by Joel Friedlander | Jan 20, 2014 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
I remember when I first started blogging, full of enthusiasm but missing a few of the important details. Maybe I had no email list signup (big mistake there) and no idea what the mysterious “trackback” was, but I could punch out copy. One of the pieces of...
by Joel Friedlander | May 27, 2013 | Author Blogging 101, Interviews, Marketing
It’s so easy to start a blog now that thousands of authors start blogging every year. And then most of them quit. What’s the difference between an author who learns how to use their blog—an incredible media and engagement tool—and those who...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 27, 2012 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
The idea of an author blog is pretty simple, really. As most authors understand it, they write articles around the same topics that are central to their books, market their blogs to people who are interested in those topics, and slowly build an audience, a readership...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 31, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Self-Publishing
I had a book design website once. It was one of those “web 1.0” websites that you put up because you know you need one, or at least everyone says you do. It was built with a nifty Mac tool called Rapidweaver and for what it was, it was okay. It took a lot...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 21, 2011 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
Okay, you’ve decided to start writing a blog and you’ve set up an account with blogger.com or wordpress.com or, if you listened to advice earlier in this series, you’ve got a hosting account of your own, acquired a snazzy domain name with at least...
