Nothing matches the power of a large mailing list when it comes to marketing your books, products or services. No wonder it’s common to hear online marketers say, “There’s magic in the list.” Or, “Your list gives you a license to print money,” which means that when you promote to your list, your subscribers pay […]

January 20, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

4-Part Strategy for Creating a Career as a Bestselling Author

I’ve devoted much of my career to helping aspiring authors become published authors. More than that, it’s my desire to help them become successful published authors. I understand how hard it can be to achieve that dream. It took me ten years to land my first traditional publishing deal. I self-published a few books in […]

January 15, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Going from Blog to Book: The Daily Coyote

Since Shreve Stockton is a professional photographer who “writes on impulse,” it’s not surprising that her blog, The Daily Coyote, is primarily a photo blog. When her photos and stories of her life with Charlie, an orphaned coyote who she’d raised since he was ten days old, caught the interest and imagination of people world-wide […]

January 13, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

How to Get Over Your Technophobic Tendencies and Start Blogging

I know a lot of writers who would like to become bloggers. I’ve also met many wanna-be online-business owners who need to blog. And I hear from tons of bloggers who would like to become better at this activity. One thing stops all of them: technology. How do you get past this hurdle and start […]

January 8, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

15 Ways to Know if You Need A Blog, Book or Author Coach

So many bloggers and writers struggle alone. They rely on the overabundance of online information, purchase online home-study courses they never take, or try to navigate the path to success in the dark–without the tools they need–hoping the steps they take will lead them to the light. How do I know this? First, I’ve been […]