I think author blogs can bring exposure to an author's name, but for fiction titles, using blogs for direct selling seldom works, in my opinion.
I think author blogs are one of the best marketing tools out there.
Not exact matches
But according to a
thought - provoking new post by communication consultant and
author Garr Reynolds on his
blog Presentation Zen, all these tools and tricks won't help you unless you have one more essential ingredient: something worthwhile to say.
In the soon - to - be-released 4th edition of The New Rules of Marketing & PR, David Meerman Scott (best - selling
author and HubSpot Advisor) added a whole new section about newsjacking that got us
thinking about our own
blog's newsjacks.
However,
authors are asked to bear in mind the
blog's commitment to publishing stimulating new
thinking that will eventually influence policy; contributions that simply summarize research are unlikely to be suitable.
Speaking to popular culture
blog Assignment X, the
author said this as he again described the difference between his work and Tolkien's: «I
think ultimately the battle between good and evil is weighed within the individual human heart, not necessarily between an army of people dressed in white and an army of people dressed in black.
Like a
blog, this house records a person's
thoughts, whether those
thoughts are directed toward the
author or toward the audience; as on a
blog, the recorded
thoughts are available for anyone to read who happens to pass by.
Kudo's to the
blog author for
thinking outside of the little box that those who seek to control people are trying to put him into.
The chapter on the Trinity profoundly changed the way I
think about self - sacrifice and interdependence, particularly as a woman, so I knew the moment I finished the book I had to have the
author on the
blog.
The
author loves wine as well as cycling therefore he named his
blog «The Drunken Cyclist» as he
thought he would write about wine and cycling but, not too far along, his focus became almost exclusively on wine.
When I asked the
author if the post bothered her, she said, «I just
think it's funny... Lots of praise for the writer of the
blog.»
@ the Analyzer... you must be an idiot if u
think i'm the
author of these rumour based
blogs....
Before I get into my own
thoughts about why the video and Evan are wrong — and they are — economics professor Marina Adshade,
author of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love, had a few things to say on her Psychology Today
blog:
I
think it's pretty telling that one of the «pro» pink slime
blog posts that I found on twitter has ranchers and farmers that are telling the
author that she is on the wrong side of the argument.
After all the resistance I've encountered here to the idea that maybe we should be doing less C - sections, and all the tireless defense of the
blog author, I
thought to myself... Matt, what do you really know about Dr. Amy?
A Go - with - the - flow Mama's
Blog: The uncensored
thoughts of a random, weird, semi-crunchy, young mama (who is also a wife, student, future dog trainer and
author) but always a mommy first!
As I believe the
author of his
blog (or her friend Heather said) I
thought I'd seen it all and would be prepared.
In her popular «Aha Parenting»
blog, New York - based child psychologist Dr. Laura Markham,
author of «Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting,» explains there are «basically three schools of
thought» with regard to the matter.
There are a ton of tips out there about building
blog traffic, but the best advice seems to come down to this: define your niche, post good content, post frequently, pitch your articles to other sites if you
think the
authors might be interested (but don't overdo it), and look for other sites that might run your articles with a link back to your main site.
Have you ever
thought about writing an e-book or guest
authoring on other
blogs?
blog-chetholmes.com About
Blog Chet Holmes International (CHI), a privately held company, is the creation of highly publicized
thought leader and
author Chet Holmes, for the purpose of helping small to medium - size businesses grow faster, better, smarter.
While this freedom is an enormous advantage for writers, and can be used to create a lot of good (
think free speech, and enabling people to react to biased sources etc.), there are undoubtedly people who may not
think twice about being «ethical journalists», mostly cause, well, for the most part
blog authors not journalists.
NJ • TORONTO About
Blog An international book publicity and public relations firm for
authors, publishers, books, experts, speakers,
thought leaders and organizations.
Dallas, Texas About
Blog John Mauldin, Financial Expert, Best - Selling
Author, and Editor of
Thoughts from the Frontline Investment Newsletter.
Seattle About
Blog Best selling
author and international speaker Rob Tiffany lives in Seattle and is a
thought leader and strategist in Enterprise Mobility and the Internet of Things.
The
author loves wine as well as cycling therefore he named his
blog «The Drunken Cyclist» as he
thought he would write about wine and cycling but, not too far along, his focus became almost exclusively on wine.
Kansas City, Missouri About
Blog Michelle L. Long, CPA and owner of Long for Success, LLC is one of the top QuickBooks experts in the country, an accounting industry
thought leader, and a sought - after speaker and
author.
Pacific NW About
Blog Jim Martin
Author of «A Place for the God - Hungry» is where he share
thoughts about life, ministry, marriage, parenting, leadership and ministry.
New Jersey (not Joisey) About
Blog Author of THE MONSTORE (2013), I
THOUGHT THIS WAS A BEAR BOOK (2015), NORMAL NORMAN (2015) and LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD (2015)... plus many more to come!
Many times, educational
authors will post an excerpt from their book on their
blogs, and I'm sure I will be doing the same as well, but today, I
thought I'd post something every one of us can write: acknowledgements.
She's an industry -
thought leader providing guidance and insight through the
authoring of the Leaving ADDIE for SAM Field Guide, webinars,
blogs, white papers, and industry conference engagements.
For more education chat visit the Bloomsbury Education
blog where our team and
authors share ideas and
thoughts on everything education, fiction, poetry and more.
This is an attack on our democracy and goes against the so - called critical
thinking that the NYCDOE purports to be promoting through Common Core,» states Katie Lapham, English as a New Language teacher and
author of the education
blog, Critical Classrooms.
by Anne R. Allen The most common question I get from
authors who are
thinking about starting a
blog is: «What should an
author blog about?»
When we recently held a poll on our Outskirts Press
blog asking our
authors their opinion of a new marketing option we were
thinking about introducing, the results and responses were overwhelmingly positive.
I saw a tweet yesterday by (I
think) Jane Litte of the Dear
Author book review
blog.
I
think the
author interviews I do are responsible for most of it, but I do find that I prefer reading shorter posts on other
blogs (unless they are really super awesome, in which case they can hold my attention for more than 1300 words +!)
I
think some of the most successful
blogs that I see from
authors are usually multi-contributor
blogs, where you see like five or six thriller
authors or romance
authors or science fiction
authors get together, and that helps reduce a little bit of the burden and the pressure because you're trading off blogging responsibilities, but you're also bringing together all of the different audiences you have, and there's a lot of good cross-pollination there.
The above tweet led to a fun interview over the at the Book View Cafe
blog, «Weird and Wonderful: Digital Book World and Guy LeCharles Gonzalez,» with
author Sue Lange asking me some interesting questions that really made me
think hard to solidify some of my ideas about the «Future of Publishing» and what it means for -LSB-...]
I
think one of the biggest problems, to put this in concrete terms, is
authors hear this kind of disembodied advice, whether that's from their publisher or somebody else, to get on Twitter, start a
blog, or start a Facebook page.
It puts starting and maintaining an
author blog within my reach, I
think.
You're
thinking about creating an
author blog.
We
think some relevant titles can always be discovered via algorithm - based recommendation mechanisms in the store, but we focus on having our team put together tools in various genres to discover new books and
authors, be it through our discover infographics, our Sony Reader Store
blog, our curated collections and our staff picks,» Helbig explained.
-LSB-...] April 10, 2012 — 0 comments Agent Rachelle Gardner, in a
blog post titled, «6 Reasons
Authors Still Want Publishers,» sent my mind to
thinking.
9) If — and only IF — an unknown
author is recommended via a trusted friend, a staff member, a colleague or a
blog / tweet that I follow and trust, or I come across one through my personal reading and can
think of people who would borrow it, I will consider putting that book into the collection.
However, I do
think transparency is important and the fact that a
blog post relates to a book that has been obtained free from the
author / publisher for review must be disclosed.
Donna — I
think you have the ideal
blog for a Romance writer (should I say «USA Today Bestselling Romance
author»?)
Sarah — If you're a bestselling erotica
author like Roni, the newsletter rather than the subscription
blog may work better, but I don't
think a new
author should waste time and money on a newsletter.
The advice that I sent him in reply will help any writer
thinking of becoming a self - publishing
author, so I
thought I'd put it on my
blog to help as many people as I can.
I
think you can keep a fine
author blog if you only
blog once a month.