Blogging: where to start?

[Toni McHadden]

My first self-published book is ready to release (almost). I was thinking about starting a blog to promote it.  I’ve never done any blogging before and have no idea where to even start.

What blogging system is newbie-friendly and good for marketing books?

[Jason Latnar]

AFAIK all blogging systems are equal. It is what you do with them that matters.

Here are some threads that might help.

What pages does a good author blog need

Blog SEO

[Matthew Brown]

I fished your reply out of the spam bin, Jason. The forum spambot is a bit sensitive to multiple links in a post.

[Matthew Brown]

I’m sorry that I missed your question, Toni. It was made around my birthday when I was taking a short break from the Internet.

Jason is correct that what matters most in an author’s blog is the writing of the content itself.

If you want to experiment with WordPress you can do so for free as part of this site. Just create a new group and say yes to adding a blog. The server will do the rest for you.

For more information on blogging as an author (part of what is often called building an author platform), you may want to look at our guide on blogging.

Blogging

[Toni McHadden]

Thanks this looks really helpful.

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