It’s hard to believe we’ve already wrapped up Week THREE of #NaNoProMo! So many amazing guests and generous giveaways –so let’s recap who we featured this week and the winners before we head into the last awesome week. Why It’s Important To Check Your Blog Stats and How To Do So by guest @sugarbeatbc Barb […]

There are many great ways an author can save time in their day to day lives, but one of the best things they can do is use a scheduling tool like Buffer or Hootsuite to manage their social media. There are several options out there for scheduling tools and even more ways to utilize them. […]

Are you one of those authors who feels overwhelmed by book marketing? Do you feel exhausted by the long list of things you have to do to promote your book, frustrated that none of them actually seem to work and fed up with everything costing money? If you are, I’m here to tell you: you’re […]

Getting your voice heard above the social media clamor can be challenging. I have launched three books over the last few years and I am always looking for creative ways to market. As well as all the obvious ones, social media, ads, and building an email list, I have found podcasting to be very effective. […]

When I started writing fiction I had no idea it would turn into a book series. I just wrote a story that compelled me to do my best and as it turned out, it was significantly longer than one book. It has been twelve years since I began my journey as an author and last […]

To blog or not to blog—that is often the question. I mean…isn’t blogging dead? We have Instastories, for heaven’s sake! I really do get it. Blogging has changed a lot in the past twenty or so years when it emerged from the womb of Livejournal and similar sites. But I think the question we should […]

Since I’m a science grad and my major was Genetics, you gotta know I LOVE blog stats. I don’t ‘think’ things happen on my blogs – I ‘know’ they happen. The reason I know that things happen is that I pay attention to the stats on my blogs. On blogs or websites, we use different […]

It’s hard to believe we’ve already wrapped up Week Two of #NaNoProMo! So many amazing guests and generous giveaways –so let’s recap who we featured this week and the winners! Day 7: Thirteen Myths About Social Media for Writers Busted by guest @CaballoFrances Social media expert Frances Caballo shares 13 social media myths: As I […]

Authors want book reviews. Positive reviews on sites like Amazon provide social proof and help potential buyers decide whether or not this is a book they want to read. Reviews and features on book blogs help spread the word about your book. Reviews are also a subtle form of self-promotion: tweeting “check out this great […]

I’m really excited to have AJ Wilcox of B2Linked.com with us today. AJ is the go-to guy to learn all about LinkedIn and how to use it as a lead-generation tool for anyone. I reached out to find out more about how authors can use it. LinkedIn is a channel most authors either don’t use or think […]