Well, we’ve rounded the corner and headed into 2018. What will the new year hold for authors and self-publishers? We rounded up some of the best articles on the year ahead and mixed them in with some great advice you can use today. Enjoy! Mark Coker on Smashwords 2018 Book Industry Predictions: Are Indie Authors […]
Author Blogging 101
Author Blogging 101: Your Quick Guide to Content Curation
Curators have traditionally been found in museums and libraries where, relying on their expertise in a specific field, they acquire, organize, and present selections of works with something in common. Enter technology, and we’ve had an explosion of online content aimed at specialized audiences. The last time I looked, there were a reported 73 million […]
Content Creation for Bloggers: 14 Kinds of Shareable Content
In this increasingly social world, where the effectiveness of your book marketing can seem to be a matter of metrics—hits, shares, likes, re-tweets, re-pins—shareable content is, or should be, the goal for all author bloggers. All these ways social media gives us to comment and pass on each others’ work depend on one thing: great […]
Content Creation for Bloggers: 3 Questions
A lot of the authors I talk to who want to use blogging as a tool in their overall book marketing strategy get stalled with content creation. Since they are authors, they already know how to write, that’s not the problem. But there are specific questions that come up over and over again that stymie […]
How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Author Website
I don’t think there’s any doubt at this point that every author needs a website. Publishers recommend them for their own authors, and self-publishing writers know that, for most of us, our natural home is online. But the next thing that comes up when you decide you need a website to advance your writing career, […]
Live Event: How to Sell Thousands of Books Using Your Blog with Yaro Starak
Live Event: How to Sell Thousands of Books Using Your Blog with Yaro Starak explores the results of blogging and announces a free webinar
7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 2)
7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 2) describes problems with technology, pitches, burnout, and life itself
7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 1)
7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 1) describes problems with SPAM, hackers and internet trolls
How Research Sets the Stage for Blog Marketing
Author Blogging 101: How Research Sets the Stage for Blog Marketing describes two activities to research a new topic area
5 Steps to Author Blogging Success
5 Steps to Author Blogging Success includes links to helpful articles for author bloggers