Traveling doesn’t have to deter you from your business, especially if it’s one conducted mainly on the Internet.  There are various ways you can keep on task. 
Liz Lewis, my co-author at b5’s Alzheimer’s Notes, has been traveling this month, flying first from her home in New Zealand to Spain.  Then she’ll go to New York City.  Although Liz has been away from home and her regular blogging schedule, she kept up with her posts by writing and organizing them beforehand.  Then she posted them to go “live” on specific dates.  
All I had to do was fill in on the days she wasn’t …read more

Authors find virtual blog tours a popular way to reach readers all around the world…and to appear on blogs internationally.  They will take questions from readers in the comments sections of blogs and communicate with them there and on their own blogs.
To generate even more interest in the blog tour, as well as make an appearance and leave a cocmment, authors and tour coordinators now have come up with contests.  These will vary depending on the author and publisher. 
*Carol O’Dell, author of Mothering Mother, visited my Alzheimer’s Notes blog and shared  information about her experiences as caregiver for her mother.   Carol …read more

Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, and I were discussing the length of blog posts and how they varied with different topics and blogs.  She discussed this with other bloggers and mentions our ideas on her post, How Long Should Your Blog Posts Be?  You may find some helpful ideas here for length and style of your blog.
I also mentioned that the length of blog posts is something like the length of a speaker or preacher’s talk or sermon.  “When you’ve covered your topic, stop talking [writing] or you’ll lose your audience [ readers] and they’ll simply remember sitting …read more

The first eye-catcher of your blog, other than perhaps a photo or illustration,  consists of your headline or title.  This is true of press releases, titles of stories, headlines in newspapers and ads.
How do you write a headline that captures attention?  What makes people stop and take notice?
Brian Clark at Copyblogger has an excellent post, Warning: Use These 5 Surefire Headline Formulas at Your Own Risk, that gives advice and suggestions about headlines that catch attention.  He also explains why these are good techniques.
Brian also has another post, How to Write Magnetic Headlines with a list of  8 additional headline resources.  …read more

Frequently, over the past month, I’ve discussed the advantage of using blogs for a home business…to inform your customers, publicize your products and services, and simply to add interest to what you offer.  I feel blogs are going to become more and more popular as an effective PR method.
How does one learn to maximize a blog for a home business? 
Check out Yvonne Russell’s post, Using a Blog for Your Writing Business,  at her Grow Your Writing Business blog.  She has researched this topic and presents a number of tips that could be utilized by many types of home businesses.
Yvonne, in rethinking her …read more