Blogging for Creatives: How Designers, Artists, Crafters and Writers Can Blog to Make Contacts, Win Business and Build Success

by Robin Houghton

Of the billions of internet users worldwide, a massive 80% are visiting blogs. The blogosphere has become a huge platform for individuals and businesses alike. As well as being essential for creative trades of all kinds--carpenters, photographers, caterers, gardeners and graphic designers to name but a few--blogs can be inspirational and beautiful; becoming hubs for people with similar tastes and interests. Blogging for Creatives is the first approachable, non-techie guide to the blogosphere, complete with hundreds of tips, tricks and motivational stories from artistic bloggers who have started from scratch. It covers everything creatives need to know about how to design a beautiful, interesting blog that people will want to return to again and again--such as how to design, publish and host a blog, as well as keeping it fresh, staying motivated and forging connections with others in the field. Professional advice is highly illustrated with examples of successful blogs, broken down into succinct types that work, helping the reader to identify and develop the style of blog they want.

• Includes box-out tips, tricks and anecdotes from successful bloggers
• Non-techie approach that reflects the creative scope of the modern blog
• Highly illustrated with examples of blog types that work, with proven advice from the creators

• ISBN10: 1440320136
• ISBN13: 9781440320132
• Publish Date: 10 July 2012 (first published 11 June 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: F&W Publications Inc
• Imprint: North Light Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 192
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joséphine]

This book is geared more towards readers who are new to blogging. Those who have blogging experience probably won't find much new information reading this book.

Besides the basic introduction to blogging aspects though, Houghton included many reference to various blogs that serve as good examples for the points she was trying to make. I think that is very useful, especially for readers who read the ebook version on their tablets. Reading Blogging for Creatives on my iPad made it really easy to visit the links that interested me before going back to reading the book. So, I'd say this is definitely a book that benefits from being an ebook over a printed copy.