Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Ever have your plans suddenly changed due to circumstances beyond your control? Yep. That happened to me today.

Today's blog post wasn't what I had planned, but I did share on another topic - a tip on how you can boost your credibility as an author.

Developing an Effective Marketing Game Plan

Need a "big picture" overview of what to include in your overall marketing strategy? This week's podcast shares the elements that make up an effective marketing game plan.

Podcast: Big Picture Marketing

Today's Guest is Paula Mowery

One of the best ways to market your writing is through speaking. Today's guest, Paula Mowery, shares how to determine what to say. Learn how to develop your author platform.

Poll: What platform do you use on your author website?

WordPress and Blogger and Drupal - oh, my! There are TONS of website platforms out there - both free and paid. Today's poll over at Marketing for Christian Writers asks, "What platform do you use for your author website?" The post also includes an infographic that shows who's using what across the world wide web.

Go view the results and while you're their, add your vote!

How to Boost the Visibility of Your Content Using Schema Markup

If the phrase, "Schema Markup" leaves you scratching your head, no worries! Today's Tip at Marketing for Christian Writers shares how to use schema markup to boost your content's visibility. And trust me, it's MUCH easier than it sounds!

In fact, you'll be able to implement the steps of this tutorial in less time than it'll take you to read the post about it. After you get the Schema Markup set up on your site, a quick 3-5 minutes extra spent when creating each post will give your content increased visibility in the search engine results pages.

Developing a Marketer Mentality

Do you think like a marketer - or market like a thinker? That's the question asked in this week's Marketing for Christian Writers podcast.

You can read the shownotes over on the blog (using the above link). You can listen online at Marketing for Christian Writers in the iTunes directory. And you can subscribe to this free podcast via iTunes while you're there.

I hope you have a blessed day!

A couple of quick announcements today.

First of all, I want to thank my friend, Brenda Anderson, for graciously hosting me on her blog today! The post is about Video Marketing Tips for Writers. We'd both love it if you stopped by!

And this week's poll is published over at Marketing for Christian Writers. The question this week is, "What is your best web traffic source?" Click on over there and cast your vote!

Have a blessed day!

Do I Really Need a Professional Website - and Other Questions

This week's podcast answers a question I'm asked often - Do I Really Need a Professional Website? The short answer is, of course, YES! But I explain why during this episode and I answer a few more questions I get asked frequently.

You can now subscribe to the podcast in iTunes - here's the link: Marketing for Christian Writers podcast or simply download the FREE podcast app on your mobile device and do a search.

How to Customize Your YouTube Channel - Video Tutorial

After the post about sprucing up your YouTube channel, I decided to make a couple of video tutorials to show how to embed social media links into your channel art, how to feature a welcome video/trailer and how to add playlists to your channel's homepage.

Here's a link: How to Customize Your YouTube Channel

Giving the old YouTube channel a facelift

I posted a tutorial yesterday about Facebook's new timeline and creating custom tabs, and while I was making the video, I mentioned me YouTube channel and how it needed sprucing up. So, last night I did just that - made a promo video and everything.

And then, of course, I blogged about the Marketing for Christian Writers YouTube channel and posted the fun promo video. It's about poor Joe the Author, who is a great writer but a poor marketer. Lucky for Joe, marketing skills can be taught and learned! Pop on over and watch - it's fun!

Sprucing up the YouTube channel

Create Free Custom Facebook Page Tabs

Are you confused about the new layout of Facebook's timeline for pages? Today's Tip over at Marketing for Christian Writers shares a video tutorial with a walk-through of the recent changes, plus, the tutorial shares how to create FREE custom tabs for social media links on your Facebook page.

Many services offer custom tab links, but they charge a monthly fee. Check out how to create free custom Facebook page tabs.

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Guest Posting at Rose's Blog Today

Today I'm guest posting at Rose Ross Zediker's blog, where I shared a bit about the main website and I gave tips on how to "get it all done" as far as marketing goes. Stop by & leave a question or comment!

How to Market Content with Titles and Descriptions

I just published a post on the Marketing for Christian Writers website that explains step-by-step how to effectively use title tags and meta descriptions to market your content.

Guest posting today at Inkspirational Messages

If you're interested in reading or writing Christian fiction, then the Inkspirational Messages blog is one you would likely enjoy subscribing to. It's a group of 10 writers/authors who share glimpses into their lives, their writing, and their reading.

Today the group hosted me for a post introducing Marketing for Christian Writers. You can view the post here - Introduction to Marketing for Christian Writers.

I hope you take a few minutes to stop by their blog and leave a comment. You can visit the Marketing for Christian Writers website and check out the "Where in the Web is Linda?" widget (in the blog sidebar) to see where and when I'll be guest posting about marketing.

Have a blessed day!