In the audio and transcript, he outlines tips for blogging and also how to make money from your blog, and why writers have a real advantage as bloggers. Just enter your email below to get the book and to get occasional emails from me about how to get more traffic and earn more from your blog. Memoirists think the blogabook strategy wont work for them. That allows me to directly make money blogging by posting it on book riot, and then have that same writing later posted on my blog, to help build content there. Book riot isnt the only place to write online that pays, but of course its my favourite. Turn your home page into a microportal with fresh content that will keep readers coming back. I also include written chapters that have actionable advice from me, an expert book blogger with four years of experience writing about books professionally and here on the blog, to help you. I blogged a 10 day series on one of my blogs, as the spirit moves me, and. I hated my job and knew i didnt want to spend a third of my day miserablebut looking through blogging books, all i found were generic strategies and false promises. Or, more precisely, writing is a discipline, and blogging has been an amazing tool to help me develop that discipline. Starting that blog was one of the best decisions ive ever made. Authors ask me all the time about how to build a blog that will help their book marketing, and ive often recommendedespecially to nonfiction authorsthat building a blog and a community is. How to use guest blogging to promote your book jane friedman when you create a guest post, you write an article specifically for a site that is not your own.
In september 20, blogging became my full time job, and all that book knowledge has served me very well. A weird milestone to celebrate, but i honestly cant imagine my life without my blog, books, and beautiful community of friends. I will never forget your comments and tremendous support. Ive created the ultimate blogging for beginners guide for free.
For todays sbpt post, stephanie and i decided to write about how blogging has changed us. Yesterday marked my 7month anniversary as a book blogger. The complete how to start blogging for beginners ebook is here. To be able to do it properly, you have to know a lot about. Just list down your thoughts about the book in bullet or numbered form. How book blogging keeps me inside my reading comfort zone. If you dont know problogger, you should, at least if youre interested in blogging.
How blogging can ease your anxious mind yes, i truly believe blogging saved my life, or at least helped towards healing. If you are looking for articles and blog posts to help you take your blog to the next level, check out my most popular and highest performing blogging resources on the uncorked librarian below. Even if im doing a terrible job at answering them and reciprocating the comments nowadays, know that. The first handson book on building blogs, this is an excellent tutorial for new bloggers, and includes many advanced techniques for. In fact, blogging a memoir post by post offers writers some powerful benefits. But we mere mortals need time to digest and reflect before we.
I could honestly talk for hours about how blogging changed my life for the better, but today, i wanted. Book blogging, however, can lead to other things, such as getting a publishingrelated job or going to an event as a panelist. This is a generalization, but most authors who ask me about this blogtobook phenomenon are either memoirists or novelists. Book blogging as well as food blogging taught me that the most loyal communities can be formed online. This is a book written by darren rowse of problogger. Secrets for blogging your way to a sixincome figure isnt very long or very complicated. I purchased this book last year after having a few coaching sessions with the books author nina amir. Blogging 101 for authors is all about blogging as a tool to grow your author platform, why authors need to blog and how to write blog posts that sell books. Here are more blogging tips from the book to inspire you. I wanted to share some of my favorite blogging books, so others who are wanting to blog or learn more about blogging as a career can find some help and inspiration. The audience is a lot smaller and the types of ways that they make money just arent applicable to book blogging. The top best good amazon books to read on blogging 2017 2018. How to use guest blogging to promote your book jane friedman.
Pinterest power up ebook learn how to increase blog traffic with a simple strategy that increased my blog traffic from 0 to almost 200,000 monthly page views. Yaro has been blogging for many years and makes a fulltime income from his blog. Concise, easy to read, and to the point, this ebook is exactly what i needed to get me motivated again and will be at my side for a very long time. What stands at the heart of author blogging and, really, selfpublishing in general is marketing yourself your book and your blog. Why you should be blogging your origin story converting posts into resource pages 7 formats for winning blog posts how to create an endless stream of blog post ideas presenting your content.
Darren is one of those success stories online in the world in the blogging community. After doing some research on blogging and finding relatively few resources that were specifically about how to start a book blog, i decided to put together this guide for those thinking about diving into the book blogging community. This is the first in a series of articles charting the founding, successes, failures, and lessons learned from 7 years of blogging. If you have a hobby, want to share your opinions to with the world, or simply want to make income on the side then youve found the right place.
Hacks for writing an awesome about me page how to blog a book. Blogging success, or as i like to call it, workathome and make money blogging is a 25page ebook, jampacked with tons of practical, actionable tips on how to create killer content, increase traffic to your blog, and most importantly, make money from it. You can publish your blog by creating a project, choosing your design, and uploading your files. Blogging helped me hone my voice and connected me to a community of readers. The convenience of working from home, the ability to choose your career, and the selfexpression that you get from blogging, are what make blogging so good. What ive learned in 9 years of blogging blogging is a discipline.
Our favorite blogging resources and tools the uncorked. How to blog for authors and writers the creative penn. Over the past few years, guest blogging has become a powerful and free tool in many authors book promotion toolboxes. Use this about me page to tell people who you are in a professional but fun and personal way. We have articlethat is similar that 20 cool book blogging ideas. Another book i started a while ago and just finished, problogger. They all promised huge income but none really told me how much bloggers make or how. I think book blogging keeps me in my comfort zone as well, though in a different way. I blogged a 10day series on one of my blogs, as the spirit moves me, and. The business of blogging can be a bit daunting to navigate, but this book could not make it any easier to help you grow your audience while setting your blog up to bring home some bacon. How to blog a book with nina amir writers in charge. Genius strategies for instant web content by biz stone.
This kind of blogging requires a great deal of research and knowledge about your subject. Go crazy, write down everything you felt about the book mini. By reading the blog as i began blogging, you could follow me along as i blogged my own booka book about how to blog a book. Go beyond lame blogging books with this stepbystep into nine proven systems to make money blogging. For me, i gravitate towards reading ya even before book blogging, however being surrounded by the ya book blogging community.
I love your choice of discussion topic and its amazing that you are reflecting on how book blogging affects your choice of books. How to launch your blog with your book in mind writers digest. Your blog is your test kitchen, and other things ive. Theyre some of my favorite posts to write and read, and i wrote them to help you out. As you choose your preferences, the upper right corner keeps track of your cost. Book blogging cannot compare to other profitablelucrative types of blogging ie fashion blogging.
How to write a blog post people actually want to read. In other words, by blogging my book i build an author platform, a fan base of potential readers for my book as i wrote it. Book blogging 101 does it seem like i do a lot of blogging tips posts. But book blogging hacks has more than just a list of fresh, fun, interesting, and challenging ideas for your book blog. A blog about me or about page can make the difference between readers who stay and those who go. This post wont be completely new material, because a lot of it is. The public accountability and feedback has been invaluable. Yet, things are strange when it comes to book blogging, book bloggers and statistics and so on, especially in this new era. Looking for more indepth blogging resources and tools. Its the perfect time to start a blog and pursue your passion online.