If you want to blog a book, you need a blog. Not only that, but you also need a successful blog. To help you move in that direction, today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), freelance writer, travel blogger, yoga instructor, and entrepreneur, provides you with a simple-but-essential checklist to follow. Check off the tasks and you’ll be […]
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 […]
Create Blog-Book Synergy to Reduce Content Creation Stress
Many aspiring authors worry about starting a blog. They fear they won’t have the time to produce a book manuscript while trying to produce consistent blog content. However, the blog-a-book and book-a-blog strategies provide an efficient way to write and publish books—and keep up with blog content schedules. Today, digital nomad and full-time writer and […]
How to Stop Spending Time on Busywork and Become a Productive Blogger
Are you so involved in busywork that you never complete the real work of blogging or blogging a book? If so, it’s time to cut down on your busywork and become a more productive blogger and writer. In this post, freelance writer and ghostwriter Dan Kenitz (@buildwithwords) explains how bloggers can get desired results and […]
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 […]
How Blogging a Book Provides You with a Continuous Flow of Blog Posts
The core principle behind blogging a book lies in having the forethought to plan out your idea in post-sized bits that you write and publish on your blog. Instead of blogging aimlessly and then going back and booking your blog, prior to beginning to write your book you develop a content plan that determines the […]
Simple Book Title and Content Idea for Blogging a Book
Today’s guest post is by Roger. C. Parker. It is reprinted with permission from his Published & Profitable blog. If you’re looking for a simple book title & content idea for blogging a book in your field, take a look at 100 Ideas that Changed Photography. Often, startlingly simple, effective ideas provide the foundation for […]
Content is King and Key
I’ve heard it said that content is king. I’ve also heard it said that content is key. The two sentences mean the same thing. If you want to produce a blog people will read–one that will generate traffic and get the attention of a publisher sometime down the road (or simply gain you readers when […]