Why You Should Be Blogging
Designing websites and blogs for Christian authors and writers is becoming a passion for me. I meet so many genuine people this way. They are passionate people. God has blessed them with some incredible stories and lessons and they are bursting to share them. I get such a thrill when an author or writer sees the result of our collaboration together. Their website is their personal property on the world-wide web and I am happy to help them homestead it, if only for a while. Authors and writers often ask me why they should blog. There are a multitude of answers to that question. Search Google and you’ll find the answers vary by industry or purpose. For instance, companies need to blog for an entirely different reason that non-profit organizations do. The...
Read MoreSocial Media & Marketing Tips for Authors: The WIIFM Factor
This article is part of Social Media & Marketing Tips for Authors series and addresses the specific needs of Christian Authors. Whether you are already engaged in Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) or are just starting out, there is one principle above all others that will help you establish and grow a healthy following. It’s called the WIIFM Factor. WIIFM is an acronym for “What’s In It For Me?” It is a highly successful strategy for business and content writing because it focuses the writer on what the reader is silently asking themselves, ”What’s In It For Me?” WIIFM is actually value added promotion. It presents take away for the reader and achieves integrity in the writer. Authors and...
Read MoreChristian Authors & Writers on Twitter
This list of Christian authors on Twitter was originally posted on The Vessel Project on April 2, 2009 and titled Christian Authors to Follow on Twitter. Since the focus of this site is articles about web design, social media, marketing and other articles of interest to the Christian author, I’ve moved the list here. This list includes Christian authors and writers in all genre’s, so, click a link and check out the Twitter stream of one of your favorite authors or discover some new ones. If you would like to be added to the list, please leave a comment. Sur names ending in… —– A —– Stacy Hawkins Adams; Rachel Alkire; Christa Allan; Randy Alcorn; Tamara Alexander; David Alves; Andy Andrews; Mesu Andrews; Sandra...
Read MoreSocial Media & Marketing Tips for Authors: Simplicity in Blog Design
This article is part of Social Media & Marketing Tips for Authors series and addresses the specific needs of Christian Authors. When creating a web site or blog as your author site, it’s important to keep things simple. Your web site is your virtual property, your home on the web. Just as in the real world, your home or office address should be attractive and well maintained. Simplicity in the web design is key. In a recent CopyBlogger article The Amish Guide to Intelligent Web Design, Pamela Wilson describes “…how to achieve the kind of simplicity that leads to a sophisticated, ultra-functional website…” by contrasting web design with the ‘plain’ life of the Amish. She identifies the following key...
Read MoreSocial Media Tips: Bitly
For those just entering the world of social media, I want to provide some helpful, free and easy resources available to you. One of these resources is bitly, a URL shortening service. It’s free, it couldn’t be any easier to use, and it offers the ability to track usage or clicks which can help you determine which types of your articles are most popular and which platform is sharing your links the most. There are dozens of other URL shorteners available (see Mashable’s list HERE) but my choice is bitly. Let’s say you want to share a rather lengthy URL on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other Social Media Platforms. You don’t want the entire URL to appear in your status update because such long links are annoying and tend to turn...
Read MorePut Another Block in Your Platform Using Blogger LinkUp
In today’s publishing landscape, published authors and emerging authors as well, need to build a solid social media platform. I pause now to wait for the mumbling of the crowd to die down. Yes, it is imperative that you have a platform and refusing to jump into social media on a professional or creative basis (that means those of you who say “I’m a writer, not a PR guru”) may not like the idea but you cannot deny that your social platform or your influence base is a key factor when editors and publishers examine your work for publication. What? Who said that? Oh, yes, I hear you reader. You just asked “How do I go about building a platform?” I’m glad you asked. There are several ways to build your platform, expand your...
Read MoreGet plugged in with Social Bookmarking
You’ve poured your heart out into a post. You hit the publish button and wait for the virtual world to beat a path to your blog. You check your blog stats while a black cloud of disappointment slowly moves over you. Every person who blogs wants their post read. After all, you’ve spent a fair amount of time first organizing your thoughts, then writing them down, then editing/revising before you hit the publish button. Many bloggers feel this way. In fact, the discouragement is so strong, many give up on blogging and simply quit. Before you throw in the towel on blogging, take a look at one of the most important traffic generating tools available, Social Bookmarking. Social Bookmarking is tool used to organize, store, manage and search their favorite...
Read MoreAbout Keiki
Keiki Hendrix writes bible studies, devotions, and non-fiction books for women. She has a passion for discovering wonder.
On her website The Vessel Project, a website for those who love Christian books, she publishes author interviews from both published and emerging authors, book reviews, new releases, free resources and news about Christian publishing.
Keiki also designs web sites for Christian authors and other organizations. For a complete list of her recent work, visit her portfolio page. Authors & Writers on Twitter
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