Last week I promised to “show you exactly how I got started in blogging, and who taught me how to turn my blog into several six-figure businesses,” so it’s time to deliver. First, some recent highlights in my own journey: (there’s a reason for...
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the role a blog plays in the evolution of nonfiction authors. That’s one of the reasons I’ve been writing about entrepreneurship for authors, balancing risk and opportunity when it comes to investing in online...
Three years ago I was a guest author on one of my favorite sites of all, Copyblogger. The first sentence of the article was this: “Attention Bloggers: I’ve seen the future, and you’re missing it.” Let me explain. Since I started blogging near the end of...
Last week Stephanie Chandler invited me to do a presentation for the Nonfiction Writer’s Conference, an online event featuring lots of speakers on topics of interest to self-publishers and nonfiction authors. The topic was “Essentials for Author Websites,...
On Thursday we launched a new product to help people with one of the problem that really seems to vex authors: keeping up a blog. And not just maintaining a blog. Creating a blog that draws traffic, establishes your authority, influence, and likability. In other...
[Second of 2 parts] When you start a new author blog, you’re hopeful and expectant. Who knows how many people you’ll reach, how much fun it will be, whether you’ll start a trend or a revolution, become rich and famous, or be offered a 6-figure book...
