by Scot Herrick on February 28, 2007
In the little survey on Ten Keyboards right under my picture, the largest response so far on what to write about here on the blog is…blogging by writers.
I’ve concentrated on what blogs can do for writers, but I need to expand that out a bit to include subjects like how to write a blog post, what makes a blog posting a good one and other items.
In continuing with the theme of how blogs can help writers market their work, I’ll point you to an excellent post from December, 2006, from Penelope Trunk over at Brazen Careerist called How to Get Your Blog (or yourself) Mentioned in Print.
It is really good reading and has good ‘next actions’ to get you moving in the right direction.
Yup, blogging can help.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on February 26, 2007
Announced while I was in Costa Rica (and I’m now counting my dollars to see this great group of people, most of whom I know):
SOBCon ‘07
Take Your Blogging to the Next Level
A Relationship Bloggers’ Conference and Networking Event
Community, Friday, May 11, 2007, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Christine Kane, popular guitarist, singer, blogger LIVE
Open Mic Night Cocktail Party – Live community event (multiple microphones) Take the conversation out of the comment box!
Speakers, Saturday, May 12, 2007, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Phil Gerbyshak, Make It Great! Relationship Geek
- Liz Strauss, Successful-Blog SOB and BAD Blogger
- David Armano, Logic+Emotion
- Terry Starbukcer, Ramblings from a Glass Half Full; Rodney Rumford, PodBlaze; Ben Yoskovitz, Instigator Blog
- Mike Sansone, Converstations & Iowa Marketing Bloggers
- Chris Cree of SuccessCREEations, Moderating - Blogging Tools Panel with Scott Rafer from MyBlogLog, Janice Myint from Technorati, and Diego Orjuela from Evoca
- Wendy Piersall, eMomsAtHome
There will be interactive presentations on publishing, design and branding, tools, analytics, social networking, marketing, and coaching — all from the perspectives of the relationship blogger and the audience.
Only 250 attendees will be accepted, and we hope YOU can be one of them!
C’mon! you’re not a stranger anymore! We’d love it if you could come to Chicago and Make It Great with us in May.
by Scot Herrick on February 22, 2007
Well, I’m not all back yet.
The problem with a long vacation is that I did not take another day of vacation to just be at home and get caught up. Who would?
But, it’s holding back on the posting of good content already to go. I’ll get caught up by this weekend and we’ll take it from there.
Thanks for your understanding…
Scot
by Scot Herrick on February 21, 2007
As I am writing this, I am on a plane returning from a ten-day stay in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is obviously different in levels of technology compared to my home country of the United States. The pervasiveness of technology isn’t there.
Of course, the tourists had their iPods, digital cameras, laptops and all that stuff. The rest did not.
The interesting thing about just watching people was the number of people with journals doing things the old-fashioned analog way: writing in a journal.
Writing in an airport, writing at the beach, writing overlooking an active volcano.
I came across this woman sitting up against a small building, in the sun, gazing at what you see in the picture above, and writing in her journal. I almost stopped to ask what she was writing, but it was clear she was in a different world with her writing. It was the technology of engagement with her work, if you will.
Technology is what you make it. A journal is a great tool because it can be taken anywhere, used any time, and serves as a reference for your experience at the time.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on February 15, 2007
One of the things that I’ve really enjoyed lately with some of the books that I’ve read is that a DVD/CD has been included with the book. Always a non-fiction book, of course.
The point of the DVD/CD has been to provide a supplement to the book on the concepts that have been written there.
Many of the items on the DVD/CD has also made the content portable. For example, taking the content of the DVD/CD and adding it to an iPod. That way a person can take the concepts of the book, work the excersises through either words or video, all while your reader is on the road.
If your publisher balks at working with you on producing such a great supplement to the book, consider doing a series of podcasts on your blog that you can offer your readers that would supplement your book (and, perhaps, help you sell more of your book!).
Technology can help you provide all sorts of “support materials” that you can create around your book. Make the support materials critical content to have and create a buzz around your work.
Scot
Tags: ten-keyboards, writing, technology for writers, DVD, CD, book-supplements
