Blogging isn’t like the movie Field of Dreams. If you build it—your blog, they—your readers—will not come. You need a plan to attract a blog audience, and you must work that plan. In this post, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, offers several audience-building strategies that work…and work well. When […]
How to Decide Where to Host Your Online Course
As a blogger and author, you are well-suited to become an online educator. Your content and expertise lend themselves to course creation, and many of your readers will be eager to take your information to a deeper level. But there’s more to offering your readers a course than creating videos, handouts, or tutorials. In this […]
How to Create Passive Blogging Income as an Amazon Affiliate
Making money as a blogger doesn’t have to be as difficult as some people make it seem. You can create a passive income stream pretty fast as an affiliate—especially as part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon is where you will sell your blogged book, but it’s also where you can make money on your […]
How to Use an Editorial Calendar to Plan Your Blog Posts
Many bloggers—old and new—struggle to stick to a blogging schedule. But there is a way to make help you write and publish posts consistently. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how she schedules a variety of posts using an editorial calendar plugin. Additionally, you’ll […]
How to Share Your Blog Posts in Facebook Communities
Given that many Facebook communities or groups don’t allow you to promote—and you don’t want to be one of those pushy authors saying “Buy my book!” all the time, how do you best use Facebook for book promotion? Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, has the solution. If you have […]
Tools to Help You Blog on the Go
If you do a lot of traveling or are constantly away from the office, it’s important to be able to write and publish posts from anywhere as well as to record your post ideas in a way that they don’t become lost or forgotten. Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, […]
Use Bottom-of-Post Images and Text to Promote Your Blogged Book
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 […]