“Build Up Your Blog”
Hi! How’s your day going? Hope you’re having a fun afternoon. 🙂
Some exciting news today: my eBook, “Build Up Your Blog” is finally ready to share!
This is something I’ve kind of tinkered with in my mind for the past few years. The most frequent requests, by a landslide, that I’ve received through the blog have been related to two things: personal fitness plans and blogging tips. I tried to give blogging tips here and there when I could, but I’ve always wanted to consolidate my experience and best practices into one source (the whole proverbial pie instead of a tiny sliver, ya know?). I wanted to really be able to pour my heart and soul into sharing what I’ve learned over time, and have it in one spot for easy reference.
So, since things have settled down with the move and transitioning in San Diego, I had some time to really start writing again. I was shocked with how easily the words came. I wrote and wrote my little heart out, and quickly, I had 70 pages of solid content to edit, design (Whitney designed it!), and share.
Pretty much everything I’ve learned from the past six years of blogging are in this PDF file. I threw it all out there, and am excited to share some of the things I had to learn the hard way. In these pages, you’ll find out how I started blogging, the strategies that helped growth, and tips for a variety of blogging-related topics from content calendars to affiliate income.
Who this eBook is for:
Those who have been blogging consistently for a while, but find themselves at a crossroads for the “next step” with their blog.
Those who want to figure out how to share their unique voice, story and knowledge (in any field!) to help others.
Those who are interested in monetizing their blog, networking, and creating partnerships.
Who this eBook is NOT for:
Those who don’t have a blog and have no interest in starting one.
Those who enjoy blogging occasionally for fun, and want to keep the professional aspect out of blogging (which is totally cool).
If you want to get your copy of “Build Up Your Blog,” it’s only $9 right now, and all of the info including testimonials can be found here!
Thank you in advance for your support, and for making this community the amazing place it is. <3
xoxo
Gina
Congrats! I’m so excited to buy this . You always have amazing advice and tips!
thank you, megan!
Congratulations on your e-book. I am so excited to read all of your tips! Thank you.
awesome- thank you so much! let me know how you like it 🙂
I just bought the book last night. I’m only a 1/4 of the way though it, but it is fantastic so far. I’ll let you know when I finish 🙂 Thanks again for writing this e-book.
Uhhh YES I’ll be buying this. You’ve already inspired me to start living my dream life now rather than later. Can’t wait to read it, thanks girl!
This is so exciting, the luanch of your first ebook?!
you are like wonder woman. Amazing! I don’t know how you do it but I intend on finding out by getting your book. Cheers!
Congratulations! I can’t wait to check it out.
Eeeeek! Congrats, friend!! So excited for you…and, selfishly, excited that I get to read it and learn more from you. xo
Thanks for sharing this! =)
I am so impressed you completed an e-book with everything else you do! Amazing – can’t wait to buy it. Congrats!
I just ordered mine, I can’t wait to read it!
thank you so much, holley! hope you’re enjoying it 🙂
Done and DONE! Well done <3
yay!! thank you so much! 🙂
Congrats on the book Gina! I’m hoping to use it in the near future 🙂
I love the tank top you are wearing on the front of the book, your HIIT IT book and in your blog header! What brand is it and do you know a specific name or style number? It is such a pretty and flattering top and I think it would work well for my body type. (As you probably know well, not all gym clothes are created equal 😉
Thanks! I love your blog!-Madeline
thank you! they’re from lucy 🙂 i got them quite a few months ago, and looked on the website for you but didn’t see them. i definitely recommend checking it out. they have a lot of supportive and pretty tanks!
xoxo
Congrats on your first e-book! I can’t wait to read it!
thank you, maria! hope you like it 🙂
I’m a longtime reader so I hate to say this, but I purchased this ebook last night and was kind of disappointed. The book is advertised as 70 pages and I felt like this might make it worth $9. I downloaded it and instantly felt misled… the font and spacing are huge. If this was in a regular size 12 Times New Roman font then I doubt the book would be more than 25 or 30 pages. I read the entire thing in 30 minutes. I’m not sure what specific font is used but it is not reader-friendly at all.
But the most disappointing thing… everything discussed in the book can easily be easily found for free on the internet. I was expecting more from such an expensive ebook (many popular ebook novels are less than $8, like Gone Girl and The Fault in our Stars). You’ve covered a variety of topics but really it seems like you just skim the surface of each topic rather than giving more detailed information. For example, you briefly mention platforms and talk about blogger and wordpress.com, but wordpress.org is not even mentioned. I know you prefaced this section by saying the book is really not about starting a blog, but if you are even going to mention this topic at all then it seems wordpress.org would be mentioned (and possibly explain how it is different from wordpress.com). Also, you wrote you wanted to give advice as ‘a friend’, that there is ‘room for everyone at the top’, and that other bloggers have shared tips that have helped you along the way… yet you are asking your readers to pay for your blogging tips. Many other healthy living bloggers have much more detailed information right on their blog for free (fannetastic food and peanut butter fingers come to mind). Perhaps I wouldn’t have felt so disappointed if the book were cheaper and/or the content was more in-depth 🙁
I’m really sorry you were disappointed in the ebook. It took me a long time to put together, a lot of work went into it, and it’s outside the scope of my usual posting content, which is why I felt it was appropriate to ask for a little kickback for the extra work. (Kind of like Soli Beat; it was outside the scope of my usual blog stuff, and took a lot of time and in that case money to put together, so I found that it was appropriate to charge). I love posting daily free content on the blog and newsletter (like the free 30 day plan i sent out last week), but since this was extra, I thought it was worth $9- the cost of two lattes to get all of my blogging tips in one spot. If you send me an email, I’ll be happy to refund your purchase.
Just bought it! Can’t wait to dig in!
hope you love it!! 🙂
Hey Gina! Shane here…just bought it! Hopefully there’s some things I will be able to leverage and use from a guys perspective =). It’s a battle when most of the bloggers are women and you’re trying to establish yourself. Even most of my followers are women…I’d say about 7%%
hi shane! so cool to see you on here 🙂 please let me know what you think! hopefully i’ll see ya at a race sometime soon!
I personally loved it! I just started blogging in June and a lot of what you say is spot on. I even learned a few great tips! So, I don’t normally do ebooks, but for $9, I say it was worth it… It’s a grande mocha frap and a danish from sbux that I can’t eat anyway right now =). I should have read the affiliate portion before I pimped it out to my FB groups. If you saw a rash of buys from 3-6pm PST, it was all me! =)
so awesome- thank you!!
and thank you for your support, too 🙂
I’m definitely interested in this! Although I will admit, that long comment deterred me a bit…
I’m thinking about doing an ebook too, so I’m curious..did you use an online site to do this or just create a pdf and the page that comes up when you click that link? I really like the way that page is set up with the reviews and everything, so just curious! 🙂
thank you! just created a PDF 🙂
So excited to buy this, thanks for sharing!
thank you hayley!
Hi Gina! Congrats on the ebook! I’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and just launched last week. Perfect timing! I’ve already begun to incorporate some of your tips into my marketing and development plan. Thanks for the advicet!!
that is so awesome! wonderful to hear that you’ve already been able to use some of the tips!
I purchased your book on Friday and have really enjoyed it! Ive been blogging on and off for about 3 years now. I just recently got back into the blogging world…and then you roll out this book! Couldn’t be more perfect. I used to read A LOT of blogs and my list has dwindled down to you and a few others. Thank you so much for putting this out!
that is wonderful news!! so happy you liked it 🙂 thank you for continuing to read, too. i appreciate it so much!
Hi Gina,
I would love to purchase your ebook but I live in Canada and it wont let me buy it unless I have a US address. Is there a way I can purchase your ebook?
Let me know
Thanks xoxo
that’s really strange it’s not working. do you have a paypal? i could just invoice you for one and send it along?
I bought this ebook today and found it to be worth every penny. I saw a negative comment up a bit further and strongly disagree with their opinion. And I even paid $12, not the $9 they were complaining about! Thank you for taking the time to write your tips in one place. I learned a lot and hope to use many of the things you said in my own blogging venture. Thank you, Gina