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 […]
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Your blog headlines are the part of the blog post that draw people in and make them want to keep reading. The more places your headlines pop up, the better the chances of people reading the post. This is why most blog writers share their posts on social media. Sharing […]
How to get your blog headlines on our front page
Your reach as an author is pretty much the only limiting factor when it comes to selling books. The more people you can reach and get interested in you and your writing, the more books you can sell. That reach your author platform. Here are seven things you can do […]
7 things that will improve your reach as an author
Did you know that you can have your blog’s headlines appear in a group even if your blog is not an Author Buzz UK blog? In this tutorial, I am going to show you how. If you have an Author Buzz blog, the posts should already be appearing in your […]
Get blog posts into your group with RSS
4 Comments Possibly the most important page on an author’s blog is the about page. Yet, this vital about page is too often left out. Today I am going to take a look at the humble about page and why it is so important for establishing your platform as an author. Without […]
Why your about page matters
Author Buzz is pleased to announce a new experiment – the Say Blog. Say is a mix of author quotes, publisher insights, and member opinion. It is open to all members to express their opinion on whatever topic they might wish as well as sharing news on interesting things UK […]
The Say Blog
If you want to sell more books, sooner or later you will have to communicate with people who buy books. Specifically the kind of people who buy your books. You are, for the main, limited to selling within your own platform. That means that if you want to sell books, […]
How and why to generate leads with your blog
You have heard it enough while you were writing – show, don’t tell – but did you know it applies to blogs as well? A mistake a lot of bloggers make, me included, is to tell readers what we want them to know. We do it even more if we […]
Authors when you blog, show, don’t tell
Blogging is not easy – especially if you want to use it to sell books – but these advanced blogging tips for successful authors should help you sell more books with your blog. First, what is a successful blog? These days, successful authors are usually blogging authors but having a […]
12 Advanced blogging tips for successful authors
2 Comments Today I am going to break the silence and talk about the one character authors never ever discuss and yet we all need to use. This character never ever appears (directly) in any novel. They do not get a name. No one knows them even though book sales depend on […]
The one character authors never talk about
2 Comments Most author blogs are abject failures as far as marketing and promotion are concerned. This is actually great news for you because it means, if you get the basics right, the competition will be scarce. Why author blogs fail As far as I can tell, there are three common reasons […]
A Definitive Guide on How to Start Blogging as an ...
7 Comments We have finished polishing the blog sign up process and Author Buzz UK is now ready for community creation. Today two new features have been open to the public. User blogs and group creation. Groups Groups allow you to create a mini community. You can create groups about whatever you […]
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