BLOG STARTERS - THE NEXT BEST THING TO AN EASY BUTTON

Does coming up with a topic to blog about feel like a kick in the knees by a donkey? 

If yes...this blog is for you.  

But first….Congrats to my blog winner Diana Marik.  Diana has won a $5.00 gift card to Starbucks JUST for signing up for my blog updates.  Diana send me your mailing address at lisawellsauthor@gmail.com

Now back to blog starters:

To use blog starters efficiently you need a niche. Why? Because your blog needs to be consistent.  My niche is Social Media For Authors.  

Once you have a niche, you need to come up with a list of words that describe your niche.  Lots and lots of words. 

Then you can use starter blog headings like the ones in the poster below and fill in the blanks with some words that correspond to your niche.

Examples:  

How to Tell If_______        

becomes

HOW TO TELL IF SOCIAL MEDIA IS WORKING FOR YOU

____ Every _____ Should own

becomes   

5 TOOLS EVERY BLOGGING AUTHOR SHOULD OWN 

Finding blog starters is easy. They are all over Pinterest.  Check out my Pinterest board (SOCIAL MEDIA FOR AUTHORS) for more blog starters.

Ignorance is not bliss!

Way back in 10th grade my business teacher told the class that ignorance is no excuse in the eye of the law. In other words, just because you don't know you're breaking the law doesn't make it okay. The penalty is the same.

Tonight while listening to a podcast hosted by Cynthia Sanchez of Oh So Pinteresting, I discovered I've been unknowingly breaking a Pinterest Law. 

Had I been caught by Pinterest, they would have placed me in Pinterest Jail. I don't know about you, but I don't wear horizontal stripes well. Ugh.

That aside, I have a lot of goals in life. And one of them is to never go to jail. Even if the jail is virtual, I don't want to go there. 

What law have I been unknowingly breaking?  

If you use Pinterest to promote a product that you benefit from, then you are using Pinterest as a business. So if you have a board on your Pinterest page that is called - My Blogs - and your blogs are about your books, you are promoting yourself on Pinterest.  Your account should be a business account and not a personal account.

How can you tell if you are using Pinterest as a business account or a personal account? Look at your name in Pinterest. If it is just your first name, or first name and last name, you are using the account as a personal account. 

To change this to a business account you need to go to:  business.pinterest.com.  

Below is the page that will come up.  If you already have a Pinterest page, click on CONVERT NOW.  This allows you to keep all of your current boards.

  

Get discovered by millions of people looking for things to plan, buy and do.Join as a businessAlready have an account?
Convert now

Answer the questions asked. Click convert and that is all there is to it.

Until next time,

Lisa Wells

Social Media For Authors