Comments on: Six Ways to Make Your Author Blog More Successful

By: Raymond Walker

Raymond Walker — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 20:36:29 +0000

I do exactly the opposite of what you suggest in this post and guess what? I get very little traffic to my blog. That said I am a writer rather than a blogger and so my books sell but my blog garners rare visitors. To repeat. I am a writer rather than a blogger and I think I have gotten it wrong with my blog. Good advice here methinks and I should take notice of it.
Thank you Colleen.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:04:32 +0000

In reply to Deborah Makarios. Ha ha. Love Lohengrin the Ludicrous! And if you're growing readers, that's what counts! I've never submitted an entire blog to any site for evaluation. But I do love Coschedule's headline analyzer and have definitely seen results with that.

By: Deborah Makarios

Deborah Makarios — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:50:51 +0000

I’m always a bit nervous about submitting my blog posts to an algorithm for approval. The last one I used suggested I should use shorter sentences and a simpler vocabulary. My readers were quite clear that that wasn’t what they were here for.

My recent post titles include The Quintessence of Cosiness, Lohengrin the Ludicrous, and The Dark Secret Behind Pineapple Pizza. The AMI machine rated the Dark Secret at 50%, the Quintessence at 0 or 25% (depending on whether I used the Commonwealth or US spelling), and the phrase Lohengrin the Ludicrous appears to have been more than it could cope with, as it simply reset the page every time I asked.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 02:59:03 +0000

In reply to V.M. Sang. Glad to hear that! Good luck. :O)

By: V.M. Sang

V.M. Sang — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:21:49 +0000

A helpful blog, especially the software to tell you how good your headlines are. I’m rubbish at that, so this will be most useful.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:29:18 +0000

In reply to MINDY ALYSE WEISS. Thanks, Mindy! I do try to increase readership and email subscribers. No certain number--just an increase from month to month, year to year. It does go up and down so year to year (or maybe every quarter) seems a better way to measure it.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:26:38 +0000

In reply to ANGELA ACKERMAN. Thanks, Angela. Yes totally agree. And for those writers who haven't yet read your work, having something in it for them can help introduce them to it. :O)

By: MINDY ALYSE WEISS

MINDY ALYSE WEISS — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 21:09:51 +0000

Thanks for all this awesome advice, Colleen! When checking your blog results, what do you consider a success…more readers than previously, or is there a certain number you aim for?

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:01:37 +0000

Great advice, Colleen, especially #1. I think a lot of author blogs don’t consider what readers are looking for, and so it can become a bit over promotion-centric or narrow in focus. Readers are interested in the author’s work, yes, but it can’t all be promotion. After they buy the books, then what? What’s there for them that will keep them coming back? What are the other interests/needs/ of a reader, and what common ground can be found between them and the blog’s author?