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Making a Great Blog: A Guide for Creative People + Worksheet Pack
$12.50
So many blogging books (and websites) tell you only the nuts-and-bolts parts of starting a blog: setting one up. Adding photos. Making links.
And while this is important information, I think that the most important parts of blogging get left out:
• How to build an interesting and valuable blog.
• How to create great blog posts and great photographs.
• How to keep your blogging inspiration flowing over time.
• The do's and don'ts of blogger etiquette.
• How to create great blog posts and great photographs.
• How to keep your blogging inspiration flowing over time.
• The do's and don'ts of blogger etiquette.
So those are the subjects I wrote about in Making a Great Blog: A Guide For Creative People. It's designed for beginning bloggers, and for more experienced bloggers who need to get re-inspired. And most importantly, it's written specifically for art and craft bloggers.
49 pages, delivered in a PDF that's been formatted to read comfortably on your computer screen. With your purchase, you'll get an extra pack of printable worksheets to help you with the exercises in the book.
The book is also supplemented with a compendium of links to nuts-and-bolts information from all over the web.
Table of Contents:
Intro: What this guide is about
Chapter 1: So you want to start a great craft blog
• Analyzing other blogs
• Finding your blogging subjects
• Setting your blogging goals
• Deciding on your time commitment
Chapter 2: It’s all about content, Baby!
• Making the big shift in blog-thinking
• Posting Frequency
• Post Length
• Writing style
• What do I write about?
• Tools for fighting blogfade
Chapter 3: Eye Candy: The visual side of blogging
• Exploring your photography options
• Get to know photo editing
• Designing your header
• Buttons, bells, whistles
Chapter 4: Blogger Ettiquette: Mind your manners
• How personal should I get?
• What if someone comments?
• Can I be snarky?
• Can I blog about things I see on other blogs?
• Can I use photos from other blogs?
• Can I take a blogging break?
Wrapping it up
Resources
About the Author
Diane Gilleland is a craft blogger and podcaster in Portland, Oregon. She produces CraftyPod.com, a blog that became a full-time career in crafty writing and teaching. Her ebooks and online classes have helped crafters around the world make better use of the internet for marketing their small businesses.
Price: $12.50