Blogging Q&A
Blogging 101. All kinds of tips and tricks to get you started or keep you going. Talk about ARCs, reviewing in general, web design, etc. What blogging platform do you use? How do you network? What are some of your favorite web designs? Or maybe you want to talk about your own blogging journey, and how you got to where you are now. Either way, we want you to share your knowledge with the rest of the community!**********************
I am no expert on anything blogging, there are people who have been doing it for much longer than me. However I thought that this topic was fun and a good opportunity to chat on such things. I'm really looking forward to seeing what other people have to say too!
1. I've really tried to incorporate posts that aren't reviews once a week onto the blog. It takes some more brainstorming, but I think the variety is good. Also it gives me more flexibility if I'm in a reading slump or just don't have time to get a book read and reviewed in time. I think it's gone well so far! They seem to be some of my more popular posts.
2. I love Netgalley, because goodness knows that free books are some of the best kind. However, it also gives me this anxiety knowing that I have a archive date deadline and a percentage to keep up! Whenever I get approved for a title I try and read it right away so I don't forget about it...
3.If you're a book blogger and you're not on the twitter I highly recommend you join in. It's weird in the beginning, I agree. But just start following all of your favorite bloggers and chime in occasionally and before you know it you'll get the hang of it. It's a great way to meet people and get all the good gossip :)
4. I am not tech savvy and am actually pretty proud of myself that the blog doesn't look like something I created in MS Paint. Thank goodness for pre made templates on Blogger.
5. I seem to have a problem keeping my fonts consistent. I do not know why that is but it is annoying to me (and I'm sure to readers) so I will do my best to pay attention to that more!
I'm steering well clear of Netgalley as I have absolutely no self control and I'd definitely let things get out of hand! :P I also definitely need to get more involved on Twitter too.. love your advice! Great post :)
ReplyDeleteIt is SO easy to get out of control on Netgalley. And I'm not even a big fan of reading on my Kindle, and then bam! suddenly it's got 6 books I need to read in a month, haha!
DeleteI like the idea of variety, but I must admit that reviews are really why I blog so I can get stuck in a rut.
ReplyDeleteNetgalley is dangerous. Edelweiss too.
I'm the same way, the reviews are really why I do this! The variety is a little harder to come up with, so I don't always get as much variety as I originally plan!
DeleteThat NetGalley percentage is pretty scary, huh? I tend to use Edelweiss more than NG, unless something isn't there, but most of the time I try to stay away all together.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I never got into Edelweiss. Netgalley was nerve wracking enough, I didn't want to stretch myself into 2!
DeleteI should definitely follow your advice about reading the NetGalley books right away. I was keeping a list for a while and then got behind on keeping my list up, so I wouldn't get to all of them before they expired and would have to check a copy out of the library in the end, anyway!
ReplyDeleteI've had to check a book out from the library that I forgot about on Netgalley too! Glad Im not the only one!
DeleteI've had to check a book out from the library that I forgot about on Netgalley too! Glad Im not the only one!
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