{"id":2865,"date":"2013-07-04T03:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2013-07-04T03:32:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:32:14","slug":"4-more-ways-to-promote-your-book-through-your-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=2865","title":{"rendered":"4 More Ways to Promote Your Book Through Your Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

1: Turn your blog entries into articles<\/strong>. Either submit them as is to appropriate sites and publications or tweak them to fit. Most of my blog entries are suitable for publishing, as I\u2019m mindful to create stand-alone articles. Sometimes, however, a newsletter or magazine editor wants a longer piece or a more condensed version. Not a problem\u2014I just rewrite the blog to fit their submission requirements. Of course, articles sell books. How? In a word: exposure.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tWhen you publish informative articles on the topic of your book, this adds to your professional credibility.
\n\u2022\tYou can usually add a few lines at the end of the article in which to promote your book and your blog.<\/p>\n

2: Create handouts<\/strong>. Use specific blog entries as handouts when you promote your book through presentations, workshops or at book festivals. If yours is a local history book and your blog follows suit, your audiences would enjoy receiving those blog entries containing historical information that doesn\u2019t appear in the book. Hand out your blog entries featuring additional tips, resources and information related to your self-help or how-to book. If you are promoting a novel or a book of poetry, delight your audience by handing out some of the short stories or new poems you post at your blog.<\/p>\n

3: Compile a booklet of blog entries<\/strong>. If you\u2019re a dedicated blogger, you could actually produce a booklet every six months or once a year and offer them free to anyone who purchases your book. Maybe you\u2019ve written a novel featuring Americans who\u2019ve chosen to live in the Middle East. Your blog, then, might follow some of the innovative things happening in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Oman and Bahrain, for example. Report on positive accounts of the people, some of the amazing historical and newer architectural sites and interesting tidbits about the culture. Wouldn\u2019t that make an interesting promotional tool? <\/p>\n

4: Write a book based on your best blog subjects.<\/strong> Review your blog entries. If you\u2019re like me, you may occasionally hit upon a topic that would make a good book. So start writing. With thought and research, your blog on the feral kitten you rescued over the summer might become a book featuring how to successfully raise a feral cat. If your current book features an aspect of pet care, this new book would make a great spin-off product. Your blog entry on how you created curb appeal that sold your home, could become an entire book for others who want to make an excellent impression when selling their properties. And what a great companion this would be for your book on family financing. <\/p>\n

You started blogging because you heard that blogs sell books. Use these tips and you\u2019ll reach even more people and sell even more books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1: Turn your blog entries into articles. Either submit them as is to appropriate sites and publications or tweak them to fit. Most of my blog entries are suitable for publishing, as I\u2019m mindful to create stand-alone articles. Sometimes, however, a newsletter or magazine editor wants a longer piece or a more condensed version. Not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t