Mandy’s Media Blog
Friendly tips and tricks for your websites, marketing, and branding.
How to Accept a Manager Invite to YouTube Channels
Skip the story of my agonizing search for the answer and get right to the relevant steps. This is a pet peeve for me as someone who manages other people's social media accounts. There has always been this conspiracy-like difficulty in getting manager access to YouTube...
How commenting on other blogs will increase engagement on your blog
How many times have you thought about giving up blogging because it seems like nobody is listening? You can see all this traffic going to other websites, but never yours. This can make people feel insignificant and alone. I always reassure my clients that blogs still...
Q&A: Author Mail List Strategy
Question from anonymous: What do you think about giving away a short story as an incentive to sign up for my email list. I have several good ones I was planning to weave into the third book of my upcoming trilogy. How about offering a link to a PFD of my writing tips...
The Only 5 things to consider when choosing a WordPress Theme for your Author Website
WARNING: Trying to choose a theme for your WordPress Author Website, can be a rabbit hole from which you never return! If you have ever experienced choosing a theme for a WordPress website you, know exactly what I am talking about. It seems so innocent. But it's like...
Explaining SEO in simple terms you can understand
Stop for a moment and consider what was used to look up people and businesses before the internet. Did you think of a telephone book? The Yellow Pages? Before there was SEO (Search Engine Optimization) there was YPO (Yellow Pages Optimization) only there wasn't an...
Amanda’s Golden Rules of Social Media & Marketing for Authors
Ok I have been coming up with these Golden Rules for a while. My passions are writing, marketing, sales and social media. So I have come up with quite a few snippets of wisdom over the years. I did a talk about social media for authors at the Skagit Valley Writers...
Die Clever Promotional Strategy Die!
Everyone always wants the magic beans. Have you ever heard about a clever promotional strategy "too late"? By the time you hear about it someone has closed the loophole, or so many people are doing it that it doesn't give the benefits it used to. This is the biggest...
My classes at the Chanticleer Writers Conference
I will be teaching three classes this weekend at the Chanticleer Writers Conference, register for the conference if you are interested in attending. Then I will be on hand at the Books by the BayFest on Sunday, which is free to the public from 1pm to 6pm. Hope to see...
Social Media is not a Substitute…
"Social Media is not a substitute for what?" you are wondering. I left it undefined because the answer is a lot of things. It isn't a substitute for going to the bookstore and talking to the bookseller about putting your book on the shelf. Or doing a book tour. Or...
Practice Safe WordPress
When you live and work on the WWW, threats like hackers can seem like a big bad scary threat lurking around the corner. But just like in real life there aren't thieve and robbers out to get you every minute, the same can be said of the hackers. If you stay away from...
Facebook, an Author’s Best Frenemy
I have to start this article off with an observation about Google. Anyone who knows me knows that I adore Google. The thing that won my heart was learning their motto: Don't Be Evil. However the slogan was originally intended, or however it is interpreted today, you...
Responsible and EFFECTIVE use of +1 Sharing on Google Plus
Ok, not a lot of people who use Google Plus know how +1's (called plus-ones) work, and those that do know usually do not appreciate their value. A lot of people dig into the guts of their settings to find out how to disable one of Google+'s coolest features: +1...