How to Blog a Book

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

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Befriend Your Competition to Grow Your Blog and Book Audience

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 […]

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An Essential Checklist for New Bloggers

If you want to blog a book, you need a blog. Not only that, but you also need a successful blog. To help you move in that direction, today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), freelance writer, travel blogger, yoga instructor, and entrepreneur, provides you with a simple-but-essential checklist to follow. Check off the tasks and you’ll be […]

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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 […]

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10 Awesome Conferences for Bloggers, Writers, and Social Media Marketers

How do you stay up on essential trends, skills, and news for bloggers, writers, and social media marketers—like yourself—and network with like-minded peeps? Attend a conference. Today writer and journalist Jane Meggitt (@meggitt_jane) provides information on 10 conferences sure to level up your success. Gone are the days when writers, stowed away in a garret, […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Promoting Your Blog on Instagram

Bloggers and aspiring authors would rather write than spend time on social networking sites. But most know social media is necessary to succeed . Therefore, it’s important to consider using a variety of sites.  Today, freelance writer and ghostwriter Sanjay Bojan (@sanjaybojan) discuss how and why to use Instagram as a blog promotion tool. Pay […]

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How to Get Better Mileage Out of Your Blog Posts

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. […]

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How to Take a Multi-Channel Approach to Your Social Media Sharing

Social media. Every time I talk about this topic with writers and bloggers, they cringe. No one wants to use social media for business, and they don’t want to take a multi-channel approach and have a presence on every single site even though they know they should. Here’s the bad news: You do, indeed, need […]

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How to Create a Social Media Marketing Plan for Your Blog

Today bloggers and authors must use social media to market their posts and books. Social media marketing represents an integral part of attracting readers and selling books. In this guest post, Jennifer Brown Banks (@PENPROSPER1) provides the essential elements of any effective social media marketing plan. Plus, several writers add their best social media marketing […]

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Use Content Curation to Build Expert Status

Many people blog for one reason: to build expert status. Sharing your knowledge and experience on your blog and social networks provides an ideal way to become an authority. However, sometimes your blog content is not enough. Maybe you only blog once per week. Therefore, you only have one post per week to share on […]

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Simple Facts And Tips About Marketing Your Book Online

Content marketing provides one of the most—possibly the most—important way to market your book. However, it’s important to know how to produce content effectively if you want your efforts to pay off in book sales. Today Todd Worley (@ToddWorleybc), a blogger, online entrepreneur and Internet marketer, explains the essential elements of marketing your books online, […]