Posted on October 28, 2008 by Rest Ministries
I get asked Should I Have a Blog? a lot and my answer is more frequently becoming “yes.” Here are the top 12 reasons I tell authors and others who are trying to promote their web site to start a blog.
Your information gets into the feeds, meaning Google is scanning them for content and will pick [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2008 by Rest Ministries
There are a million little ways to lose your precious writing time on the internet, even if you are trying to SELL your stuff, not just “surf.” But you can put your time to better use with this handy web site called Today’s Best Tools.
Be sure to bookmark Today’s Best Tools. (or better yet, sign up [...]
Filed under: Web Site Tips | Tagged: internet tools, marketing tools book marketing tools, social marketing tools, social media, social networking, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 22, 2008 by Rest Ministries
This article is compliments of Yvonne Perry, who has a new ebook out called Book Marketing in the Digital Age: Online Promotion Made Easy . I have not yet read it, but based on her web site, articles, reviews and more… I have no doubt she knows her stuff!
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The Power of Social Networking For Authors
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Posted on October 17, 2008 by Rest Ministries
After saving money little by little for over a year for Kindle: Amazon’s Wireless Reading Device (and wondering if I would ever get to that $350 mark) I was very surprised to get it as a birthday gift from my husband mid-September. I was scheduled to have wrist surgery a few days after my 40th birthday, [...]
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