Wouldn’t you love to get better mileage out of your blog posts? Of course, you would. I bet you typically write a blog post and share it on as many social media sites as possible. That’s it. Nothing more. And then you wonder why you aren’t getting as much traffic or exposure as you’d like. […]
How to Enter Blogger’s Paradise
You started a blog, and thought that would send you to blogger’s paradise. You imagined that blogging would quickly help you earn an income, create visibility for yourself and your work, and even attract an agent and a book deal. But now you are in blogger’s hell. Your blog feels like the bane of your […]
5 Alternative Ways to Create Writing and Blogging Success
How do you blog a book or become a successful blogger? This question typically is met with practical and tactical advice. But there are other ways to help yourself become an author and produce a high-trafficked blog. And they have little to do with publishing frequency, SEO, promotion, and copywriting. In my new book, Creative […]
Blog Post Length Revisited
What’s the best blog post length? I get asked this question over and over again, and my answers stay basically the same despite the changing content marketing world. I recently spoke on a marketing panel at a writing conference. All the speakers said the same thing: It’s important to have a blog and to publish […]
How Often Should You Publish a Blog Post?
One of the most common question new bloggers or book bloggers ask is: How often should I publish a blog post? You may get different answers to this question, but here’s mine, which is based on my own experience and the advice I have been given by a variety of successful bloggers and professional bloggers. […]
Making Sure the “World” Knows You’ve Published in Cyberspace
Let’s assume that you’ve written your first blog post. Maybe you composed an introduction to your book and published it. You may even have scheduled two more parts of the introduction to post later the same week. How are you going to drive traffic—readers—to your blog to read the beginning of your book? In […]