How are you using Twitter?
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion, Weblogs, Writing
writing, blogging, blog, fiction, novel, book, freelance
Are you on Twitter? You can follow me here. I just crossed the 100 followers threshold, so I’m pretty excited about that.
What is twitter?
Twitter is a social networking site that allows you to post updates in 140 character blips. Think IM plus social networking, and you’ve more or [...]
Self Publishing Your Fiction
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion
I’m back. I just finished a good sized freelancing project which took up most of my attention. I’m back though, and here’s a link to an interesting discussion.
Self-publish — or Not?
This is an intelligent discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of choosing self-publishing over a traditional route. All too often these discussions degenerate into insults [...]
Where to sell your writing
Posted by Jo | Filed under Markets, Promotion, Publishing
You’re interested in selling some writing, maybe even starting to “freelance,” but where do you go to SELL your work? Here are some of the most popular sites and the pros and cons of using each.
Constant Content
After registering, you’ll submit your work for approval. You can submit content that matches up to a previous request, [...]
Social Media Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion
Social media sites can be a great way to promote your blog. However, choose one that fits in with your site’s content and tone. For example, Digg is a great site, but it would be a bad fit for most of my content.
I tend to use StumbleUpon and Twitter primarily. I try not to bombard [...]
Running a StumbleUpon Campaign
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion
I recently bought a small StumbleUpon campaign for one of the posts here at Corner Scribe. I did it without much research or planning; I just picked a post I thought was good and bought $10 of StumbleUpon traffic.
The results… I’m not really sure.
I got about a 4 percent thumbs up rating, which was lower [...]
Entrecard StumbleUpon Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion
It looks as if Entrecard has moved the Stumble exchanges into another forum. Since I haven’t seen anything to explain, I’m assuming the moderators are going to enforce the “must be Entrecard related” dictate on the promotions forum.
Will I be participating? I’m not sure, but I probably will from time to time. Will I promote [...]
Make the most of Entrecard and StumbleUpon
Posted by webmaster | Filed under Promotion
Networking
Originally uploaded by paal
If you’re on Entrecard and have participated in the Stumble Exchanges, you’ve no doubt noticed that those have been shut down in the forums. You’re probably also wondering what you’ll do to promote your site now. Along those lines, I have a couple of suggestions.
The Business of Blogging
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion
Steve Pavlina usually has great articles, but this one is especially good. He points out a problem many bloggers, including me, struggle with.
If you want to make money, then treat your blog like a business, not like a blog.
Some of his points really hit home. I’ve spent most of my time developing content for my [...]
How I doubled my page views in one month
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion, Weblogs
I’ve been talking about getting more serious about traffic and RSS subscribers as part of this year’s blogging goals. Here’s how I did in January, and more importantly, how I did it.
In December I had only about 4300 page views. Not very spectacular, is it? In January, that was 10,500. I’m very pleased with that.
I [...]
Entrecard Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Markets, Promotion
I have to say that so far, I’m pleasantly surprised by Entrecard. You can check out my earlier posts about them here and here.
I’m still seeing a good traffic boost from Entrecard. Visitors are also commenting more, which is terrific. Of course, the extra page views will be a good thing for Project Wonderful as [...]
