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#VirtusSaga The Game NEW BDSM #excerpt #mustread 4 Ways 2 Increase Traffic 2 Blogs

Many authors just blog about whatever they’re working on, their cat or dog or the summer trip they took. This is fine of course, but…if you want to use your blog as a showcase for both your books and your author brand, there is a better way. Here are four things you can start doing today to increase traffic to your author blog.

1. Use several graphics for each post. Most blog owners use a photo here or a photo there not realizing that these photos and other graphics can actually increase the traffic to their blogs.

2. Make the first graphic a graphic with the title of your blog post. This makes it uber easy for readers to pin the graphic to Pinterest and be able to see and remember what your article is about! Oh, and sharing it on Twitter, FB and Google+ just adding this graphic can increase your traffic exponentially!

3. Add your website address to every single graphic, stock photo, or vector or clip art that you’re using. (Remember to only use royalty free graphics and stock photos, or ones in the public domain.)

4. Use these same graphics on a Pinterest board, on FB, …

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3 Reasons Authors Should Consider Writing Content for LinkedIn

Most people see LinkedIn as a professionals website and they would be correct. But for some reason, many authors don’t see being an author of books as being “professional.” The truth is, whether you write as a hobby, to make a little extra money, for a living, or just because you cannot write, you’re a professional and should see yourself that way. It’s amazing to me how many authors don’t leverage LinkedIn, especially given that it’s a great way to introduce people in all walks of life to you and your books.

Here are five reasons Authors Should Consider Writing Content for LinkedIn:

1. It will help you to build your author brand. Authors that write content for LinkedIn will not only bring new readers to their books, but will help themselves to build their author brand.

2. It gives you a chance to share your expertise on particular topics. Let’s say your latest novel takes place during the American Civil War and you did a ton a of research for it. Why not take all that lovely knowledge you learned and write content for LinkedIn. This content will be attached to your author account on LinkedIn, which will drive …

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Do Street Teams Work for all Authors? Here’s why an Author’s Street Team May Not Be For You!

Have you been thinking about creating an author’s street team? Not sure if it’s for you? There a lot of reasons that authors decide to create street teams, creating a wider marketing reach, reaching new fans and getting new readers, the idea of spending less time on marketing and allowing others to help you, and the list goes on. But…and this is a big but, there are drawbacks to creating an author’s street team.

Here are the cons of creating your own author’s street team:

1. If you’re doing a monthly giveaway, members may join and participate simply because there is the possibility of a prize.

2. Some fans may become disgruntled when month after month they don’t win the prize and turn on you. Where you had a fan before, now you have an archenemy who is out not to get others to buy your books, but to not buy them.

3. Not all of your members are going to promote you in an ethical or even friendly manner. For example, they do more than share your books with others. They begin using harassment and intimidation techniques trying to force others to buy your books.

4. If your members …

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