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Kallypso Masters: How to Get Your Self-Published Books Noticed

July 16, 2012 by Edie Ramer 12 Comments
Writing Groups for Young Adult Writers

I belong to the IndiRomanceInk, a Yahoo group with over 1000 members, some traditionally and indie published; others indie only. If you need advice on anything to do with self-publishing, this is the place to ask. A lot of writers on the group lately have hit milestones: 25,000, 100,000, 10,000 sales, etc. At the same … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: blogs, facebook, Facebook tips, indie authors, indiepub, marketing advice, self-publishing

How to Host a Blog Event and Why You Should

November 30, 2011 by Lori Devoti 1 Comment

Tomorrow, December 1, I’m kicking off a blog event at my blog titled 30 Days of Vampires. I’ve done this event (along with its companion–A Full Moon of Werewolves) a couple of times now and while it is a ton of work, the pay off is pretty big too. Originally, I hosted this blog event … [Read more…]

Posted in: Marketing, Writing Business Tagged: blog events, blogs, book marketing, Google, indie publishing, indiepub, online marketing, SEO

What’s the Story with Duplicate Content?

September 21, 2011 by Monica Valentinelli Leave a Comment

You’re an author. You have a blog. You’re trying to get the word out about your books. Then, you get a strange e-mail. Somebody is asking you to republish all of your blog posts. Will it hurt you? How about just the one? Duplicate content is a phrase used to describe the event when an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Writing Business, Writing for the Web Tagged: blogs, content, Google, RSS feed, search engines, SEO, web marketing

Writing to Persuade in Six Steps

November 24, 2010 by HowToWriteShop 1 Comment
writing to persuade

Writing to persuade has a lot in common with writing exposition. Your organizational and developmental strategies will be the same.  However, with persuasive writing, you write to convince, not to teach. There is a difference. Keep reading for five steps and how to structure your persuasive paper or article. Writing to Persuade, The How With persuasive … [Read more…]

Posted in: Writing for the Web Tagged: articles, blogs, debate, persuasive writing

Why Are You Writing and Publishing Online?

November 10, 2010 by Monica Valentinelli 1 Comment
Writing for the web

One of the first questions I often ask my clients or workshop attendees is: “Why are you writing for the web?” Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? You’d be surprised how often that question throws people for a loop, especially when they realize that writing for the web isn’t as simple as they think. Writing for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Writing for the Web Tagged: blogs, online writing, SEO

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