Comments on: Building a credible, trustworthy author blog https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/ Do-it-yourself book marketing tips, tools, and tactics Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16176 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:09:23 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16176 In reply to Jason Matthews.

Jason, no argument here, but my blog post is a reaction to an article by Mitt Ray based on answers to his survey questions. They didn’t cover Google+, so my response to his article didn’t cover it, either.

You might want to share your thoughts on Mitt’s original blog post, too.

Thanks!

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16175 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:05:49 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16175 In reply to Don Stevens.

Thanks, Don. You’ve reminded me that it’s time for a blog post on that topic.

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16174 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:02:44 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16174 In reply to Sarah Maurer.

Sarah, do you want to interact more with other health care bloggers because they reach the people you want to reach with your physician practice blog?

As for your colleague’s comment, it also depends on the purpose for your blog. If your goal is to educate, rather than engage, you’re still OK if you’ve got a lot of traffic coming to it and people are staying long enough to read. They don’t have to comment on what they’ve read or ask questions about it. BUT…it depends on your goal, don’t you think?

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16173 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:58:59 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16173 In reply to Donna Winters.

I’m so glad it was helpful, Donna. I’ve got to tweak my own DiggDigg bar here, but in general, it does the job!

Sandy

]]> By: Jason Matthews https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16172 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:28:17 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16172 Great advice but missing the boat on Google Plus. In my opinion G+ is the most important social media site for authors. Why? Because posts (status updates, blog mentions, etc) made on Google Plus have much greater SEO power over time. And it’s a perfect compliment to Facebook since that site is already saturated with our family and friends. Let G+ be all about writing and networking with readers.

]]> By: Don Stevens https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16171 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:52:40 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16171 Great article. Social media is increasingly important for authors, especially Google Plus. Authors should look into getting Google authorship for their respective author website/platform.

]]> By: Sarah Maurer https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16170 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:41:47 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16170 I edit a health care blog for a big physician group, and a few days ago my coworker gave me a the best piece of advice ever. “Good blogs must be interactive,” he said. “Otherwise, you’re just shouting at people.” Which makes so much sense to me. It led to a great conversation about how we could interact more with other health care bloggers.

]]> By: Donna Winters https://buildbookbuzz.com/building-a-credible-trustworthy-author-blog/#comment-16169 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:39:36 +0000 http://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=5056#comment-16169 This is great info. As soon as I read it I added and configured Digg Digg for one of my blogs and used it to push content. Now I’ll add it to my other blog, too.

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