Our thanks to writer Brooke Chaplan for this guest post! Getting your writing used by businesses and other blogs is a great way to get your name out there and often even earn money doing something you love. Sometimes the
The Twenty Most Retweetable Words on Twitter
The Science of Marketing by Dan Zarrella offers up plenty of quantifiable research about the use of Twitter, what folks are retweeting and what links they’re clicking on (and keep reading for a link to a free chapter of the
Find Inspiration for Your Author Blog Posts
Thanks to blogger Grace Beckett for this guest post… Blog writing, like all other creative writing, requires originality. But even professional writers suffer days when lack of inspiration for an author blog post is felt dearly. This is felt more
A New Author Discoverability Tool: The Fussy Librarian
We love sites like NetGalley and BookBub, Riffle and Bublish, creative problem-solvers that offer up innovative platforms to bring new readers to your books. Discoverability is key in this market flooded with new AND backlist titles, so we believe you
Writer Events Inspire Goals and Creativity!
We love fall conference and book festival season. There’s an undeniable energy in the air as authors from coast to coast dust off submissions and head to one of a plethora of writer events, to learn the biz, meet agents
How to Improve Your Author Website Traffic
One of the things that helps improve your author website traffic is getting “ranked.” Knowing our page ranks can be a helpful author marketing measuring tool. It’s fun to watch our ranking improve when readers are actively engaging with our
Author Blog Posts: How Long, How Often?
When we work with authors to establish an online presence with their websites and social media, we typically encourage them to include author blog posts, because a blog is what keeps a site in motion, keeps folks coming back to