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

Lesson Five:

How do you choose a functional, practical, and beautiful design for your blog? What points should you consider when designing a blog? I’m going to divide the discussion about design into three parts–the emotional impact of design, the technical aspects of design, and the down-and-dirty on getting a design installed.  This lesson covers the emotional element. 

Let’s go back to the professional purpose for a creative artist’s blog–marketing. What does your blog design say about you as an artist?  [Read more →]

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

Lesson Four:

In this lesson, we’ll take a second look at developing blog content, this time from a brainstorming perspective.  Consistent content creation is the biggest obstacle facing new bloggers. On days when the creative juices just won’t fly, use these brainstorming tips to remind you how to fire up your creative idea-maker and face the blank screen with confidence. Start out with a few basic premises: [Read more →]

Tags: Creativity, How to Blog, Series Articles, The Writer's Blog Workshop by Suzanne McMinn
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