What can a BlogsiteWhat can a Blogsite do that a website can’t?

This is a question I get all the time. Here’s just part of the long answer.

A website (a traditional site created with html) becomes a pain to maintain. You either need to know html, have expensive software to update it or have your web person update it when they have time.

A blogsite is easy to maintain and you can update from any computer in the world (yes macs and PCs) with internet access.

Google and other search engines are giving priorities to blogs over regular sites for many reasons. Two main reasons are that blogs are updated with fresh content more frequently than regular sites and blogs are structured in a way that makes it easier for Google to find, index and add them to their list of results.

With blogsites you can:

* create static pages such as “our services”, “our products”, “contact us” etc.
* maintain your own website
* blog by posting articles, tips, promotions, etc.
* interact with web visitors and start building a relationship with them
* promote your newsletter, services, affiliate programs
* get Google to fall in love with you and your site as it’s built with search engine optimization in mind
* take advantage of web 2.0 functionality
* add media to your site easily

All this and more is available in our book “Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat? How to use a WordPress Blogsite to make money, attract clients and gain expert celebrity status”. To order your copy visit www.WordPressBlogsites.com

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Add comment May 15th, 2008

What do fists, hair pulling and bidding have to do with my book?

I previewed my book at the ADHD Coaches Organization conference this past weekend. Within the first 30 minutes of the bookstore opening up 5 of my books were sold. I witnessed 2 of them being sold and I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was better than I ever could have dreamed of.

I presented Sunday Morning. My presentation ended at 10:30am and the book store closed at 11am. When my presentation ended there was a rush to the bookstore to buy my book. There was one copy left and the bookstore operator picked it up and said “Alright let’s start bidding on it.”

Two participants ran back to me and said “Sandra the bookstore sold out of your book. Do you have any left?” I had one left that I was going to give away at the end of my presentation but ran out of time. So the two of them fought over it!

I am pleased with the results so far to say the least.

To top off the excitement I was asked to autograph my book a number of times. This is really exciting because 1) I’m a “book celeb” 2) I felt honoured that they asked and 3) when Andrea Lee was coaching me around starting the book she asked me to visualize signing my book at conferences. So the visualization came true and it worked!

We are putting the final touches on the sales page of the book and getting it ready for sales!  To be the first to get your hands on the book send a blank email to bookvip[at]aweber.com

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Just in time

Thursday afternoon I arrived in St. Louis for the ACO conference.  I was excited.  This conference was the strict deadline I needed to get my book completed.  I needed to give the publisher a week to print the book and send it to me.  Well, the book files were sent to the publisher one week ahead of time but at 4:59pm on the friday!  Was it going to make it to St. Louis in time for the conference?

When I arrived, I asked the hotel staff if they had a package for me but nothing had arrived.  Friday morning I called front desk and asked “Do you have a package for me?”, “no ma’am”.  Then at 12:07 pm the phone rang “ma’am your package has arrived”!  I ran down to grab the box of books and get my hands on the final product.  I ran back upto my room opened the box and was delighted!  The book looks amazing and I was thrilled with the final product.  I was so happy I started to take pictures of the book as if it was a contestant on “America’s Next Top Book Cover Model”.  Here’s a pic of the book and I.

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Vote on my book covers

Below are 5 sample covers to choose from for my upcoming book “Does this blogsite make my wallet look fat?”.

Click on the covers to get a closer view then vote by filling out a comment below.

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Cover D	Cover E

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33 comments April 22nd, 2008

WordPress book is coming along

I finally finished writing the book Thursday at 3 in the morning. What a great relief it was to complete the first draft and send it to my editor. I was able to finally enjoy a weekend and have a bit of my life back. While I was keeping away from my laptop this past weekend my editor, Linda Dessau, was busy editing my WordPress book. She did a fabulous job. Not only did she correct the usual things an editor does but she also added a few subtitles which were very creative and funny too!

By the end of this week Linda and I hope to have the book completely edited and sent to book architect, Sarah Van Male. Sarah is working on the book cover and has sent me a sample of what the inside of the book will look like design-wise. The sample is phenomenial. If Sarah can make a technology book look fun and friendly, then Sarah can make anything look good!

I finally have a title for the book. But I will keep it a secret for a few more days.

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Help title my book!

I’m working on my book but I need your help creating a powerful title for the book.

The book will be about WordPress Blogsites and all the amazing features that it contains and that can be added to it. How to set up your own blogsite. How to use it to get to the top of Google’s list, how to attract international clients and how to easy maintain your own blogsite (website + blog) easily!

How you can help:

Please add your suggestion in the comment form.

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2 comments April 8th, 2008

Update on the book

Many people have been asking me “Have you stopped writing the book? I haven’t see you blog about it lately!”. No I haven’t stopped. In fact I’ve been working hard on the book. I usually blog at the end of my day but I keep writing the book until my brain can’t focus anymore and so it’s really hard to blog at that point.

I changed my book topic a few weeks ago to a guide to WordPress for solopreneurs. There are just 3.5 more chapters to write! I hope to get them done today…this is my3rd extended due date for completing the first draft…yikes!

My editor will be taking over this week and cleaning up my writing! My Book Architects are ready to create my book cover and do the interior design of the book as well.

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Let the games begin!

After writing 2 chapters of my book, I really felt like I was struggling to write it. When I write my blog posts or newsletter articles they just seem to flow. Luckily my fingers can keep up with my brain and I can type something like 70 words per minute. When I sent my 2 chapters to my Coach, she also could see it just wasn’t the right fit. It was a relief actually. I have switched the topic of my book and I’m even more excited to write this new book. The first 2 chapters have been written and there are a few more to go…well more than just a few! I am super excited.

Part of my homework was to go to a bookstore and take a look at some books. The purpose of this task is to get some inspiration, motivation and some ideas for book covers and book titles. Saturday morning I walked to the book store with my coffee in hand. It was a beautiful winter morning in Toronto which made my 30 minute walk very fun! I spent about an hour in the store in the business and the computer sections. I found a few hilarious book titles. I immediately took those books off the shelf and read them, just because I knew they’d be a fun read (this was in the business section, most computer book are borrrrrrrrring!) For every 1 interesting title there were about 45 boring titles. They were simple yet boring, unimaginative and generic. blah. The one book that really caught my eye was a book called “How to create kick ass ideas”. They could have called it “Thinking Creatively” or “How to create ideas”. Instead they chose a funny title and probably raised a few eyebrows!

Sunday I began writing for the new book idea. I played a game to get myself to type like mad. The game was to pretend that the book
was due that evening. So I wrote and wrote and I said “no” to as much non-book-writing things as possible. I still only got 2 chapters written but I will play that game again this weekend. Wouldn’t it be cool to write a book in just 3 days?

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Add comment March 18th, 2008

2nd Chapter Completed

There is nothing like a strong deadline to get me moving!  I work best under pressure and under a deadline that others know about. Knowing that I had to send 2 chapters to my Coach today really helped.  She also emailed me earlier today asking when they were arriving in her inbox!  I just pressed send and it’s arriving in her inbox as I type!  Yeah!  It feels great.  I’m sure there will be a ton of edits and we may actually need to add more or remove things from the chapters but I’m getting closer to getting it all done!  I do want to have the book ready for late April so that they are ready for my 3 speaking gigs in May!  You see how deadlines get me moving?

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1 comment March 10th, 2008

“What are you doing that you shouldn’t be doing?”

All day long I could hear Paul Copcutt‘s voice asking me “What are you doing that I shouldn’t be doing?”

All day long I kept doing things that I shouldn’t have been doing. I didn’t leave the computer (that’s not unusual) but I did search a ton of things on the internet. It was ridiculous.

I was “stuck”. I couldn’t find the right words or information in my brain to finish my 2nd chapter. I owe 2 completed chapters to my coach tomorrow. I told her that if she didn’t get them she could give me a verbal kick in the pants…or I’d fly over to her and she could really kick me in the pants! I think what I need is a break. 1 day of writing, 1 day of no writing, repeat.

I must finish this chapter tomorrow…wish me luck!

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2 comments March 9th, 2008