Blogging for Authors: Writing Blogs on Wordpress or Blogger
Udemy
Course Summary
Create an awesome blog to support your author platform, perfect for newbies and intermediates who want improvements.
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Course Description
Create your very own blog at the best venues: Wordpress and Blogger. Geared for authors, learn how to engage readers interested in your subjects. It's fun and easy. We’ll put the power of blogs to work for you today. Save time and money with a blog that helps the main objective: getting more people reading your words. Reach Readers Around the World through Blogging Blogs and authors are a natural pairing. Blogs:
- Keep you writing
- Lead readers to your books at Amazon and retailers
- Connect people to your social media links
- Have excellent SEO properties, loved by Google
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Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Welcome
- Best Settings and Free PDF Guide
- Meet Me
- Benefits of Blogging
- Benefits for Authors
- Hosting Options
- Platform Options
- Wordpress .com, .org or Blogger?
- Examples
- Getting Started
- Domain Name Planning
- Domain Name choosing
- Creating a Blog at Wordpress (com) and Blogger
- Starting with Wordpress (.org)
- Choosing a Template
- Adding Pages
- Keywords
- Keyword Research
- Custom Domains and Support
- Blogging Elements
- Choosing a Topic
- When it comes to Topics...?
- Adding Text
- Getting Images
- Images on the internet
- Adding Images
- Adding Video
- Sidebars and Updates
- Sidebar Items
- Sidebar Items
- Updates
- Social Media
- Social Media Icons
- Social Media 2
- Making Custom Social Media Icon widgets/gadgets
- Connect Sites and Enable Sharing
- Let's Publish!
- Publishing Posts
- Go Dashboard Diving!
- Add Tidbits
- Finale and Get Featured on My Blog!