The Great Blog Tour
Experience
Some months
ago, I signed on the Tasha Turner Coaching Virtual Blog Tour. I wasn’t quite
sure what exactly a blog tour was but being a recently published author I
wanted to take part in the tour for a few reasons. First, I wanted to learn
better how to promote myself as an author through my blog. Secondly, I wanted
to connect with other authors who had the same passion about writing as I did.
Now that it will officially come to an end this Sunday, I’m kind of sad about
it. All summer long I’ve enjoyed completing my blog assignments and being part
of TEAM TURNER. I’ve gotten so much out of the experience and I’m grateful to
Tasha Turner and all those authors who hosted me on their blog space. It was a
wild ride, wasn’t it?
I learned
so much such as how to write better Twitter and social network pitches. I never
knew that just the right tag line on a pitch can really affect how much
interest and traffic to a blog. I also learned that Bruce Blake had a lot of
time on his hands in his younger days. Hopefully there was no apple pie
involved. Marketing on the Internet is a powerful tool and if it is done
correctly, then it yields positive results. Here I just thought blogging was
just posting updates from daily life or in my case, posts that pertained to my
writing and recent publications. I never knew that it was so much more. There
are literally thousands of people that look at blogs every day and how many
blogs are passed over because they didn’t have a hook or something to draw the
attention. Tasha Turner’s Coaching Virtual Blog Tour helped me see that a blog
is so much more than some online journal or space to just say, “Hi, I’m an
author and this is me and what I write.”
Aside from
the sometimes challenging assignments, I found myself meeting and connecting
with my hosts or those who I was to spotlight on my blog as friends. No matter
what our persuasion was in terms of our writing genre, we all were connected by
our passion for writing. Authors like Catrina Taylor, Anjie Harte, Laci Page,
Ellie Mack, and Linda Bolton all love to spin tales of romance fiction whether it’s
contemporary or fantasy. Authors like Bruce Blake, Joseph Eastwood, Amadi
Kyym(Natalie Starr), Raymond Frazee, Scott Bury, and others wove tales of crime
and mystery with lots of intrigue. Their heroes were sometimes the least likely
ones. Then there were those authors who write stories of self discovery, life
journeys, and stories of the heart like Ed Griffin, Doug Simpson, and Allison
Bruning. I know I am leaving so many of the wonderful authors that were apart
of the tour but it’s hard to squeeze so much fantastic into one blog. In doing
the tour with all these great people, it was amazing to see how they thought
and where their creative processes not only took themselves but their readers
as well. Plus, we just had a great time getting together; I mean don’t they
even throw soirees at mental hospitals? I think we did McMurphy and the guys
proud. Even Tasha Turner herself survived, so who’s for breaking out all those
Village People records? Okay, maybe that is going to far, even I can’t picture
Bruce Blake in an Afro wig or Allison Bruning in platforms. However, I think
Laci, Anjie, Ellie, and Catrina could have pulled off the hot pants. Who knows
right?
In closing,
the Tasha Turner Coaching Virtual Blog Tour was awesome to be apart of. I would
recommend Tasha Turner to any writer, blogger, or author who like me is just
trying to make their way to the top. Putting yourself in her hands is a
guarantee that you are making the right steps on the right path. For all my
blog tour friends, whether we only had one interaction either hosting or as a
guest, it was a pleasure in knowing all of you. For some of you, we hang out at
the same padded cell (which reminds me, Laci-its your turn to bring the
cheetos). I learned far more than I thought I would. I accomplished more than I
thought I could, and in the end, I have great new friends that come from all
walks of life and writing. I wish all of you much success! Just remember your
faithful host here when you hit it big and you’re strutting the red carpet,
okay!
TO CONTACT TASHA
TURNER COACHING
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LINKS!
YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU
DID!
2 comments:
I had a great time too!
I love it Team Turner. It was a wild ride and a lot if fun. We learned so much from each other. Some weeks it was a party. Some weeks it felt like cram before finals. But we always knew that if we popped into the group someone would be there to laugh, cry, help, celebrate with us. The tour turned into so much more than I expected. Thanks for the kind words.
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