This is Part 1 in a 12-part e-course about the types of blog articles. CALENDAR ARTICLE A Calendar Article is tied to a holiday, special observance, season, or anniversary. The key to a good calendar article is to put an interesting spin on it – something that makes an otherwise predictable topic unpredictable. Let’s say […]
[ Read more ]Heard on the radio: “When I was a little girl, I had a fragrant disregard for taking my shoes off when I entered my house.” The deejay must have had stinky feet when she was younger — which would account for her fragrant disregard. She meant to say flagrant (which means blatant). Your turn! Submit […]
[ Read more ]I regularly create media kits for authors. The authors I work with complete an extensive survey, answering questions about their background, their book’s content, and how they’d like to see their book publicized. I incorporate their responses into a press release, author bio, book recap, catalog copy, and so on. Here is one author’s response […]
[ Read more ]Have you ever stared at your computer, waiting for inspiration to strike? Here’s a quick tip I picked up at Daniel Scocco’s DailyBlogTips: Use your non-dominant hand to operate your mouse. It’s all about stimulating those neural connections between the right and left sides of your brain, says Daniel. Doing something out-of-the-ordinary exercises your brain […]
[ Read more ]I received the following e-mail from the account of a close friend: I’m writing this with tear in my eye because it might get to you too urgent but it’s because of the situation of things right now,I’m stuck in SPAIN with family right now,i came down here on vacation ,i was robbed, worse of […]
[ Read more ]I’m always on the lookout for new ideas to write about. The free newsletters I receive from TIME.com are great for inspiration. I subscribe to Photos of the Week, which are delivered to my e-mail Inbox every Friday. They contain intriguing photo essays and off-the-wall pictures. TIME offers a variety of newsletters: Daily News 24/7 […]
[ Read more ]One of the best ways to build traffic to your Website/blog is to get incoming links from popular sites. And one of the best ways to generate incoming links is to submit guest articles to other blogs or sites in your industry. I recommend three excellent, free resources for learning about and submitting guest articles: […]
[ Read more ]My son and I were in the waiting room of his physical therapist when we spotted Horse Illustrated, a magazine for equine enthusiasts (the cover horse was quite handsome!). What’s your specialty? Chances are, there’s a trade magazine or newsletter (either print or online) for that industry. Here are a few “trades” I discovered: Today’s […]
[ Read more ]I was reading John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week newsletter, and was astonished by the fact that over 1 million book titles were published in 2009. The Books in Print database announced the following numbers for 2009: Traditional (royalty) publishers – 288,355 titles Here’s a further breakdown: Fiction – 45,181 (down 15% since […]
[ Read more ]Rebtel. Zillow. Zune. Napster. Simpy. Ning. They’re all made-up company or product names. Some of them resonate with us. Some don’t. But one thing’s for certain: made-up names are the rage. Wordoid is a free online service that makes inventing a catchy, made-up name for your business or product a bit easier (not to mention […]
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