Self-Publishing and Book Marketing Blog

Sandra Beckwith - June 6, 2020 - 

Sell More Books with Guest Blogging – Get the Visibility You Need

Why you want to be a guest blogger

1. You will reach more readers than you could on your own.
2. It will help you develop relationships with your host’s readers.
3. It helps build credibility.
4. You can add the right readers to you mailing list.
5. It will help you create and solidify important relationships that will support your activities over the long run.
6. It will generate backlinks that improve your site’s search engine optimization (SEO) so it gets found in searches.

Save this link because next Sunday we are going to look at How to make your guest posts work hard for you

Here’s why – if you’re smart – you’ll take a fresh look at this effective book marketing tactic:

1. Guest blogging helps you reach more of the right readers.
2. You’ll create relationships with your blog host and their followers – relationships that can follow you back to your own website and social networks.
3. Readers who learn about your book through guest blogging can purchase your book immediately from your article on the host’s site.
4. Your article remains online indefinitely, making it a long-term marketing tool for your book.
5. It will improve your own website’s SEO – search engine optimization – by linking back to your site.

The best part of this? Guest blogging is free. The only cost is your time.

We could spend the whole month of Sunday Topics on this page alone.

Join us tonight at 7PM EDT as we begin our discussions on Guest Blogging.

How to give good feedback and still benefit from bad.

Personally, I do not like to read another writer’s work to critique it. I will volunteer to be a first reader. I will not volunteer to edit, but I will make notes as I read if I see something that works so well I had to stop for a minute. I’ll note an obviously jangled sentence. I think I am reluctant to Critique because I don’t understand how to do it without putting a writer on the defense.

I have noticed on Amazon many reviews of books are Critiques and it is far TOO LATE to critique once a book is out there.

Let’s talk a little about Critique vs Criticism.

Critique vs. Criticism

How to give good feedback and still benefit from bad.

Criticism is personal, destructive, vague, inexpert, ignorant, and selfish.

Critique is impersonal, constructive, specific, expert, informed and selfless.

In general, criticism is judgmental and focused on finding fault, while critique is descriptive and balanced.

Bring your own beverage and a desert for the table at the back of the room. Chat begins at 7PM EDT