A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: Got a Blog? Expose It!!
It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic is more on blogs -- how to make them more useful for marketing, how to get your content recognized and shared. Here are some thoughts on the topic: Put your blog on Goodreads. Here are instructions to link your blog to your Goodreads account. Find and follow other blogs on the same topic(s) that you write about. Wherever possible, link them. Check out blog hops. These are weekly topics hosted by one blogger or another. You can link to them and other blog hoppers will see them and read your blog. Write guest posts for other blogger's blogs. Leave comments on other blogs; often, you will be asked to write a guest post, an