Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
4 Ways You Can Make Time to Blog Right Now
Time, writers say, is the biggest challenge when it comes to blogging. We are writing books. We are marketing books. We are thinking about marketing books. We are parents, spouses or significant others, single parents, workers bees, pet puke cleaner-uppers, grocery-shoppers, housekeepers, laundry-do-ers, mental illness sufferers/survivors, advocates, and the beat goes on. Time is a real issue,…
Read MoreHelpful Tips for Promoting Your Blog on Social Media You Need Now
You work hard on your blog content. You try to provide value, write in an engaging voice, and include killer images so people will enjoy every minute of reading your posts. BackLinko tells us that most of the 164 million blogs on the internet, most get less than 1,000 visitors every month. The problem is,…
Read MoreHow to Create and Market your Author Platform FREE
Last year around this time I was starting up my new author assistant business. I dove headfirst into purchasing a brand logo, a new website, opting for paid versions of various sites that, to me, were a *must have*. I set up Facebook Ads and ran giveaways right off the bat in hopes of…
Read MoreHow Do I Know the Stats on Your Blog are Wrong? by @sugarbeatbc
Why Your Blog Stats Matter You work hard on your website or blog. You are trying to grow your audience. How do you know if what you are doing is working? It’s not unusual for me to hear the comment: “No one is commenting on my blog so there must not be much traffic.” My…
Read MoreHere’s How to Write The Ultimate Guest Post via @BadRedheadMedia
I write many guest posts and articles which are shared on big-name sites like Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Feminine Collective, and IndieReader.com. This didn’t happen because I tripped over these sites — it happened because I’ve been writing professionally about social media, branding, and book marketing since 2009, I submitted my work repeatedly (and faced…
Read MoreHow To Gain a Fanbase by Blogging by @K8Tilton
An author sits at a desk. It’s a cold fall morning and it is finally time to start. Start blogging that is. This is the happening thing. Everyone has a blog. If I don’t start now, I’ll never reach my readers, the author muses as the author often does. But where to begin? My writing…
Read MoreHow To Create Content People Care About by @K8Tilton
Ina Smith Zajac asked, “How to write blog content people actually care about?” The answer is simple, write valuable content for your audience. But what does valuable content look like? What does your audience look like? Let’s break it down. Step One – Know Your Audience This is always the first step. It is also…
Read MoreHow Can I Get Comments on My Blog? by @nblackburn01
In my continuing series where I answer questions asked by YOU (in this case, this question comes from writer MJ Kelley), staff writer Naomi Blackburn takes on ‘How can blog posts incite reader comments?’ Thanks MJ for a fab question! Here you go…. When I first started writing guest posts, I was often disappointed if I didn’t get any…
Read MoreThe Why and How of Developing a Blog Strategy by @nblackburn01
In my continuing series where I answer questions asked by YOU (in this case, this question comes from writer Camela Cami Thompson), staff writer Naomi Blackburn takes on ‘What is a blog strategy and is it important for authors to have one?’ Thanks Camela for a fab question! Here you go…. I am always…
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