Add A Newsletter To Your Blog

Panzer and I have been searching for a way to add a newsletter and its requisite signup form here at the blog o' cats. We'd like to give our visitors the option to receive news about upcoming events, contests and new ebooks.

We've found that Blogspot does offer a newsletter feature, but it doesn't seem to do what we want. We want a newsletter that would be independent of this blog. That way, if someone signs up for the newsletter at Panzer's soon-to-be launched Facebook Fan Page or signs up here, the information is all at a separate location. (There have been two times in the past month when I have had sign in issues with Blogspot and I don't want to lose all my information!)

So, with Panzer riding shotgun we went cruising around the blogosphere. We stopped in at fantasy author Linsay Buroker's E-book Endeavors blog. And ... we found the newsletter setup information we were looking for.

If you are interested in adding a newsletter to your blog, visit Lindsay Buroker's How to Add A Newsletter to Your Blog.

Got any suggestions for a newsletter site? Leave it in the comments sections.

Gotta go. Panzer wants to go cruising again.

SM Reine: Marketing Ideas for Indies part 2: Adding Your Boo...

I've been looking around for marketing ideas for our soon to be available ebook short story collection.

A search at the Writer's Knowledge Base for "ebook marketing" lead me to fantasy author S.M. Reine's blog. Reine has a great post explaining how to put your ebook cover up at Blogspot (here) for marketing and increased Google search optimization. The results of my efforts using Reine's instructions are at the top of the right-hand sidebar.

You'll find the instructions at SM Reine: Marketing Ideas for Indies part 2: Adding Your Boo...:

This looks like a great way to let readers know the ebook is coming and after it's available to give a direct link to the e-store. Remember: sales is all about marketing.

Now, I just need to get that cover finished. Suggestions?