Sentences with phrase «request guest blog posts»

Not exact matches

Some practical points: If you're just starting out, some opportunities that make a lot of sense for platform - building include: writing guest posts for popular bloggers who share a similar audience, writing a regular column for a newspaper or online magazine, seeking out speaking gigs (paid or unpaid), participating in conferences (for networking opportunities as well as exposure to new, inspiring ideas), using social media to share your message, and requesting interviews with popular authors / speakers / leaders to feature on your blog.

One of the best things I've found in keeping this blog is my friendship with Petra Lovelock, whom I met after I requested an interview for a guest recipe post.

In response to a question asked on my last post — a request for advice on gaining reviews for your book, I decided it was time to get my act together and repurpose a guest post I did for Debbie Young's excellent blog OFF THE SHELF BOOK PROMOTIONS, as this includes one of my favourite pieces of advice on increasing your chances of getting reviews.

-- Formatting HTML newsletters — Formatting books for Smashwords — Research about the business side of being an author (e.g., how Street Teams work, how to market a book in a foreign language, podcasts that might be a good fit to have you as a guest, etc.)-- Scouting for bloggers to send book review requests to — Pitching to those bloggers and tracking responses — Formatting (and perhaps light editing) of blog posts, or organizing content — Managing your Street Team Facebook group (posing questions to keep the group engaged, answering questions, sharing upcoming news, etc.)-- Creating box sets in Scrivener from individual novels — Moving works translated into a foreign language from Word into Scrivener — Scheduling tweets and Facebook posts (ones that don't require your direct input or engagement with your audience)-- Transcribing audio interviews or notes — For non-fiction authors, VAs can do an enormous number of tasks around webinars or other training you offer (e.g., planning and booking the event, scheduling guests, managing registration lists, dealing with the back - end technology, creating and proofing slide decks, sending out advance information packages to the trainees, and then sending out follow - up information to the trainees, etc..)

That means every guest blog post, every review request, every interview.

There are many ways to market a book that are free but require the author's time, such as an author blog, writing guest posts for other blogs, and requesting reviews from book bloggers.

Once blogs begin accepting your guest post requests, send them copies of your book to distribute once your blog tour rolls around.

Popular bloggers receive many requests to guest post, so if you are going after a well known blog, you should probably have a fairly compelling reason as to why they should have you guest post instead of someone else.

Email La Carmina for interview requests, TV guest expert appearances, travel influencer FAM / press trips, sponsored posts, blog ads, promotions and other collaborations.

I get quite a few guest post requests each week for my travel blog at Heatheronhertravels.com.