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Why Google Analytics is Important for Writers
Do you know who your audience? Who is coming to your website? If you don’t know, you’re at a disadvantage because you don’t know who is engaging with you, where they are coming from or even what they want.
There’s a [...]
Why Authors Should Use Google Alerts
Google Alerts are a service that you can easily set up. Not only that, it’s free. Simple type in Google Alerts, sign up and begin. You don’t need a gmail or google account to sign up.
Track your own work—Want to [...]
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What ‘writing what you know’ really means
We’ve all heard the advice to write what we know.
It’s both helpful and yet at the same time, vague and frustrating. This can be especially true if you’re a new writer. But really, it’s as simple as ‘what are your [...]
5 Ways to get Followers for the Unpublished
While everyone knows it’s important to have a platform, how do you get followers? What if you’re not published? It can be a bit more difficult if you don’t have a product already out there with readers, but it’s not [...]
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How Does a Writer Plot Successfully?
A plot sparks, ignites, and finally explodes in the closing scenes, or it should, if you’re doing your job. The story shouldn’t just spark and ignite only to fizzle out. It needs a constant increase in tension. Options for your [...]
Author Branding: Why Do It?
What can cause a reader to expect a certain tone or outcome from YOUR writing and something utterly different from someone else’s? It’s a little thing called branding. But what is branding and how does it work? Here are two [...]
Getting your readers to come to you
This week I was reading an article by Idyll Conversation about the 5 Indisputable Truths of Author Marketing and really thought the blog post was spot on, especially this point:
Just Because You Build It Doesn’t Mean That They Will Come [...]
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Beginnings: The Embellished and the Tearjerker
As a writer, hopefully, you realize how important your beginning is to your story. If you don’t invest time and probably tears (yours, not your characters’) into the first few pages, then why should the reader? I’ve talked [...]
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Do you have a newsletter?
If you are an author, you may have a newsletter already. If you don’t have one, the idea of a newsletter can be daunting. Yes, it’s more promotion. There’s a few reasons why authors don’t:
It takes time to do one. [...]
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