Enhance Your Blogger Blog
Add a Custom Domain The first tip for today is how to add your own custom domain to Blogger. We recommend buying one through a web host like 1and1. 1.) Once you buy your domain, login to your Blogger account and go to “Settings.” 2.) Then click the “Publishing” tab at the top. Click “Switch to Custom Domain.” 3.) Type in your domain name and hit “Save Settings.” Automatically Post to Twitter and Facebook Instead of manually going to your Twitter...
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How to Style Paragraphs & Text
You will need to add style tags to your paragraph tags within the content of your widget or post. I’ll walk you through this. First, open the post or widget you would like to edit. Now, let’s change the style of the entire paragraph. At the beginning of the paragraph place the following tag: <p style=”text-decoration:underline; letter-spacing:1px; color:#0079c1;”> Then, at the end of your paragraph place a closing tag: </p> This will make your paragraph look...
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10 Steps to Self-Publishing
Self-publishing is a lot easier than it seems. At first it’s information overload, but if you condense the steps into a simple process it’s a lot less overwhelming. Here is our short and sweet self-publishing guide: Create a Publishing Imprint A publishing imprint is the name that goes on your spine. The “publisher.” Even as a self-publisher who decides to go the easy route of CreateSpace, you still want to develop an imprint of your own so that book systems don’t...
Read MoreDeveloping Your Brand
When I first started writing I thought it would be so easy to get published. Write the book, get the agent, get a publishing deal, and there you have it. As I researched and read blogs about the industry I realized how little knowledge I had when it came to the writing industry fundamentals. Brands, voices, platforms, marketing … it overwhelmed me, but I figured I could handle it, right? Not so much. Thankfully I am married to a talented and artistic designer who understands marketing and...
Read MoreAre Literary Agents Worth It?
People have often asked us if literary agents are even worth it. We’ve successfully self-published three books, they sell, we make money off of them, and we don’t have to worry about selling enough to stay on the shelves. Our books will be there until we take them off the shelf, no matter how much they sell in one year. There are positives to self-publishing, but not having a literary agent isn’t one of them. In fact, we don’t always recommend self-publishing at all. For...
Read MoreHow to Create & Style Links
For those of you just starting out with HTML or blogging, here are some basic HTML tricks. Creating Links Use the following code to create a basic link: <a href=”LINK GOES HERE”> Text Goes Here <a/> Use the following code to create a link that opens in a new window: <a href=”LINK GOES HERE” target=”_blank”> Text Goes Here <a/> Use the following code to make an image a clickable link: <a href=”LINK GOES HERE”> <img...
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