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You don’t necessarily have to write a lot of original content to be a great blogger and publisher. You can be a news aggregator. Many popular blogs and news sites work as content curators and gain readers by sharing content. The key to success is to share great content that is niche-targeted to a specific topic…
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Kindle Unlimited (KU) has one big flaw. It’s the Kindle word count. Amazon cannot count the Kindle words per page readers read, the number of pages readers flip, or the time readers spend reading an ebook. For avid readers who read a lot of books per month, using their 30-day free trial or spending $9.99…
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You have a lot of brilliant ideas to write about. So you get to your keyboard, get to work, and start writing. Well, perhaps your typewriter, pen, or pencil if you are still so inclined. Whether you are writing fiction, an article, an essay, or even a poem, let your fingers do the talking because…
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SEO for authors sounds technical. But the basics of SEO (search engine optimization) are relatively easy to understand. Let’s look at how you can use it to help attract more book buyers. Search engines are like huge digital libraries. They categorize and index web pages on the Internet and then suggest the most relevant pages…
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You might think LinkedIn is all about job opportunities. But you can also promote a book on Linkedin. Many authors, writers, and bloggers use their personal profiles on LinkedIn for brand awareness and to market their books and blogs. While this is a very good idea, there is a better way to extend your reach to…
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This article is based on a 90-minute lesson on register in English that I taught for well over 20 years. While register often sounds like a boring old grammar topic, I watched hundreds of my students (almost) enjoy the lesson once they grasped a few basics. There are many factors that differentiate formal and informal…
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Guest blogging by applying to Write for Us pages has a lot of advantages for writers. You can extend your reach and readership or earn more backlinks to improve your site’s SEO. But you need to know how to do it the right way. A good place to start is by searching Google for “write…
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Are you thinking of publishing a book? Great! But do you have a plan to succeed? Too many new authors fall for the trap of having no plan. You write your book, edit it, create a quick book cover, and then rush off to Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). However, it’s much better to slow down…
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For years, I paid for SEO tools. Like many bloggers, I believed I needed to pay to get the best SEO data, but I’ve changed my mind and now use only free SEO tools. Why? Because I was using a tiny fraction of the premium features I was paying hundreds of dollars for every month.…
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Trigger words, emotive words, or power words all mean the same thing. They are words that attract attention. By whatever term, it’s an old marketing tool to use phrases and words in your writing that produce an emotional response. You can almost imagine a stonemason in biblical times with an advertising stone outside his door saying,…
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