Alexis’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Alexis’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Well, the chances of strangers who are interested in a short unedited story ending up visiting your blog for it are small. So you'd mostly be dealing with visitors who already know you and your work.

However, Wattpad users love to read unpublished and uendited stories. They are already there just waiting for you. Take advantage of their user network and publish your story over there. Just make sure to link to your own blog and website in every post.

Oh and I know a lot of you are creative people and banner makers. If you'd like to help in anyways, my DM's are open! :)

I have an idea.
Right now if u visit the giveaway page,
You see where I have the 3 different giveaways listed as "steps"?

What if we unlock one of the steps every day? And to unlock the visitor has to tweet an automatic message?

For example, DAY 1 is win a 4x $10 amazon giftcard

And then DAY 2 will be 3x $20 amazon giftcard

And then we unveil the big $50 card on last day.

That way we continue to drive traffic to the website throughout the event.

R.L. wrote: "Sweet the giveaway page is so cute!"

Cute is exactly what it is! While I was making it, i was telling myself "think of the men Alexis, think of the men." Then I was like: to hell with the men and glittered it up! :p

Carole wrote: "Very pretty!!"

Poor male authors lol.

Alex wrote: "Alexis, article coming your way soon, I've got it down on paper, just need to type it up, check it and send it across. Hooray, only taken me about 2 weeks, lol."

J. wrote: "Everything looks amazing! Very nicely done!

And can I get some Spring around here??? I'm supposed to get over a foot over snow tomorrow!"

We had a very soft winter here! Only 3 to 4 days felt really cold. It sucked lol!

Giveaway page has been decorated. It's a bit girly but I couldn't help myself http://navigatingindieworld.com/1319-2/

Remember to join our mailing list
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You ladies rock, thank you.

Alex wrote: "Looking good, Alexis, your great work continues."

Awesome.

Amy wrote: "Cool, I logged in. I didn't do anything else though. So if it breaks it wasn't me..."

Surrre.

Groovy wrote: "Like your new Avatar, too, Alexis:)"

Thank you, I'm in the mood for Spring lol :)

Kay wrote: "Lol! Please don't ever change :P

It's all coming together now, I'm getting excited!"

Yes, it is. You can edit the text if you want or if you spot any mistakes.

Kay wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Sneak peek at the giveaway page: http://navigatingindieworld.com/1319-2/

Password: Navindie

The page hasn't been bedazzled yet, lol.

I get all the credit but I couldn't do this w..."

Because it's not Navindie.

It's not even close to Navindie.

It's: Lalaland

LOL don't ask for an explanation.
One of these days I will give you the right password, I swear.

Alexis wrote: "Sneak peek at the giveaway page: http://navigatingindieworld.com/1319-2/

Password: Navindie

The page hasn't been bedazzled yet, lol.

I get all the credit but I couldn't do this without the idea..."

And Carole!

And all of your contributions, of course.

Lord, this is starting to sound like a bad acceptance speech. Just thank you everyone. Lol.

Sneak peek at the giveaway page: http://navigatingindieworld.com/1319-2/

Password: Navindie

The page hasn't been bedazzled yet, lol.

I get all the credit but I couldn't do this without the ideas and suggestions and work done by Erin, Brit and now Kay!

Alex wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Have you joined our mailing list? If not- what are you waiting for? :)

http://navigatingindieworld.com/newsl..."

I've signed up. This will save me paying random visits to the si..."

Well not really. We'll only send it once a month.

I've added a new thing to the sign up page. New subscribers can specify whether they are a reader or an author, and we'll tailor the newsletter content to their profile. :D

ETA: If you've signed up before the list choice went up, don't worry. You've been added to the author list

Alexis wrote: "I did pretty well!

I didn't star on the final draft of my book yet but 7/8 goals reached is not bad at all!! :D


This week:
1. Finish list of bloggers to contact for Spring Event
2. Start polishi..."

Repeating last week goals because real life intruded last week.

Elaine wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Have you joined our mailing list? If not- what are you waiting for? :)

http://navigatingindieworld.com/newsl..."
The website looks great, and although I'm not as far along as mos..."

Thanks Elaine, that'd be awesome!

Have you joined our mailing list? If not- what are you waiting for? :)

http://navigatingindieworld.com/newsl...

Alex wrote: "I hope you're right. I just need to remember not to try and do too much at one time; I always make the same mistake, try and do too much, get stressed, have a melt down, and then collapse for a whi..."

Would I ever steer you wrong?

You are way ahead of everyone else since you already made your website, created the menu and added content.
The second tutorial is 65% done for you.
You're gonna snicker your way through it, like "That silly Alexis, I already know how to do this [bleep]"

Me:
Blah blah BLAH html blah.

You:

Alex wrote: "Oh wow, and just when I thought I was doing well with the site I created today, you decide to up the gave *trembles nervously*
Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased you're guiding me to build the site I ..."

Easy. Don't read tomorrow's article until next week! You'll be in I-can-handle-this-stuff-easily mode by then.


ETA: The tutorial will be easy to follow though. :D

Hi everyone!!!

In today (tomorrow's) tutorial on NavigatingIndieworld, we are going to turn the simple pink website that we made..



Into this: https://navigatingindieworldblog.word...
(Check out the amazon link under books that I thought was a nice touch.)

Money spent: 0

The website is a complete ripoff of Carole's real website by the way lol. http://www.caroleproman.com


P.S. Remember that I'm a needy begger for informative interesting articles so if you're in a writing mood, send me something!

Congrats Aislinn! Man, I haven't bought a fiction paperback since the last Harry Potter came out..