Blogging for Authors

In this Authorpreneur Mastery Course, Kristen talks all about author blogging, and how to create your own blog.

This course is broken into 4 sessions, covering:

1. Session 1: Blogging Foundations (Getting Started, Blogging Styles & More!)
   • Your blog site’s purpose…
   • How to target the perfect audience through your blog.
   • Key features to make your blog site stand out.
   • Blog or Vlog? Does it even matter?
   • How to never lack for post ideas.
2. Session 2: Increase Your Blog Exposure (Profit-boosting tactics!)
   • How to turn your love of writing into a cash-cow profit machine.
   • Blog monetization methods.
   • Guest vs. Freelance…
   • How to get paid to write for others’ blogs.
3. Session 3: Let’s Get Technical (Themes, Plugins, Security & More!)
   • The best WordPress themes…and why.
   • Top must-have plugins for ease-of-use and security.
   • Top “might want these” plugins to make your blog site easy to navigate and beautiful.
   • How to customize your blog’s theme. (DEMO)
   • Adding pages, posts, the best structure, oh my! (DEMO)
4. Session 4: Traffic & Marketing (Income-generating blog strategies!)
   • How to get traffic to your blog…
   • What exactly consumers are looking for…and how to target your site to meet their deepest wants.
   • The two types of traffic…and how to shift them to you.
   • The one type of traffic to avoid at all costs.
   • Genre-specific break down!
   • And more!
5. Plus these bonus tech trainings:
   • How to manually install WordPress on cPanel (most secure method)
   • How to use a one-click installer (relatively) securely
   • How to install on WPEngine
   • How to upload a theme