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January 26, 2016
The Indie Writer and Bread-and-Butter Jobs: Guest Post from Robin Baum
Robin Baum
This is the thirdin a series of guest posts from Robin Baum, who lefta successful career as a media relations manager for STERIS Corporation to become anindependent writing, editing and voiceover professional.
Today’s post is about those bread-and-butter jobs that help avert cash-flow crisis—a common problem for indie writers.
Click on the links for Part One and Part Two, and visit Robin’sLinkedIn page and Better Business Bureau listingfor more information about her and her service...
January 23, 2016
Weekend Writing Prompt for 1.23.16
Check out my Weekend Writing Prompt for 1.23.16 and tell us what happens next! http://tinyurl.com/jjnz5s5
January 19, 2016
Tuesday’s Tips: Strengthening Your Writer Platform—Part 2
Using Your Brand Identity to Attract Readers In Part 1 of Strengthening Your Writer Platform, I researched how to identify my niche and define my brand.
Step two, according to book marketing experts, is to use that information to attract readers—always a good goal, whether you have one book out there or half a dozen!
Be a brighter “literary light”
An interesting term I came across was “Lighthouse Author Brand.” According to Jonathan Gunson in his post, How To Attract Readers By Creating A ‘L...
January 13, 2016
January 12, 2016
Tuesday’s Tips: Strengthening Your Writer Platform—Part 1
Niches and Branding As one of my goals for 2016 (click here for “Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016”), I am working on strengthening my platform, which includes identifying my niche and definingmy brand.
Sounds very “successful author-ish” but what exactly does it mean, especially for me whose primary focus is on fiction?
I turned to a couple of sources to find out exactly how to identify what my niche is and what I needed to do to build my brand.
Tuesday’s Tips: Strengthening Your Writer Platform
Part 1: Niches and Branding As one of my goals for 2016 (click here for “Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016”), I am working on strengthening my platform, which includes identifying my niche and building my brand.
Sounds very “successful author-ish” but what exactly does it mean, especially for me whose primary focus is on fiction?
I turned to a couple of sources to find out exactly how to identify what my niche is and what I needed to do to build my brand.
Knowing my niche
In December 31, 2015
Setting My Marketing Goals for 2016
Every December, I focus on setting marketinggoals for the coming year.
In 2014, it was time for a major site overhaul so I combined my blogs and two sites into one WordPress multi-site.
(Okay, technically I didn’t do it. It was done by Amy Masson of Sumy Designs LLC, who still continuesto handle anything that is beyond my capabilities!)
This pastyear, my marketing goal was to strengthen my author platform, all the more important since my book, TRAVELING LEFT OF CENTER AND OTHER STORIES, had c...
December 28, 2015
Setting Up Your New Writing Business: Guest Post from Robin Baum
Robin Baum
Last month, I brought you the first in a series of guest posts by Robin Baum, an independent writing, editing and voiceover professional who entered the freelance world after a successful career as a media relations manager for STERIS Corporation.
Her posts provide a behind-the-scenes look at how to successfully transition from employee to freelancer, with helpful advice on what to consider and whether the indie writing life is right for them.
Today’s post takes us through Robin’s...
December 21, 2015
What to Know About Becoming a Virtual Assistant
One of my objectives for The Writer’s Place blog is to share ways that writers can not only work more productively but also learn about new income streams. Today’s guest post from Gina Horkey, owner of Horkey HandBook, accomplishes both.
Gina is a professional writer and online business marketing consultant with a decade of experience in the financial services industry. (Her Pinterest page showcases some of her writing samples.) She also helps writers who are ready to go solo, but need help k...
December 12, 2015
2015 is Now Nearly Over—Looking Back, Looking Ahead
We’re coming down to the end of the year—and what a year it has been, at least for me.
While I hadsome really great experiences personally and professionally during the first part of the year, the last several months have been challenging, to say the least. My father’s illness and subsequent passing not only caused me much grief but also made itnearly impossible for me to turn to what had always been a source of strength: writing.
At first, I hadbarely enough time and energy to do my work (i....
