Blogging about self-promotion for authors

inertia · 03-10-2011, 03:35 PM

Edited to reflect my response. I apologize if this is in the wrong forum. I was incorrect as to where I was able to put this.

Worldwalker · 03-10-2011, 04:41 PM

There is a thread in the Author Self-Promotion section in which advertisements for your blog are appropriate. Please note that the Writer's Corner is not it.

inertia · 03-10-2011, 04:50 PM

I'm sorry, I wasn't meaning to advertise my blog (have edited the post). I was just merely trying to get questions from people trying to navigate the online promotion process.

I'm fixing this matter shortly.

Worldwalker · 03-10-2011, 05:03 PM

This is not rocket science. If you have something to say to authors, go ahead and say it. Don't tell people "leave MobileRead and go to my blog to see what I have to say." That's just a promotion for your blog, and you know it's a promotion for your blog. How did you not mean to advertise your blog when your whole post was nothing but an advertisement for your blog?

Saying "oops, wrong section, I meant to post that in Self-Promo" would be the right thing to do. "I didn't mean to post a promo for my blog, even though my entire post was nothing but a promo for my blog" requires us to be a whole lot dumber than we are to believe it.

We have a whole section here for "people trying to navigate the online promotion process." It has questions. It has answers. What it doesn't have is advertisements for people's blogs, and it should stay that way.

Dr. Drib · 03-10-2011, 05:34 PM

NOTICE:

We all make mistakes.

With that in mind, this thread is closed.

Don
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03-10-2011, 03:35 PM	#1
inertia Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ohio Device: Kobo	Blogging about self-promotion for authors Edited to reflect my response. I apologize if this is in the wrong forum. I was incorrect as to where I was able to put this. Last edited by inertia; 03-10-2011 at 04:51 PM.

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03-10-2011, 04:41 PM	#2
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	There is a thread in the Author Self-Promotion section in which advertisements for your blog are appropriate. Please note that the Writer's Corner is not it.

03-10-2011, 04:50 PM	#3
inertia Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ohio Device: Kobo	I'm sorry, I wasn't meaning to advertise my blog (have edited the post). I was just merely trying to get questions from people trying to navigate the online promotion process. I'm fixing this matter shortly.

03-10-2011, 05:03 PM	#4
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	This is not rocket science. If you have something to say to authors, go ahead and say it. Don't tell people "leave MobileRead and go to my blog to see what I have to say." That's just a promotion for your blog, and you know it's a promotion for your blog. How did you not mean to advertise your blog when your whole post was nothing but an advertisement for your blog? Saying "oops, wrong section, I meant to post that in Self-Promo" would be the right thing to do. "I didn't mean to post a promo for my blog, even though my entire post was nothing but a promo for my blog" requires us to be a whole lot dumber than we are to believe it. We have a whole section here for "people trying to navigate the online promotion process." It has questions. It has answers. What it doesn't have is advertisements for people's blogs, and it should stay that way.

03-10-2011, 05:34 PM	#5
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,334 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	NOTICE: We all make mistakes. With that in mind, this thread is closed. Don (Moderator)