13 Steps to Creating Your First Kindle Ebook [audio]

How do you get started creating a Kindle ebook? It’s a question I frequently am asked. 
There are many, many ways to repurpose your blog content and I’ve addressed that in previous posts. However, most bloggers and business owners rarely take action and do the steps necessary that will increase their exposure, drive more traffic and generate more leads for their business. After talking with Phil Hollows (CEO of Feedblitz) about how I advise clients to create Kindle ebooks from their blog content, he remarked that it seemed like a lot of work and wondered if most people will make the effort. 
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8 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog From LinkedIn [video]

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As I spend more time on LinkedIn, I realize how many ways there are to 1) create visibilityand 2) drive traffic to your blog.

In this 4:57 minute video I show you eight ways you can use LinkedIn to showcase your blog and send your connections back to your site so you can share more of your expertise and (hopefully) entice them to take some action that will provide a deeper connection with you. (Don’t forget, once you get people to your blog, you need to have a call to action so they don’t disappear forever!)

How do you use LinkedIn for visibility and traffic generation? Please post your tips below!

I invite you to join my LinkedIn Group: Online Visibility Boost for Entrepreneurs. It’s an active groups with the purpose of providing you with opportunities to share your content so you can reach more people and … build more visibility for you, your business and the services you provide.

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13 Point Blog Checklist - What to Review Before You Hit Publish [audio]

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Do you ever hit the “publish” button for your new post then cringe because you see a mistake or missing word, or realize your forgot to add an image?

During recent consults with clients who are launching new blogs, the question popped up about how to make sure their blog posts were “correct” before they went live. While I don’t think there are hard and fast rules, there are a few things you can review to make sure your best work is going out to the world. Following are 13 things I look for before hitting the “publish” button…

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