Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Download from Smashwords (eBook) The YP Publishing Kobo Indigo Category:  Internet Publisher: The YP Publishing Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 35 Copyright: September 2012 Blogging for Smarties has how to’s, strategies and solutions that meet the needs of Authors and Speakers. The Internet is often the first place that people turn to for information about anything and anyone. Company addresses, information about a person, and reviews about a company are a click away. Potential visitors rely on the Internet to learn about specials, book releases, events, and information. Your website is your storefront and it enables you to reach a global market. Having a website that supplies this information is a necessary component of running a business. As an author and speaker, the Internet becomes a business channel to network, advertise your products and services, and build a following on a global level. Learn how to create your first blog, effectively market your blog and create passive income opportunities in our new ebook, “Blogging for Smarties Blogging for Authors and Speakers,” which will walk you through the steps of building an extremely effective website. In this 43-page guide, you will learn: Blogging Basics for Beginners How to Attract Readers Popular Blogging Platforms How to Setup WordPress Discover How to Use WordPress Useful Plugins for Authors and Speakers Discover Effective Marketing Strategies for Your Website Easy Tips on How to Make Money with Your Blog Learn Effective Podcasting How to Market Your Podcast Important Links to Resources Blogging basic video is sold separately.

Reviewed by Brenda Ballard, for Readers Favorite
Writing a blog or podcast or even starting your own website might be more than a little enamoring to some. With all the technology out there, some of us still need to be held by the hand and guided through the steps. This Is The Book! Author Yvonne Wu takes the time to introduce WordPress and explain what it is and isn’t capable of doing. She then provides snapshots of screens as examples so that there is no misunderstanding. It doesn’t stop there! Tips on the various applications are provided to enable the reader to use the program to its maximum potential.

I am personally so glad to have had the chance to read this short how-to book. Researching and contemplating on a blog and website for quite a while, now, it just seemed too difficult to proceed. My mind has been changed! I feel empowered by the simplicity of it all. The language is something anyone with a little computer knowledge can understand. Suggestions provided by the author seem logical and to the point. I vow to try at least some of them! Writing a reference guide, especially one regarding websites and so on surely must be somewhat difficult but Ms. Wu makes it seem as though it were as natural as breathing. This book would be great for tutorial centers, libraries, computer labs and of course the home collection. I highly recommend “Blogging for Smarties” to anyone with an inkling to delve into their own cyber presence.