by Joel Friedlander | Dec 12, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Social Media
When you become a blogger you move into the role of content creator and media publisher. As a publisher, you need to establish a posting schedule and stick to it. After all, when you ask people to subscribe to your blog, most people like to know what’s coming up...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 3, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
When it comes to building communities online, finding people who share your interests and passions—and therefore are likely to be interested in your books—nothing beats your author blog. But suppose you are successful, and you start getting: more comments...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 26, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
New blogs are popping up all the time. New writers, new authors, new businesses and new ideas find a friendly space and set up shop. Authors are encouraged to use author blogging to help build their careers. There are lots great reasons for authors to blog, and I...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 19, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
There’s nothing that’s more important when you start your author blog than getting traffic. Yep, you read that right. It’s more important than content, more important than what platform you’re blogging on, more important than your blog design...
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...