A blog about me or about page can make the difference between readers who stay and those who go. Its the perfect time to start a blog and pursue your passion online. Book blogging 101 does it seem like i do a lot of blogging tips posts. To be able to do it properly, you have to know a lot about. For todays sbpt post, stephanie and i decided to write about how blogging has changed us. In fact, blogging a memoir post by post offers writers some powerful benefits. How to use guest blogging to promote your book jane friedman. That allows me to directly make money blogging by posting it on book riot, and then have that same writing later posted on my blog, to help build content there. After doing some research on blogging and finding relatively few resources that were specifically about how to start a book blog, i decided to put together this guide for those thinking about diving into the book blogging community.
How to use guest blogging to promote your book jane friedman when you create a guest post, you write an article specifically for a site that is not your own. Blogging helped me hone my voice and connected me to a community of readers. By reading the blog as i began blogging, you could follow me along as i blogged my own booka book about how to blog a book. What stands at the heart of author blogging and, really, selfpublishing in general is marketing yourself your book and your blog. Starting that blog was one of the best decisions ive ever made. Just list down your thoughts about the book in bullet or numbered form. Ive created the ultimate blogging for beginners guide for free. Turn your home page into a microportal with fresh content that will keep readers coming back. How to blog for authors and writers the creative penn. Book blogging as well as food blogging taught me that the most loyal communities can be formed online. But we mere mortals need time to digest and reflect before we. This is a generalization, but most authors who ask me about this blogtobook phenomenon are either memoirists or novelists. The public accountability and feedback has been invaluable. Pinterest power up ebook learn how to increase blog traffic with a simple strategy that increased my blog traffic from 0 to almost 200,000 monthly page views.
As you choose your preferences, the upper right corner keeps track of your cost. The first handson book on building blogs, this is an excellent tutorial for new bloggers, and includes many advanced techniques for. Over the past few years, guest blogging has become a powerful and free tool in many authors book promotion toolboxes. I blogged a 10 day series on one of my blogs, as the spirit moves me, and.
If you have a hobby, want to share your opinions to with the world, or simply want to make income on the side then youve found the right place. How book blogging keeps me inside my reading comfort zone. Concise, easy to read, and to the point, this ebook is exactly what i needed to get me motivated again and will be at my side for a very long time. Secrets for blogging your way to a sixincome figure isnt very long or very complicated. Hacks for writing an awesome about me page how to blog a book. Book riot isnt the only place to write online that pays, but of course its my favourite. Use this about me page to tell people who you are in a professional but fun and personal way. I hated my job and knew i didnt want to spend a third of my day miserablebut looking through blogging books, all i found were generic strategies and false promises. Genius strategies for instant web content by biz stone. In the audio and transcript, he outlines tips for blogging and also how to make money from your blog, and why writers have a real advantage as bloggers. I could honestly talk for hours about how blogging changed my life for the better, but today, i wanted. Memoirists think the blogabook strategy wont work for them. Sometimes you dont have a lot of thoughts about a book, but you still want to let the world know about it.
For me, i gravitate towards reading ya even before book blogging, however being surrounded by the ya book blogging community. In september 20, blogging became my full time job, and all that book knowledge has served me very well. The complete how to start blogging for beginners ebook is here. Theyre some of my favorite posts to write and read, and i wrote them to help you out. I think book blogging keeps me in my comfort zone as well, though in a different way. This is a book written by darren rowse of problogger. Go beyond lame blogging books with this stepbystep into nine proven systems to make money blogging. Blogging 101 for authors is all about blogging as a tool to grow your author platform, why authors need to blog and how to write blog posts that sell books. Looking for more indepth blogging resources and tools.
In other words, by blogging my book i build an author platform, a fan base of potential readers for my book as i wrote it. How to blog a book with nina amir writers in charge. I purchased this book last year after having a few coaching sessions with the books author nina amir. Your comments will be waiting for you and things are a bit less hectic. The convenience of working from home, the ability to choose your career, and the selfexpression that you get from blogging, are what make blogging so good. Why you should be blogging your origin story converting posts into resource pages 7 formats for winning blog posts how to create an endless stream of blog post ideas presenting your content. Even if im doing a terrible job at answering them and reciprocating the comments nowadays, know that. How blogging can ease your anxious mind yes, i truly believe blogging saved my life, or at least helped towards healing. This post wont be completely new material, because a lot of it is. But book blogging hacks has more than just a list of fresh, fun, interesting, and challenging ideas for your book blog. A weird milestone to celebrate, but i honestly cant imagine my life without my blog, books, and beautiful community of friends. If you are looking for articles and blog posts to help you take your blog to the next level, check out my most popular and highest performing blogging resources on the uncorked librarian below. Your va will create a new post, curated from your kcm blog and build your online presence by blogging once a week 4 times per month the most simple and cost.
I also include written chapters that have actionable advice from me, an expert book blogger with four years of experience writing about books professionally and here on the blog, to help you. I love your choice of discussion topic and its amazing that you are reflecting on how book blogging affects your choice of books. If you dont know problogger, you should, at least if youre interested in blogging. Go crazy, write down everything you felt about the book mini. We have articlethat is similar that 20 cool book blogging ideas. Or, more precisely, writing is a discipline, and blogging has been an amazing tool to help me develop that discipline. I will never forget your comments and tremendous support. Here are more blogging tips from the book to inspire you. Yaro has been blogging for many years and makes a fulltime income from his blog. Another book i started a while ago and just finished, problogger. Just enter your email below to get the book and to get occasional emails from me about how to get more traffic and earn more from your blog.
Nevertheless, his book on blogging has sold thousands worldwide and despite how long the book has been out on the shelves, the information is invaluable with respect to how to earn revenue from your blog. Yesterday marked my 7month anniversary as a book blogger. They all promised huge income but none really told me how much bloggers make or how. Blogging success, or as i like to call it, workathome and make money blogging is a 25page ebook, jampacked with tons of practical, actionable tips on how to create killer content, increase traffic to your blog, and most importantly, make money from it. What ive learned in 9 years of blogging blogging is a discipline. I wanted to share some of my favorite blogging books, so others who are wanting to blog or learn more about blogging as a career can find some help and inspiration. This is the first in a series of articles charting the founding, successes, failures, and lessons learned from 7 years of blogging. Darren is one of those success stories online in the world in the blogging community. Yet, things are strange when it comes to book blogging, book bloggers and statistics and so on, especially in this new era. I blogged a 10day series on one of my blogs, as the spirit moves me, and. Book blogging cannot compare to other profitablelucrative types of blogging ie fashion blogging. Book blogging, however, can lead to other things, such as getting a publishingrelated job or going to an event as a panelist.
How to launch your blog with your book in mind writers digest. This kind of blogging requires a great deal of research and knowledge about your subject. Your blog is your test kitchen, and other things ive. How to write a blog post people actually want to read. The business of blogging can be a bit daunting to navigate, but this book could not make it any easier to help you grow your audience while setting your blog up to bring home some bacon.
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