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Posts tagged “guide” are intended to be helpful guides to a topic. Guide posts are generally longer and in-depth explorations of a topic with advice that can be implemented. Often, these posts take a step by step approach that can easily be followed.

If you are a writer looking to grow a lively community around your writing, Author Buzz UK might have exactly what you need. You can create a free forum and enable email updates to subscribers to keep them informed on the discussion going on. In this article, I’m going to […]

A free forum for every author

22nd September 2023 in Using Author Buzz tagged Author Platform / forum / groups / guide by Matthew Brown

bionic hand and human hand finger pointing — Recently I grilled ChatGPT about what it would take to be a full-time author and writer in the UK. A lot of what the AI said was common sense. It sounded right although you should probably do your own homework as ChatGPT is very good at being confidently wrong. My […]

Everything you need to know about being a UK author ...

8th May 2023 in Advice tagged Author Platform / blogging / ChatGPT / demographics / guide / hard work / ideas / networking / questions / readers / sell more books / social media / success / technology by Matthew Brown

man in brown long sleeve sweater and black pants sitting on brown sofa chair using laptop — A commonly held business truth is that people hate to be sold to but they love to buy. Hard selling your books is unlikely to work. I covered part of this in the article about how to run a terrible Twitter account – sell sell sell does not work. Most […]

Don’t sell books, allow people to buy them

6th February 2022 in Sell more books tagged Author Platform / George R. R. Martin / guide / sell more books by Matthew Brown

man in blue suit — Do you want to know how to use Author Buzz to generate SEO, book promotion, and buzz generation? I assume you do. After all, you just clicked on this article. Author Buzz UK Basics At the heart of a good Author Buzz strategy is a well-defined user account. It pays […]

How to use Author Buzz UK like a boss

3rd January 2022 in Uncategorised tagged Author Platform / blogs / groups / guide / readers 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

Starting last night I began work on the most comprehensive guide to author platforms. The author platforms guide was so big I had to put it in its own site. I am busy filling the pages of the site with useful information, videos, and links just as quickly as I […]

The complete guide to Author Platforms

12th July 2019 in Site News tagged Author Platform / guide by Matthew Brown

While Author Buzz features a global activity page where you can catch up with the users and groups you have followed, you have a personal activity page too. while this is not exactly the worlds most exciting topic, I thought I’d write about it so you know the options you have […]