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What Can You Blog About When All the Good Ideas Are Already Taken?
The post appeared first on ProBlogger.
When you’re trying to come up with a great idea for a blog post, does it seem like every topic has already been done to death?
You might want to write about your ten favourite WordPress plugins. But a quick Google search shows there are dozens of similar posts.
Maybe you want to share your experience of raising children, but you know loads of blogs already covering similar ground.
Whatever your idea is, there’s a good chance there’s already something similar out there.
Here are five ways you can make the most of your idea, regardless of what’s been done before.
read more https://problogger.com/all-the-good-ideas-are-taken/
How to Create a Contact Form in WordPress [Step-by-Step]

Maybe they have a general question, or perhaps they want to make inquiries about your products or services. Either way, a contact form lets them do that.
read more https://www.blogtyrant.com/how-to-create-a-contact-form-in-wordpress/
What Is the Best Time to Publish a Blog Post? [UPDATED]

Is there a best time to post a blog? In this post, we examine the data so you’ll know the best time to publish a blog post for maximum traffic and shares.
read more https://www.blogtyrant.com/best-time-to-publish-blog-articles/
Commenting on Blogs: The Easy Way for New Writers to Build Platform

by Anne R. Allen. I’ve seen a steep decline in the number of people commenting on blogs over the past few years. I’m not sure why that is. But commenting on blogs is still an easy, painless way to get your name into search engines and build an “author platform.”
read more https://annerallen.com/2019/12/commenting-on-blogs-builds-platform/
Self #Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter… The Bible for Self Publishers! #MustHave. Also @MarkCoker #Smashwords Resource
Just as promised from my last Periscope where we talked about paperback printing of a book, here is the Self Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter (RIP).
Click here: http://amzn.to/1SfSadn
Also someone mentioned they were having problems with their ebook formatting. I didn’t want to get off topic, but just check out the formatting guide from Mark Coker, Founder of Smashwords and the most awesome guy I know. (Not just because he gives me nice royalty checks every 3 months either) LOL
Smashwords Style Guide – How to Format Your Ebook (Smashwords Guides 1) Kindle Edition
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Everything a Michigan Author needs to start your writing, publishing & marketing journey but were afraid to ask, couldn’t find or didn’t know
Currently only available as a paperback
Price: $20.00 USD
In this book you’ll find:
Mini-Guide to Self Publishing – download
a guide to assist the writer in getting a touch of what it will take to publish their books…
How2eBook&Market/BookBlog101/EngagingReaders Presentations
21st Century Marketing For Authors Bundle w/Resource & Bonus!‘
![]() 21st Century Marketing for Authors gives beginning engagement tips and thorough knowledge of how to present yourself and your website in today’s world. Learn how to take the old and make it new, but what not to do anymore or what doesn’t work. After The Book Marketing in the 21st Century – This is a basic resource sheet with links that are mentioned in the pdf and video. The 21st Century Marketing video can be seen on YouTube for FREE at http://youtube.com/sylviahubbard1
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Blogging 101 for Authors w/Resource Sheets
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A beginner’s guide for Authors to learn how to blog. Grab the video from our YouTube channel and then follow along with the powerpoint. Also, includes 5 pages for resources sheets with links. Price: $8.00 USD
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Literary Empowerment Coaching Service
The Deluxe Social Media Package will help readers and authors conquer the World Wide Web one day at a time. With Links, Resources and Powerpoint Presentations, participants can learn how to find ways to share their passion on the Internet and make money at the same time.
Includes:
– Social Media for Authors & Readers Notes
– Blogging for Authors-Readers 101 Resource Sheet
– How to Grab Interviews using podcasts and Internet online Shows to increase sales
Price: 9.00 USD
- Social Media For Authors Worksheet
- Price: FREE
Resources for Writing Publishing & Marketing Volume One 2018
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Resources for the writer and author needing quick links to their pressing questions.
1. Finding Publishers for Traditional Publishing
2. Spreading the word that my book is published
3. 1st Book, Not sure what to do Initially
4. Where should I end the book & how to prepare my manuscript for publishing?
5. Establishing an Author’s Platform and getting started
6. Strategies for increasing my eBook and online book sales
7. How to make time to write my book
8. Best marketing plan for my book
9. How to get book marketing plan to maximize the book’s sales and message
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
How To Get Your First 50 Book Reviews: A Quick & Easy Guide for Indie Authors

Encouraging people to publish and share reviews of your book is a key book-marketing activity, possibly the single most important of marketing task for a publisher. ALLi’s latest Quick & Easy Guidebook (now available in the Member Zone) focusses on how to get your first 50 book reviews.
read more https://selfpublishingadvice.org/how-to-get-your-first-50-book-reviews/
3 Things You Need To Become an Author (Plus a 4th to Keep in the Game.)

By Melodie Campbell. I’m not talking about a room of your own, with all due respect to Virginia Wolf. (Although that is certainly handy. Writing your early stories on the floor of the bathroom with your kids outside shaking the locked door gets tiresome pretty fast.) But today I’m talking about what I tell the…
read more https://annerallen.com/2019/12/become-an-author-3-things-you-need/
🎧Episode 14: Protect and Secure the Hub of Your Digital Business via @pamperrypr #howtoebook
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Small bookstores are booming after nearly being wiped out
NEW YORK — A growing number of shoppers will be supporting their independent neighborhood bookstores on Small Business Saturday. After nearly being wiped out a decade ago, small bookstores are booming.
Dane Neller, the owner of Shakespeare & Co. in New York City, just opened his third indie bookstore, and he’s proving the naysayers wrong.
“Bookstores are back and they’re back in a big way,” he said. “I’m not giving to to hyperbole — it was record-breaking for us.”
The Manhattan sanctuary is part of a resurgence of independent bookstores nationwide. Customers who visit the story can stumble upon a new author or linger over a latte while a special machine can print a book in three minutes if it’s not in stock.
The rebound comes after years of competition from deep discount superstores and online behemoth Amazon, which together turned small shops into an endangered species.
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