The first question most writers hear involves the core audience. Publishers and agents want to know who the writer reaches. Understanding the basics of a core audience and how the niche works will give you one more tool for your writing career toolbox. Tips for Growing a Niche Audience – …Click Here to continue
Blogging
Growing Online Connections through Internet Etiquette
Two of us sit in the library. The extrovert in me cries out to engage the man at the end of the table. He keeps his head buried in the book he is reading trying hard not to make eye contact. Believe me, I have tried. We sit there for …Click Here to continue
Top Tips from Bloggers to Bloggers
It was open mic night over at #blogchat – and if you have never attended a Twitter chat then you should. It is an experience. Open mic night means you can talk about ANYTHING – a dangerous option for a bunch of bloggers. But it started and we started and …Click Here to continue
Curse of the Keywords Past
Keywords that I used in the beginning of my journey continue to haunt my website today. The year that I launched my first blog, I had no idea what I was doing or what direction I was going. I knew that I wanted to write, and so I wrote. Surfing …Click Here to continue
Write Something Worth Reading
“Should I write something just because I set a goal to write something every day?” My friend, Dawn, has been working on growing her blog, Penguin’s Ponderings, and she sent me that question the other night. I immediately responded that she should write about that very thing and it turned …Click Here to continue
Building Relationships or Building a Blog
My journey into the blogging world began with a blog that had no focus, no direction and no purpose other than to give me a place to post all of the things swirling around in my head. Guidance from other online writers and techies helped me narrow down my niche. …Click Here to continue
More Blogging Basics – The First Layer of the Website
Digging through the maze of options for hosting can be an exhausting challenge. I have been blessed to have close friends that have a hosting company. They have provided me with the tools I need to grow and develop my website and they have also been ready, willing (and sometimes …Click Here to continue
Blogging Baby Steps – Finding a Host
The name of your blog should reflect the main body of your content or it should be a direct representation of you or your business. The name begins the journey. It is important that you find the right partner for the path that you are taking. What is a host? …Click Here to continue
Blogging from the VERY Beginning
Blogging and online writing both look like massive elephants on the supper table. The tasks seem so big that you have no idea where to start. I had a conversation with a great friend who faces this task and she told me I needed to write some Beginner Basics for …Click Here to continue
The Curse of the Unsubscribe
Putting the newsletter together took time and effort. It was important to provide some new information and to encourage readers to visit the website to read old posts as well. I even had an editor take a look at the content just to be sure no errors got through. The …Click Here to continue
