Lorna Sixsmith, Author at Write On Track

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Grow Your Blog – Follow These 8 Rules Of Blogging

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Lorna Sixsmith — 8 Comments ↓

Are there rules to blogging? There are a number of written and unwritten rules that you should follow – both to ensure you stay on the right side of the law and that you increase your readership and grow your…

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3 Changes To Pinterest Businesses Need To Know

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Lorna Sixsmith — 5 Comments ↓

Have you noticed lots of changes to Pinterest over the last month? Are some of them confusing you? Here’s three of the most recent changes that you need to know about to keep on top of your pinning for your…

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How Will Social Media Further Your Goals For 2015?

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 4 Comments ↓

Have you started planning your goals for 2015 and wondering how you’re going to achieve them? You know the expression ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’? Without planning, you can feel a bit like you are stuck amongst the cogs…

How to Market and Sell Your Non Fiction Book

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 6 Comments ↓

You have written your book, you’ve had it edited, you have hired a professional to design the cover art, you are going to sell it online on Amazon and Smashwords and you are have printed a substantial number or printed…

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Posted in Blogs, Self Publishing, Tips

How To Use Twitter: Twitter Conversations

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 5 Comments ↓

“I just don’t get twitter.” “I’ve been using twitter for a while and haven’t sold anything yet.” “I send about one tweet a week but haven’t had any response.” “It takes me ages to work out what to write in…

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How To Schedule Pinterest Pins Using Tailwind

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 9 Comments ↓

How to schedule pinterest pins with Tailwind

Scheduling your pins on Pinterest is good for business because: You should pin ‘little and often’ to maximise your exposure. Scheduling offers you flexibility and can save you time. If your target audience is in another time zone, scheduling is…

Pinterest Tips & A Speaker’s Experience – Web Summit

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 2 Comments ↓

There’s been much written about the Web Summit in the last few days and yes, it was a brilliant event, being described as the ‘Ploughing Match for nerds’ (The ploughing match is the biggest agricultural 3 day festival in Ireland,…

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Posted in Blogs, Pinterest, Tools for Conferences

Writing for the Web: How To Improve Your Blog

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 3 Comments ↓

Did you know that readers of online content only read 28% of the text (Nielsen study)? I was aware that we tend to scan, rather than read, when we read text on our computer screens or gadgets but I hadn’t…

How To Defeat Bloggers Block

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Lorna Sixsmith — 17 Comments ↓

Do you find you suffer occasionally from bloggers block? I’ve been experiencing it lately even though I have plenty of material to blog about and I know that once I commence blogging again, the fingers will tap away on the…

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