It’s essential to keep visitors reading your blogged book. Plus, you want to employ whatever tactics possible to promote the fact that you are, indeed, writing a book on your blog. Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, has managed to do this in a unique way. Today, she eplains how […]
Ideas for How to Best Reuse and Repurpose Your Past Blog Posts
Out of blog post or ebook ideas? No worries. You can reuse, repurpose and recycle the posts you have already published in a variety of ways. Today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) gives you some ideas for how to do so. Does the thought of having to come up with another new topic to write about make […]
Your Long Blog Post has More Impact as a Three-Part Series
Some blogging experts suggest writing longer posts. However, most people simply don’t have the time to read one long post. That’s why today, professional writer Jodi Webb (@wordsbywebb) suggests breaking your long posts into a three-part series and explains the benefits of doing so. And remember: you create a blogged book by writing and publishing […]
Should You Write Short or Long Posts when Blogging a Book?
Are short or long blog posts best? Good question. The online world changes constantly. More often than not, Google dictates those changes, including what it takes to get your site into the coveted #1 Search Engine Results Page (SERP) spot. What doesn’t change is the impact blog post length and publishing frequency have in achieving […]
The Top 10 Websites for Writers Who Want to Learn How to Blog
You’ve decided to start blogging to build authority and platform so you can publish a successful book (and make money, too). Maybe you even want to blog your book and accomplish these goals in the process. Where should you go to get advice and learn how to blog (besides this site)? Check out the top […]
9 Differences Between a Blog Post and a Book Chapter
If you plan to blog a book, one thing is for sure: a post is different than a chapter. What are the differences? That’s what writer and journalist Jane Meggitt (@meggitt_jane) discusses in this information-packed post. Read on to discover the difference between the two. Even if you have lots of blogging experience under your […]
8 Tips to Help You Blog From Anywhere in the World
Travel can prove an amazingly powerful way to foster your writing and blogging creativity. However, writers often think travel will prove detrimental to productivity. Today, freelance writer and travel blogger Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) offers tips to help your writing and blog thrive as you travel the world. Are you a digital nomad? Is your idea […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Blogging on Tough Topics
Sometimes the toughest topics produce the best blog posts and books. But tough topics are…well…tough. Today, freelance writer and travel blogger Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) offers tips on easily writing about hard subjects so you don’t avoid but, instead, welcome them. It’s hard to write about tough topics. It’s easy to write about a topic you […]
How Writers and Bloggers can Avoid the Research Black Hole
Reasearch is a necessary part of creating a nonfiction—or fiction—book, but this task can get in the way of actually writing the manuscript. Its also a necessity for blogging, whether your posts consist of blogged bits of your book or stand-alone pieces. Today, writer and journalist Jane Meggitt (@meggitt_jane) offers several tips to help you […]
How Two Retirees Back Into Blogging a Book
A while back I received a lovely email from two ladies (see below). I was thrilled to see the photo they included of themselves reading the first edition of my book and to read about how my work had inspired them to start a blog of their own. So I asked them to answer some […]