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Tips for Domain Transfers

March 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

 Over the last year, I’ve worked to transfer all domains from the horrendous labyrinth of GoDaddy hell to the more serene interface of 1and1.com. At the time, I had about 50 domains. After I’d axed what I didn’t need, I was left with 30. Instead of transferring them all at one time, I decided to [...]

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Why Blogsites Rock

March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

 I am in love with blogsites. These nifty online venues are a combination of a blog and Web site. Typically, they are created in the Typepad or WordPress platforms, which allow you to create pages with your blog. Why do I love them? Because I only have to go one place to find all the [...]

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Why Readers Like Blogs

March 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

Over the last few weeks, several authors have asked me if blogging is really good for book marketing. The short answer is YES! Blogs are an incredible, free way to improve your search engine rankings, connect with readers and constantly promote your work. They are interactive, which makes them more interesting than the static pages [...]

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Posting Is A Pleasure Once Again

March 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

 2010 didn’t start off amazingly well here at Market My Novel. I could give you a lot of excuses why. I was burned out, I launched a new blog, was looking for more freelance work, etc. The real reason? My blog wasn’t working. That’s right. Miss Social Media Diva had a blog program that didn’t [...]

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Dead Blogs

October 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

Image credit: David Beaulieu, About.com Recently, I’ve encountered several really cool blogs that haven’t updated in months – sometimes years. Like homes caught in the midst of the bad economy, these blogs were abandoned for whatever reason by their creators. Many times there are no explanations, no caveats, no links to a new and improved [...]

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How to Juggle Blogging with Life

March 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

Many authors say they cannot find time to blog. It takes too long, it takes away from writing time, it is too much of a commitment, etc. My philosophy on blogging – as I’ve said on this blog many times before – is it should be fun and informative. You can write a bunch of blogs at one time and…

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Why Do I Blog?

January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

After reading my post, How Do You Build Blog Traffic?,” publicist Don Lafferty wrote: Good stuff, Angela. For someone with no blogging experience, the dynamics of the practice can be difficult to grasp, especially when trying to explain the psyche of the average blogger and blog reader. Gaining an understanding of how and why blogs are read is an important…

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How Do You Build Blog Traffic?

January 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

fter reading my recent post When – and What – to Blog, author Pat Guthrie asked this question: I’m glad you’re talking about blogging. I’m still trying to figure out how to get people there in the first place. I have the blog connected to my website. I’ve had it up for about a year (maybe a little longer). I…

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When – and What – to Blog

January 5th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized

fter reading my post, Are You Blogging on Amazon?,” children’s and YA author Julie Berry posted a great question about blogging: I have a question that’s more general — how should authors blog to their readership (whether via Amazon or some other way) and not turn into annoying shameless self-promoters? What valuable and desirable content can we provide via blogging…

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