That awful word, “platform.” It’s been bantered about online and at writer’s conferences for years. When aspiring authors first learn the word, they tend to overuse it, to the point that literary agents might actually cringe if you say it
Best WordPress Plugins for Your Blog
Enjoy this guest blog from author C. Pearson. Image courtesy FreeDigitalPhotos.net One of the great things about blogging platforms such as WordPress is that they come with an enormous number of plugins. These plugins allow for bloggers to customize their
How to Promote Your Words on Goodreads
Goodreads is without question a great space for readers to share what they’ve read. But do you know how easy they make it for authors to better promote themselves and their books? The Goodreads Author Program is free, and it’s
Fun Facebook Author App!
We’ve seen some authors using this app on Facebook and thought anyone with a book out there might want to add it it to their Facebook author page. 1. Visit https://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/ 2. You’ll see a page that includes the box
Auto-Response and Email Signatures: Overlooked Marketing Tools!
With all the focus we put on automating tasks these days, I’m surprised when we still receive an email with a “lazy” auto-response or a haphazard email signature. You know what I’m talking about: The “I’ll get back to you
7 Ways to Improve Author Blog Traffic via Linked In
Today’s post is a bonus as we post on odd days — typically every other day — but of course that means we’ll be bringing you another post tomorrow, on the first of the month. So, we thought we’d create
Three Quick Ways to Improve Your Twitter Performance
Twitter seems to be the social media opportunity that most baffles writers, and perhaps part of that is because we’re limited to 140 characters and that’s just plain shorthand! But there are so many ways to improve your Twitter experience