If you think your competition is the enemy, think again. Authors (and bloggers) benefit greatly by developing relationships with others in their niche. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains why this is true and how to connect with your competitors to increase the audience for your blog and book. Before I became an author, I thought […]
6 Ways to Supplement Your Blog-a-Book Content
Blogging a book is exciting and interesting…most of the time. But you need a strategy for the days when you don’t feel motivated to work on your blog-a-book project. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) offers six blog post options you can use instead of a post for your blogged book. Before you blog your book, you […]
3 Book Marketing Tactics Perfect For Bloggers
Marketing is an essential for bloggers and authors alike, but it doesn’t have to be hard or overwhelming. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how you can put your book marketing in place with three simple tactics. You’ve decided to write your book, post by post, on your blog. Blogging your book is the straightforward part. […]
7 Social Media Marketing Tips and Tricks for Bloggers
Social media is a must for writers, authors and bloggers. Without it, it’s much harder to build author platform, build an engaged community, or sell books. That’s why today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) has broached this topic and offered some easy tips and tricks you can use to make using social media marketing a bit easier […]
Seven Legal Issues You Want to Avoid for Hassle-Free Blogging
You are probably not a lawyer. But as a blogger and author, you need at least a cursory knowledge of the legal issues that can plague a published writer. Why? You want to avoid these legal issues at all costs. Today, freelance writer and ghostwriter Sanjay Bojan (@sanjaybojan) provides some basic information on seven common […]
Essential Negotiation Skills for Bloggers and Writers
Negotiation. Bloggers and writers need to understand how to negotiate because this skill comes in handy in a variety of situation. Today Nick Rojas (@nickarojas), a start-up and online marketing consultant, explains the types of situations in which you might need to negotiate and provides tips on how to do so effectively. Read on if […]
11 Tips for Starting Your (Blogged) Book Project
You want to blog a book, but you struggle to get started. You aren’t alone. Many wanna-be writers don’t ever begin on their manuscripts. It’s worse for wanna-be bloggers and book bloggers because they need to start a blog as well as a book. The blog technology alone, although not too complicated, can stop non-techie […]
What Subjects Can I Blog About or Blog a Book About?
In June 2008, Technorati.com, an Internet search engine for searching blogs had indexed 112.8 million blogs. When I visited the site in early February 2010, I counted over 65,400 blogs registered by category on the site itself. With this in mind, it becomes obvious that you can blog on just about any subject. However, this fact raises […]
