In last week’s post, Three Ways to Have a WordPress Site, I suggested that newcomers to blogging start with a free WordPress.com blog. Beginners can learn the basics this way and work their way up to self-hosted WordPress. If you’ve decided you’re ready to go self-hosted, the next decision is whether you want to do [...]
Several people have mentioned to me that they want to launch a WordPress website. This is a previously published post that I have updated for those of you considering starting anew with WordPress. Thinking about a website or blog? WordPress is the way to go. I’ve used Blogger, WordPress, and several other sitebuilders, and I’ve [...]
Happy third birthday to Blog4Writers. Birthdays are fun, but they’re also a time for evaluation and maybe even some nostalgia. Three years ago, in February of 2010, this blog, Blog4Writers was “born” when I started posting once a week. I combined a blog on marketing with a blog on technology for writers, so the archives [...]
Are you looking for a way to energize your marketing? I often look to business practices for ideas, and it recently dawned on me that most businesses take inventory once year. So, I decided to inventory my submission records. I’ve kept them in a card file for several years. I used to transfer all this [...]
Marketing has its Four P’s. For diamonds, it’s Four C’s. Leadership—Five L’s. Why should we not have a special alphabetical to-do list for the writing process? I’ve come up with Three B’s (or Three Be’s) for writers wanting to be published. Be original. Avoid clichés. They creep into our writing when we’re not looking. Tracy [...]