Category Archives: Marketing your blog

Great Info. On Branding!

Have you seen this yet?  Luckily I’ve done most of this right even though I knew NOTHING about it ten years ago when I was first starting out!

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How to be a writer:

“Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.”              — Dan Harmon                                         

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A unique way to get some great writing publicity!

I had an interesting and fun experience yesterday! I appeared on the Huff Post Third Metric explaining how getting fired for the first time in my life ten years ago, showed me the amazing value of listening to my own … Continue reading

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Are you sharing at the right times?

Here are the BEST times to be using social media:

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Best marketing advice EVER!

“Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.”  – Dan Harmon

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To blog or not to blog?

Thought I should share this important viewpoint with you! LOVE THIS QUOTE: “This daily habit helps me hone an important soft skill: communication.    My writing abilities have improved, as evidenced by the embarrassment I feel reading blog posts I wrote … Continue reading

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Blogging and Promotion

I have found one of the BEST ways to become a writer is to start your own blog.  Blogging freed my writing soul and allowed me to find my own writers’ voice.  No more editors telling me to tone it … Continue reading

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How to know when your blog becomes a business

After over five years as a blogger, I am finally starting to think like a business person instead of someone who enjoys writing for free.  I just noticed recently how my thinking has changed. First of all, everybody and their … Continue reading

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What’s good and bad about social media?

Have you seem this infographic yet?

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Writing and “Everything’s FREE on the Internet!”

Why is it so hard to “make it” as a writer these days?  It could have something to do with the magical combination that everyone thinks they are a writer, everything’s free on the Internet, and the complete lack of … Continue reading

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