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I do not know everything – some might say I know nothing – but I am fairly okay at going out and learning stuff. A lot of time what I learn becomes a blog post. In that spirit of finding stuff out, what are your burning questions that you have […]

What are your burning questions about publishing?

27th February 2021 in Site News tagged publishing / questions by Matthew Brown

When you self publish there are a few basic facts that often get overlooked. Here are five of them. 1. You are your own editor Unlike with traditional publishing, a self published author is their own editor. This means that you do not have a second -more exprineced – pair […]

Five things you need to know about self-publishing

16th February 2021 in Self-Publishing tagged editing / proofreading / sell more books / selling by Matthew Brown

If you decided to go platform building alone and run your own WordPress blog, here are ten plugins that may be very useful to you. All the plugins listed are available to Author Buzz bloggers. 1. Redirection Redirection is a great little plugin for taking care of permalink changes and […]

7 WordPress plugin recommendations for authors

16th December 2020 in Blogs and blogging tagged blogging / plugins / WordPress by Matthew Brown

Did you know that you can promote your author blog on this site? There are actually two ways to do so. The quick promotion and the full promotion. Both are free. The quick promotion is to nip over to the directory and create a listing. You can make listings for […]

Promote your author blog here

28th November 2020 in Blogs and blogging tagged blog posts / bloggers / blogging ecosystem / feeds / headlines by Matthew Brown

“I know I need an author platform,” say some writers, “but I don’t feel ready to set one up right now.” You are never going to feel like it. Platforms need time to grow. A lot of time. The most optimal time to start platform building is two years ago. […]

You are never going to feel like it

23rd November 2020 in Publicity tagged Author Platform / blogging / blogs / social media / Twitter by Matthew Brown

For us authors, our biggest and most important brand is our own name. That means when people Google us, the first result should be our own. Let us take a look at how you get content about your name to the top of the search results for your name. 1. […]

Getting your name out there as an author

15th November 2020 in Publicity tagged Author Platform / name / self-promotion by Matthew Brown

links — Links are a vital part of a growing blog. They provide not only additional information and resources to delight your readers with but help anchor you in the blog ecosystem. In this post we will take a look at: What are links? How to add links to you WordPress post […]

WordPress Basics: Links

5th September 2020 in Blogs and blogging tagged blogging ecosystem / links / permalinks / SEO / URL / WordPress by Matthew Brown

One of the things that Author Buzz offers is a free WordPress blog. Which is all well and good if you know how to use WordPress. What do you do if you find figuring it all out far too stressful? You read this guide, of course. What is WordPress? Something […]

A beginner’s WordPress primer

4th September 2020 in Blogs and blogging tagged admin / beginner / blog posts / guide / pingbacks / posts / primer / themes / WordPress by Matthew Brown

I have been pondering the question of spending money on YouTube sponsorship channel specifically to raise book sales. I’m not sure I have all the answers but let’s unpack the question anyway. First, what is ROI? ROI, in case you have not heard of it before, is a marketing term […]

ROI of YouTube sponsorship in terms of book sales

3rd September 2020 in Publicity tagged advertising / marketing / ROI / sell more books / sponsorship / YouTube by Matthew Brown

Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is a Sunday Times Bestseller and a New York Times Bestseller too. Two years ago, Charlie Mackesy uploaded a drawing of a boy and a mole to his Instagram account. The boy looks young, barely a toddler, barely the […]

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by ...

15th August 2020 in Love Books tagged animals / books / Charlie Mackesy / hope / picture books by Matthew Brown

friends — Author Buzz groups are the place to interact with like-minded individuals as well as a way to subscribe to blog updates on your activity page. Here are five groups we think that you might want to join. 1. Copy Blogger Copy blogger is a site that publishes articles about writing […]

5 popular groups you might want to join

12th August 2020 in Using Author Buzz tagged community / groups / lists by Matthew Brown

blog — A recent question in the forums was “what are the rules for blog SEO?” In this post, I am going to give you the five most important things you should be doing to maximise your blog SEO. 1. Use Yoast Yeast SEO is a plugin that we provide for all […]

5 SEO tips for Author Buzz bloggers

12th July 2020 in Blogs and blogging tagged blogging / links / SEO / URL by Matthew Brown