How to be a Journalist 1.0: Writing News, Blog Writing, Pitching Freelance Stories, Building Contacts

How to be a Journalist 1.0: Writing News, Blog Writing, Pitching Freelance Stories, Building Contacts Review

A practical ebook with chapters on writing news, identifying stories, blog writing, contacts, pitching freelance stories and how to get a job. This book is aimed at student journalists, or new journalists who wish to improve their techniques. Writing news is the most important skill a journalist can have. This book will give you the basic grounding in writing and seeking out stories that you can do, and write for money. David Stephenson works at a national newspaper, and knows what stories work for papers and websites. His book includes chapters, such as Five Ways to Instantly Improve Your Writing, Selling Your Freelance Stories, and How to Build Contacts. It's a great introduction for new journalists, at a bargain price.

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read (2nd Edition)

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read (2nd Edition) Review

Having your own blog isn’t just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyone—from multinational corporations to a neighbor up the street—has a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to have one. But to actually build a good blog—to create a blog people want to read—takes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and building a community, creating your blog really starts after you’ve set it up.

In Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read by blogger extraordinaire Scott McNulty, you’ll learn how to:

• Install and get your WordPress site running.
• Set up your site to ensure it can easily grow with you and your readers.
• Be the master of user accounts.
• Manage your site with the WordPress Dashboard and extend its capabilities with plug-ins.
• Make the most of images.
• Work with pages, templates, and links and—of course—publish your posts.
• Use custom post types and taxonomies to bend WordPress to your will.
• Deal with comments—if you even want readers commenting at all.
• Find a theme and make it your own.

How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog (How to Make . . .)

How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog (How to Make . . .) Review

Blogging for Dollars!

Whether you re an experienced blogger or an absolute beginner, you can make money with your blog. Simply follow the step-by-step advice of two expert bloggers and industry insiders who have launched many successful sites of their own. They ll walk you through every step of the blogging process, and they ll even share their most profitable tricks of the trade.

• Generate income using various types of ads
• Tap into the power of other blogs
• Maximize searches for more hits and more money

Every blogger and website owner needs to read this book. Bill Hartzer, billhartzer.com

Blogging 100 Success Secrets - 100 Most Asked Questions on Building, Optimizing, Publishing, Marketing and How to Make Money with Blogs

Blogging 100 Success Secrets - 100 Most Asked Questions on Building, Optimizing, Publishing, Marketing and How to Make Money with Blogs Review

Addresses the top 100 consultancy & education forum questions, with tips & success factors on Building, Optimizing, Publishing, Marketing & How to Make Money with Blogs.