Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Monday, 31 March 2014
Marketing Your Self Published Book
Becoming a self-published writer seems easy enough in today's online world. We write, edit, find a printer or create an ebook...but then what? With access to the Internet, this task is openly available to anyone with the finances to self-publish, however, most authors are indeed just writers and are not prepared or don't know where to start when tackling the marketing side of self-publishing.
I want to offer up 5 simple strategies to marketing your book online. I had to do just this recently and am currently working on building my own online strategy, so it will be fun to grow and learn together. It is important to remember that social media is a very saturated place, so it is not as easy as you think to grow a huge following - it takes perseverance, great content, and regular posting to achieve a following. So hint number one when diving into your online strategy - work at it - everyday.
Twitter
I want to offer up 5 simple strategies to marketing your book online. I had to do just this recently and am currently working on building my own online strategy, so it will be fun to grow and learn together. It is important to remember that social media is a very saturated place, so it is not as easy as you think to grow a huge following - it takes perseverance, great content, and regular posting to achieve a following. So hint number one when diving into your online strategy - work at it - everyday.
This is a great way to find similar minded people. Twitter allows you to pick and choose people you want to target and have conversations with. I chose to follow women entrepreneurs and mothers of children who are in my target market - and they were so easy to find. Twitter auto-populates suggestions for you of similar people to follow, so make sure your description on Twitter describes your book and yourself so you are properly categorised and easy to find as well.
Boolean Searching
Finding and targeting your audience is easier than you think using the search engine within Twitter. If you want to find people who are looking for conversations around soothers or pacifiers - you could enter a search parameter like this: soother or pacifier which to the search engine means containing "soother" or "pacifier" (or both). It pulled up a ton of results, although dated conversations, I still found some interesting content that I was able to reuse for blogging and posting. Find additional search parameters for Twitter Searches here
Monday, 20 January 2014
7 Ways to Avoid Marital Interference's When you are a Blogger
A lot of us bloggers also work full time or parent full time,so, our
blogging hours often overlap with our "partner hours". In some
cases, I have heard that blogging has upset marriages, or even caused conflict
of interest. So, I have compiled a list of 7 important things to consider
when working on your blog.
1. Time Management
This may seem really silly to see as the first suggestions, but lets
face it, we can all "say" time management, but can we all
"apply" it? Heck no. So, task one - schedule your
blogging time on a shared calendar to let your husband know, this way there is
no surprises. My husband and I have a sync'd google calendar. It is free
to all gmail users, so take advantage people.
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Vacationing and "the Addiction"
I took a break from everything for 9 days - in Mexico. I took a break from emailing, cell phones, cars, Facebook, Twitter, blogging - everything. And you know what, I was so proud of myself. I was even more proud of myself while I played in the pool with my husband, teenage son, three year and one year old daughters without even thinking about looking at my smartphone.
I actually had an epiphany while looking around at all the young 20 something year old couples glued to their screens while sunbathing, and again while watching the speechless conversations of the 50 something year old couples who zoned out on their screens during a romantic dinner. PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC! They are addicted. Life is happening right in front of their eyes. Why do they have to be online while this real, tropical, haven is right in front of them?
This is a touchy subject, and probably raises a lot of controversy, but I don't care. I am calling it. People are addicted to their connected life.
Hey you - with the boyfriend - burning under the crazy hot sun - while playing angry birds or something...open your eyes and talk with your man - maybe you will realise that you don't actually love him!
Hey you - Dad - with the laptop - your kids are
I actually had an epiphany while looking around at all the young 20 something year old couples glued to their screens while sunbathing, and again while watching the speechless conversations of the 50 something year old couples who zoned out on their screens during a romantic dinner. PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC! They are addicted. Life is happening right in front of their eyes. Why do they have to be online while this real, tropical, haven is right in front of them?
This is a touchy subject, and probably raises a lot of controversy, but I don't care. I am calling it. People are addicted to their connected life.
Hey you - with the boyfriend - burning under the crazy hot sun - while playing angry birds or something...open your eyes and talk with your man - maybe you will realise that you don't actually love him!
Hey you - Dad - with the laptop - your kids are
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