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A new month, a new website design!
For quite some time now, my web designer, Amy Masson of Sumy Designs, LLC, has been after me to convert my site to WordPress. And I have been holding back—mostly because with everything else going on...
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Three Ways Authors and Writers Can Get Free Massive Media Coverage—Guest post...
Lisa Orrell, CPC As writers, authors, or a combination of both, we know how important PR and marketing is. Heck, we may even be doing it for our own clients! But when it comes to handling our own...
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Writers: Get Tough With Your LinkedIn Profile–Guest post from Robin Warshaw
So you have a LinkedIn profile. You have even added a picture and maybe a few links. And then… nothing. You don’t update it. You don’t add to it. You don’t do anything to make it appealing. And then...
View ArticlePlanning ahead for 2015
For some of my corporate clients, I am in charge of not only writing blog posts but developing and maintaining the editorial calendar. Once I explained to them the benefits of having such an item in...
View Article3 Must-Haves for your online “home”
It doesn’t matter whether you opt for a website or a blog to establish your online presence as a writer or author. What matters is that it’s well-designed and well-written, easy to navigate and...
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What to do with book reviews
This past January, I had written a guest post for Marie Lavender’s blog entitled What You Can Learn from Reading Your Book Reviews. So I thought in this post, I’d share some ideas on what to do when...
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Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016
Every December, I focus on setting marketing goals for the coming year. In 2014, it was time for a major site overhaul so I combined my blogs and two sites into one WordPress multi-site. (Okay,...
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Tuesday’s Tips: Strengthening Your Writer Platform—Part 1
Niches and Branding As one of my goals for 2016 (click here for “Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016”), I am working on strengthening my platform, which includes identifying my niche and defining my...
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Hashtagging Your Way To Social Media Relevance: Guest Post from Jay York
Jay York, social media expert Hashtags. You may know what they are, you may even use them on occasion in your Twitter posts. But do you really know how to make the most of those little checkerboards?...
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Ways to Make Social Media Work for You: Guest Post from Michelle Arbore
The social media challenge We all know that social media is what you have to do if you want to build your platform. But What’s the best way to do it? And do you use all the platforms out there? If not,...
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Tuesday’s Tips: 3 Tips for Finding Copywriting Clients
3 Tips for Finding Copywriting Clients Last month’s post covered 3 Steps to Starting Your Copywriting Career: identifying your copywriting skills and knowledge base, preparing your summary of...
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Promote or Perish — Book Promotion Tips: Guest Post by Kathlene Carney
Kathlene Carney And you thought the hardest part of being an author was writing your book… While I’m not denying that writing a book can be a challenging, and at times a frustrating way to spend months...
View Article3 Must-Haves for your online “home”
It doesn’t matter whether you opt for a website or a blog to establish your online presence as a writer or author. What matters is that it’s well-designed and well-written, easy to navigate and...
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What to do with book reviews
This past January, I had written a guest post for Marie Lavender’s blog entitled What You Can Learn from Reading Your Book Reviews. So I thought in this post, I’d share some ideas on what to do when...
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Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016
Every December, I focus on setting marketing goals for the coming year. In 2014, it was time for a major site overhaul so I combined my blogs and two sites into one WordPress multi-site. (Okay,...
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Tuesday’s Tips: Strengthening Your Writer Platform—Part 1
Niches and Branding As one of my goals for 2016 (click here for “Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016”), I am working on strengthening my platform, which includes identifying my niche and defining my...
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Hashtagging Your Way To Social Media Relevance: Guest Post from Jay York
Jay York, social media expert Hashtags. You may know what they are, you may even use them on occasion in your Twitter posts. But do you really know how to make the most of those little checkerboards?...
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Writers: Get Tough With Your LinkedIn Profile–Guest post from Robin Warshaw
So you have a LinkedIn profile. You have even added a picture and maybe a few links. And then… nothing. You don’t update it. You don’t add to it. You don’t do anything to make it appealing. And then...
View ArticlePlanning ahead for 2015
For some of my corporate clients, I am in charge of not only writing blog posts but developing and maintaining the editorial calendar. Once I explained to them the benefits of having such an item in...
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Tuesday’s Tips: “Who are you?” — Writing an enticing, yet concise bio
Image from Pablo Do you struggle with providing bio information for interviews or as part of your presentation materials? Are you unsure what all to include, especially if your writing background...
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