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The Writer’s Blog Workshop Series Lessons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Lesson Seven:

Your website/blog is your face to the world.  It should be professional.  If you choose to install your own blog platform and design, we have articles here to help you.  But if you aren’t technically or artistically inclined, there’s no need to despair.  There are many qualified and reasonably priced designers who can work with you to create the blog of your dreams.   Register a domain name and start looking for the right designer for you.

Tips to consider in choosing a designer: [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog, Series Articles, The Writer's Blog Workshop by Suzanne McMinn
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How can a writer make money from a blog? Blogging for promotional purposes to help increase book sales and heighten name recognition are the two main reasons most writers create and maintain blogs. But there’s another way, a direct way, to utilize your blog to plump your bottom line. Advertising. In this article, we’ll take a quick overview of your advertising options.

Wait a minute. Did I say advertising? Yes. Yes, I did.

But advertising is so….tacky! No. No, it’s not. If you’re too genteel to make money from your blog, this article isn’t for you. But if you like money and want to find out how to make more of it passively from something you’re already doing, keep reading. [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog, Marketing by Suzanne McMinn
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The Writer’s Blog Workshop Series Lessons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Lesson Six:

Now that you’ve got a clear idea in your mind about the emotional impact you want your design to present, in sync with your original branding, let’s talk about the more technical aspects. Functionality.  You want a clean, clear design that is user-friendly.  No matter how attractive your design is, no matter how perfectly it reflects your author branding, if it’s not user-friendly, visitors will be frustrated–and go away.  We don’t want that!

Points to keep in mind: [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog, Series Articles, The Writer's Blog Workshop by Suzanne McMinn
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Do you google your name? Want to know if people are talking about you or talking about your books? Want to know an easier, automatic way to find out this informaton?

How To Set Up Google Alerts

You can set up actual alerts that will send you email when Google finds anything with whatever term you define. You can set up an alert for:

• your name
• your pen name
• the title of your book
• the name of your blog
• subjects you are researching for your book
• whatever search term you want

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Tags: Website Tips by Kacey
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What is a blog carnival and how can you use blog carnivals as a fast, easy, free way to build traffic to your blog? A blog carnival is a collection of links to selected blog posts submitted by different bloggers on a given topic or theme. The links are then posted by the host blogger on their blog as a “carnival”. A blog carnival is a great way for bloggers to highlight fellow bloggers, organize theme posts, and increase cross-traffic between related blogs. For blog readers, a carnival presents an opportunity to discover a variety of posts from multiple bloggers centered on topics they enjoy. To understand more about what a blog carnival is and what it can do for you [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog, Marketing, Spotlight by Suzanne McMinn
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