Creative Blogging: Your First Steps to a Successful Blog Review

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(More customer reviews)I was so thrilled to see this book by Heather Wright-Porto that I snatched it right away in the Kindle format. This book is loaded with lots of options and ideas to consider when first venturing out to create your own blog. Although I've been blogging for several years, there are lots of great tidbits that I'm picking up. Another item that I find helpful is it has Blogger, Typepad and WordPress instruction throughout the book, as well as PC and Mac instruction. THANK YOU Heather!

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Creative Blogging shows you how to start blogging for the very first time to express your creativity, reach out and be heard-and even how to make money with your blog! You'll start at the right place: The beginning! Learn answers to the most important and popular questions: What is a blog? Do I need a blog? How do I get started? What do I blog about? How do I blog? Creative Blogging then takes you through the how-to aspects of blogging, so you can quickly learn the terminology and get started. You'll then be able to choose the right blogging tool for you! Soon, you'll be prepared to unleash your creativity! Like a good author, you'll learn how to find information to blog about, and how to express yourself in your blog in the ways that you want. Your creativity is what will make your blog successful, but every artist needs an audience. Creative Blogging reveals how to draw peopleto your site! You'll also discover how to work with images and video, how to integrate your blog with Twitter and Facebook, and even how to make money with your blog! Let your creativity bring your audience to you and your blog with Creative Blogging.

What you'll learnThis book is for beginners looking to start a new blog and let their creativity find their audience within the blogosphere. You'll learn the basics of how to blog,how to show your creative self on your blog, and how to find your audience.
What a blog is-everything you need to know!
How to choose the best blog tool for YOU!
How to set up and organize your blog
How to be creative in your blog's design and layout
How to work with images to create a beautiful blog
More advanced blog techniques and strategies
Tools to promote your blog, increase visits, and make money!
How to connect with popular social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook
Where to find help, tools, tips and tricks

Who this book is for
Anyone creative who's never blogged before, but wants to reach an audience, be it for the purpose ofbusiness or pleasure.

Table of Contents
Where to Begin
Blog Layout and Design
Let's Blog
More Than Just Text
Advanced Blog Design
Setting up a Custom Domain
Increasing Traffic & Visitor Tracking
Social Network Integration
Setting Up Shop
HTML/CSS Basics
Blogging Tips

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Show Me About Book Publishing: Survive and Thrive in Today's Literary Jungle Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm not an expert by any stretch. But I've read almost every book on this subject. So I have a pretty good frame of reference.
This book is somewhat promotional for the services of the authors. Subtle but there are references scattered throughout the book that they can help you. So some of the advice is skewed toward that aim I believe. And I don't agree with all the advice. It definitely seems to be for someone going the traditional bookstore route. Common sense info on cover design and editing importance. I belive it's a bit light on content. Only 150 pages if you leave out the resources section.
And I don't think all the advice is good. They downplay POD. They make it sound like it's impossible to produce a decent looking POD book. I still think the best option for the small self-publisher/author I've found is going through lighting source. That way you maintain control and profit. They don't really talk about it. Ithink there is one sentence about it.
At one point they mention that you should price your book according to what's inside. Well, the people looking to buy it can't read it first, so you had better price it according to what your market is willing to pay for books in that category.
It seem's to really miss the boat with fulfillig on the "survive and thrive in TODAY'S literary jungle." This one's going back.

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Show Me About Book Publishing reveals the dollars and sense of publishing--and a game plan that every author needs to implement to be successful with the publishing game.

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