by Scot Herrick on August 28, 2007
Loyal readers of this blog will note that I have been a fan of authors and writers doing a “virtual book tour” by visiting other blogs on a schedule and promoting the tour on their own blog and other sites. I’ve been a big proponent of using the blog technology to do the virtual tours as it is a perfect mechanism for reaching your core audience.
For context, I’ve mentioned virtual book tours in my articles Marketing Using Technology, or Book a Book Tour with Your Blog.
Context is great, but where are the tips on setting up and doing a virtual tour? Yvonne, over at Grow Your Own Writing Business had Mary Emma Allen of Home Biz Notes (where I know her writing) and two other blogs come over and provide a guest post on how to do the Virtual Blog Tour.
In the article, Mary Emma covers the right stuff:
- How to participate in blog tours
- Making the most of the virtual tour
- Coordinating Virtual Tours
- Virtual Tour Resources
This is a great article for how technology can help a writer market their work. Take a read; it’s a great article and resource.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on August 21, 2007
One of the more interesting concepts in blogging happened over at Writing Thoughts and Grow Your Writing Business. The challenge? Write one post on a problem and another on your solution.
Now, this is one of those blog “meme’s” where bloggers think up an innovative way to get people to write about their subject. My issue? The meme is usually about something totally unrelated to the topic on your blog — and you know how I am about that topic. You need to write about the topic of your blog and stay there because it helps define your brand.
Well, this meme was perfect for it. I wrote an article that was on topic for my blog — The Problem: My Hosting Company Sucks — and a solution to it through — The Solution: Changing Hosting Companies. Both were struggles with technology for a writer. And, believe me, they have been struggles.
Yvonne and Laura have posted all the articles for the problems and the solutions and they are a great, eclectic set of issues presented by writers. I’m passing them on here as a great representation of the different avenues you could pursue for a writing blog and how to stay on topic.
And, oh-by-the-way, great reading too.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on August 7, 2007
Working the Internet for resources can find some gems.
In cruising through my links for writing, I came across the Writers Resource Center at poewar.com. In Bloggers Writers Should Read, there is a link — and explanation as to why you should go read — 24-blogs about some form of writing.
I searched high and low for a blog about how technology can be used to market a writer’s work, but didn’t find one. I’ll nominate this one!
There’s a lot of really great writing going on behind these links. Go check them out.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on August 1, 2007
Christine Kane is a favorite blogger of mine. She just thinks through stuff at the personal, actionable, level so well.
So, we interrupt the Cubicle Wars and stop typing on the Ten Keyboards to get a little bit of enlightenment from a master. Go read What’s Easy. What’s Not. On Christine Kane’s Blog.
My contribution:
It’s easy to destroy. It’s not easy to build.
It’s the truth.
Oh. Also, Christine happens to be a pretty good singer and song writer. So download the free song.
Scot
by Scot Herrick on June 29, 2007
Welcome to the Writer’s Wayside. These writers communicate with their readers, help build their community, and offer great advice for their readers.
Each week I’ll highlight some of the great articles published by fellow writers.
This week’s articles are:
Pro Tips for Making the Most of Your Blog
Inkthinker takes a couple of articles and weighs in on writing for writing as well as writing a blog for monetization. This is a conundrum we all go through…all the time.
Writing 06-13-2007
Yes, I’m a fan of Liz Strauss of Successful Blog. How could you not be? But, the reason is great content, well thought out, with a complete reader orientation. While she writes about business, she writes for writers in a way only a former publishing person can. This article looks at twelve(!) articles about writing and writers. For those wondering why a blog is a good thing for a writer, I particularly like “10 Reasons to Write and Publish Every Day.”
What Makes One Book Outsell Another?
This is the question answered with eleven tips on how to move the sales of your books.
Sell Your Book Without Bookstores
Another great article from SelfPublishing.com, this article looks at how a marketing plan can sell books without using bookstores. While specific to a specific market, we can all creatively figure out how to do this with books in our own subject area.
How to get a six-figure book deal from your blog
Penelope Trunk offers up ten tips on how to get a book deal from the work you do in your blog. Just goes to show you that those little blogs mean something when you need to market your work.
Sit back, enjoy a little cafe mocha with raspberry and enjoy your weekend.
Scot
