Blogging a Book Re-Visited
You know once you reach a momentum of 40+ blog posts you really begin to see the power of a blog - at least from an author’s perspective.
Provided you’ve been writing a fairly thought provoking post at least a couple of times a week, and promoting your blog, your visitor base can really begin to blossom.
I’m sitting here looking at all the posts I’ve made in the past couple of months, and I’m realizing that I could actually turn this blog into an information product. (Not now. Maybe by the end of year.)
Why not.
This has been a stress free event. And I’m actually enjoying the process far more than most other infoproducts I’ve created.
My colorful everyday life combined with my compilation of bookmarked links, creates just enough fodder for a blog post. So there’s almost always something to say.
But I do see how this idea of blogging a book could possibly feel like you’re standing naked, with one leg in a pile of quicksand.
It’s quite easy to feel that way if you’ve got a loosely written list of possible subjects, and nothing more.
Don’t be disuaded from this process though. I’m going to help you knock one of those stupid hurdles out of the way.
20 Types of Blog Posts - Battling Bloggers Block is an excellent article that - even though written for bloggers - is still a handy dandy tool for those of you blogging a book.
The idea is to mix-and-match the post ideas you’ll read about in 20 Types, along with your own topic list.
So instead of writing a basic article on training a new kitten, you could do a profile of a cat trainer who works with movie animals. Or you can do a contrasting post, showing the pro’s and con’s of different training methods.
It’s just one more way to keep the momentum going.
Now blog that book and grow rich!
Alexis Dawes
