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blogs, social media and identity
I spent a day earlier this week holed up in the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London for the second Blogs and Social Media Forum. Unlike the Corporate Podcasting Summit I attended earlier in the...
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using blogs to promote books
Blog consultant Mark White has written a recent post on the benefits of blogging as a means of promoting books. While you may be tripping over Nigella, Jamie and Michael Palin in Waterstones, the...
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authors, brands and communities
Following on from my previous comment that the author is the brand, here’s an extract from an interesting article by Danuta Kean, from the latest edition of The Deal (the official magazine of the...
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Seth Godin on author branding
More on authors, branding and online marketing today, this time from a recent post by Seth Godin, who’s always worth reading. Seth’s post highlights the problems with publisher branding of promotional...
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death by blogging
The main objection I get whenever I suggest someone starts a blog is: “how on earth will I find the time?”. It’s a fair question. In our always-on culture, with a constant demand for information – and...
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Nominations open for the Author Blog Awards 2010
Anna Lewis is the co-founder of CompletelyNovel.com. Follow her on Twitter at @anna_cn. The Author Blog Awards aim to highlight to readers the great content that you can find in author blogs and...
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By Jody Hedlund on jodyhedlund.blogspot.com: At some point in our writing careers, most of us will feel the pressure to blog. I’m not really sure where that pressure comes from. Maybe there are some...
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How blogging helped a science fiction author find new fans
Should you start a book blog or a personal blog? Author Keith Mansfield shares his experience of doing both. Blogging is a great way to raise your profile, connect with readers and encourage sales. But...
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What are your biggest blogging questions?
We’ve had a flurry of comments on a post about blogging this weekend – albeit an older post, an extract and link to Jody Headlund’s post How Important is Blogging for Unpublished Writers? Check out the...
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Getting Started with WordPress [TUTORIAL]
01 Why WordPress? Other blogging platforms are available – but WordPress is the one I always recommend: it is powerful, intuitive, extendable – and free. There are two versions: WordPress.org and...
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10 Ways to Win with WordPress
This article first appeared in issue 1 of Publishing Talk Magazine. Want to start a book blog? Get up and running in minutes with WordPress. WordPress is the blogging software I always recommend. It is...
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