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October 31, 2018
10 Steps to the perfect social media marketing strategy
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I’m always being asked about ideas for social media plans. When I stumbled on this infographic, it seemed like a great candidate to share.
Enjoy!
I found this infographic on Media Update
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October 24, 2018
Recipe for Mouth-watering Blog Posts (infographic)
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I love it when authors can be creative with information! The title of “Recipe for Mouth-watering Blog Posts” caught my attention! I’m always looking for creative ways to present information and this fits the bill!
Enjoy!
I found this infographic on Social Media Today
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October 17, 2018
Social Media Glossary 100+ Terms & Definitions (infographic)
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I LOVE glossaries!
If you’ve read any of my books, you’ll realize that almost all of them have a glossary. To add to my body of glossaries, I just had to share this one. Enjoy!
I found this infographic on Social Media Today
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October 10, 2018
How-To Guide for Influencer Marketing on Instagram (Infographic)
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Do you spend time on Instagram?
This is a social media that I dabble in, but don’t really spend enough time to make a difference. As a result, when I spotted today’s infographic, selfishly, I decided to share it because I needed this information!
If this is something that you are looking to work on, I hope you enjoy the hints.
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October 7, 2018
WordPress mistakes to AVOID for new websites
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Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving weekend – if you live in Canada – and if you don’t…a little extra turkey and apple pie is all good!
I’m taking advantage of the “can’t get off the couch because I ate too much turkey” and I’m trying to catch up on my reading. I often find gems of information when I’m catching up on my reading that apply to either an outstanding problem or are topical for one reason or another.
Since I put together websites for other folks, I walk them through the whole process. Figuring out what the site is going to look like, to what content is going to be shown on, it to learning how to manage it, to the inevitable changes a couple of months down the line. In all my years of experience I have yet to find someone who truly knows what they want for a brand new website and for whom that opinion won’t change.
This is not meant as a criticism by any stretch of the imagination.
Simply an observation.
This morning when I was catching up on Neil Patel’s latest videos – and if you aren’t familiar with his site – head over to http://neilpatel.com – and one of his latest videos addressed just this issue. He suggests that bloggers focus on creating content first and ‘make it pretty’ second. I’m not sure how reasonable that is in practical terms, but it certain is something to keep in mind when considering starting a website.
I’ll share the video right here so that you can have a listen yourself. Just a couple of minutes in length – easy to listen to.
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As for book news, I’m putting the finishing touches on my latest book on book reviews and it should be available in a few weeks – just trying to decide on a title and a cover1.
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October 5, 2018
SELF-PUBLISHING ADVICE CONFERENCE (SELFPUBCON) SELFPUBCon is an ONLINE and FREE event for Indie Authors.
SELFPUBCon is presented by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
Starts tomorrow – October 6th 10AM GMT and continues for 24 hours
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SELFPUBCon occurs once in the Spring alongside London Book Fair and once in the fall with Digital Book World.
SELFPUBCon is a two-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), attached to the major global publishing fairs.
ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Our next event is a Self-Publishing Advice Conference attached to Digital Book World (held October 2-4, 2018). Our SELFPUBCon theme: Self-Publishing 3.0. For 24 hours, beginning at 10am GMT on October 6th, the Alliance of Independent Authors is pleased to provide you with the industry’s best about what you can and should be doing to have the most success in publishing and selling your books.
REGISTER HERE
What is SELFPUBCON? The Self-Publishing Advice Conference (SELFPUBCon) is a 24-hour conference that occurs two times a year and delivers some of the best training and content on publishing for indie authors. The presentations are provided by leaders in the indie publishing industry, best-selling authors, publishers, and service providers for indie authors. ALLi works hard to ensure the content that is delivered is top-notch, up-to-date, and high quality.
Where is the conference? SELFPUBCON is an online conference and runs live on this website. A new presentation is released on the hour, each hour, for a 24-hour timeframe. It runs live once in the Spring and once in the Fall. You’ll have free access to the presentations until the next conference.
How do I register for the conference?
You can register for the free conference HERE.
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October 3, 2018
The Anatomy of an Optimized Web Page (infographic)
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The structure of an optimized web page is the topic of today’s infographic. It might get a bit in the weeds for some, but I love this sort of stuff 
September 26, 2018
5 reasons your Awesome Content Isn’t Going Viral (infographic)
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A topic that I always seem to be fielding questions about a blog’s audience – how to increase the audience, how to attract attention of potential readers and so on.
We always forget to start at the beginning – create great content!
This infographic does a great job of outlining 5 points of improvement. Enjoy!
I found this infographic on Social Media Today
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September 19, 2018
The Psychology of Social Media
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Have you ever wondered what makes people share on social media? I stumbled on today’s infographic and just a few days ago and just had to share! I hope you enjoy the thoughts from this infographic
I found this graphic on Social Media Today
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September 16, 2018
Progress on my list of things to do – aka valuable resources list!
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How are you all doing today?
I’ve been reviewing my blog posts this past week and found my “list of marching orders” post from earlier in the year. From June, if you are keeping track.
I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk about the list – how my attack of the various topics is coming and at the same time provide you with some links to helpful articles. Find below my original list (in bold) and comments added.
Finding a step by step way to set up marketing – I attacked this topic in my re-do of what used to be a book just talking about book blog tours. In the latest version – called The Author’s Guide to Book Promotions – I talk about a wide variety of promotion vehicles and list hundreds of sites for your reference. I talk a lot about how social media is consumed to help you understand what makes a good method of promo and what makes a not so good method. At $3.99 for over 300 pages of information, I think it’s a good deal!
Networking – I’ve decided this would make a good book and have started the research. Look for a new release later in the year as this one will be a lot of work, I think. Maybe this will be my NaNoWriMo book for this year.
How to build an effective author platform without spending thousands and getting overwhelmed. I have done this to a large degree in my book called The Author’s On-Line Presence. I’ve also released a workbook version of The Author’s On-Line Presence. The book that I’m in the middle on the subject of Networking will continue the discussion at a more advance level than what is in the current book.
Building a simple website. This is on the list of things to do. WordPress is coming out with a major update shortly that is supposed to significantly change the way the platform looks. I’m waiting until after that update goes through to deal with this. For now, I’m in the final steps of creating a WordPress.com course as that platform has switched over and will be stable for a while going forward. Stay tuned for an announcement!
What to do once the book is ready for publishing. I’ve created a book on self-publishing from a Canadian point of view that is available for purchase. It is packed with information! I’ve also created a version that is more appropriate to all countries than the one I’ve created for Canada. It can be found for sale on Amazon.
Publishing A – Z – same answer as above.
Best program to write on – still on the list
What is going wide and is it worth it – this information is included in the self-publishing book mentioned above.
Learning to format – my preference for formatting is Vellum. I’ve demonstrated how easy a program it is to use in this post. I’ve also talked quite a bit about formatting in my self-publishing book. And…stay tuned for more videos on various formatting programs.
Marketing – getting reviews – although my book, The Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers addresses this topic in what I think is a no-nonsense way, I have noticed quite a few books and a couple of courses that advertise a “fast and easy” way to get reviews. I’m also working on a general book review book – stay tuned for details.
Blurbs – still on the list
List building – I frequently post about communicating with readers via a newsletter. See my blog posts here, here, here and here. I’ve also written extensively on this subject in my book The Complete Mailing List Toolkit.
Time Management – This is also a topic that I write on frequently and will continue to do so. Three of my most popular posts on the topic of time management can be found here, here and here
Learning how to use social media better – I’ve done some work on this, but stay tuned for more information
Teach people how to be virtual author assistants with an emphasis on social media and customer service – still on the list
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Thanks for letting me catch you up to date. If you are reading this post in Sept 2018, stay tuned for an announcement about my entry into ALLi’s Self Pub Conference coming in a few weeks.
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