Lots of people will tell you blogging is dead. They’ll also say a blog doesn’t build an audience for your book fast enough, so try social media instead. Or they’ll claim that blogging a book is no longer a valid way to create a platform or write a book. Overall, they’ll declare that blogging is […]
3 Steps to Help Readers Navigate Your Books from Start to Finish
Your readers may not read every post related to your blogged book. And they may not read each chapter in order online or in the print or ebook version. With these facts in mind, today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) offers tips on how to write a book that keeps people reading from post to post, page […]
How to Increase Your Blogging Confidence with Greater Competence
When you feel confident in your writing ability, you know you can accomplish whatever you put your mind to doing—including starting a blog or completing a full-length blogged book. However, low confidence levels can prevent you from trying to create even a semblance of that success. There’s an easy way to raise your blogging confidence […]
10 Ways to Finally Get Your Blogging Mojo Back
Have you ever lost your writing mojo? You aren’t alone. And any blogger who has had this experience knows how difficult it is to publish posts when you are struggling to write. So, let’s agree that blogging mojo is pretty much the same as writing mojo since blogging is writing. But know this: You can […]
How Self-Integrity Increases Your Chance of Finishing a Blogged Book
Choosing to blog a book is a commitment made to yourself. You promise yourself that you will write your book manuscript in post-sized bits that you publish on your blog until you’ve completed at least 50 percent of your first draft. You also commit to continue blogging until you finish the manuscript (on or off […]
How to Master Yoast’s SEO Keyword Tool
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a must if you want your blog to succeed. But most writers have no idea how to put keywords to use and gain traffic. Nor do they have the time or desire to figure it out or the money to hire someone to do it for them. But SEO doesn’t […]
Follow Your Passion to Create a Writing Career that Feeds Your Soul
Many bloggers dream of also being freelance writers, but there’s more to becoming a freelance writer than hanging up a sign with “writer” carved into it. After all, you don’t want to take on any writing project and end up feeling just as stuck in your “job” as you did before you decided to freelance. […]
How to Increase Your Blogging Consistency, Productivity, and Performance
You’ve heard the stories about the most productive and prolific bloggers. They sit down at their desk on a schedule—five or seven days per week at the same time. Then they knock out a predictable number of posts, pages, or words every single time. No excuses. No procrastination. No distraction. To succeed as a blogger, […]
Why It’s Essential to Consider Learning Styles when Writing Your Self-Help Book
Not everyone learns…or reads…the same way. That’s why you have to consider your readers’ learning styles when you write or blog a book—especially if it is a self-help book. Today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how you can focus on your readers’ learning preferences as you write or edit. Self-help books are powerful tools. According to […]
The Pros and Cons of Turning Your Blog Into a Book
Should you or shouldn’t you turn your blog into a book? Only you can answer that question. In today’s post, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), offers some pros and cons to help you decide. Many successful bloggers have gone on to turn their blogs into books. For example, Bryan Collins produced The Art of Writing a Non-Fiction Book, […]
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