Nina Amir, a nine-time Amazon bestselling author of such books as How to Blog a Book and The Author Training Manual, helps aspiring authors positively and meaningfully impact the world as writers, bloggers, authorpreneurs, and blogpreneurs. Her clients have sold 300,000+ copies of their books, landed deals with major publishing houses and created thriving businesses around their books. She founded National Nonfiction Writing Month. A hybrid author with 17 published titles, she has had up to six books on the Amazon AuthorshipTop 100 list concurrently. Her newest book, Creative Visualization for Writers, will be released by Writer’s Digest Books in October.
Transform Your Blog into a Book!The world of blogging changes rapidly, but it remains one of the most efficient ways to share your work with an eager audience. In fact, you can purposefully hone your blog content into a uniquely positioned book–one that agents and publishers will want to acquire or that you can self-publish successfully.
KEY TIPS FROM THE VIDEO:
- Use a content plan no matter whether you’re blogging a book or booking a blog
Why Blogging a Book Works
- Blogging a book is the easiest way to promote your book at the same time – promotion starts on day 1
- You want people to get involved and share your content, and get feedback from them too
- You’ll become discoverable via Google when you release your new content
- Write in a consistent manner on a regular basis – to help you rise up on search results
- Create a foundation of avid readers
- You create an author platform
- Working smarter, not harder
- A blogged books builds your subject matter expertise
- Test market your book idea
- Get feedback on your writing
6 Things to do before you Blog a Book
- Choose a Topic
- Create a Business Plan for your Book
- Hone your Subject
- Map Out your Book’s Content
- Break your Content into post-sized pieces (3-5 days per week – at least 300-500 words/750 tops)
- Save 25-30% of your content OFF your blog
5 Why Booking a Blog Works (creating a book based on blog posts)
- Bloggers benefit by becoming an author – increases your authority
- Reach a new audience with your work
- It’s an easy way to write a book
- Work smarter not harder (recycle your content into a book)
- Focus on what’s working
4 Things to do before you Book a Blog
- Create a Business plan for your book
- Map out your book’s content
- Search your blog for existing posts
- Fill in the content gaps with new material
Use Scrivener – Take content off your site and copy into your writing software
