Author of several books on word histories and the English language, Charles also hosts
a daily blog and podcast on
the etymology of common words.
An Intoxicating Dictionary of Etymology and Word Histories of Wine, Vine, and Grape from the Vineyard, Glass, and Bottle
A stimulant at dinner parties, wine tastings and cocktail parties. Plus, as a gift, this book makes an excellent accompaniment to
a housewarming bottle.
an easy audio book on the fascinating evolution of our language
A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
the book about the words we use for our bodies
The Podcast for Word Lovers
The surprising histories of words you thought you knew. More than six million downloads, also carried at the Oxford University Press blog.
Blogging part 8
Further to the Writers Union of Canada AGM panel RAISING YOUR PUBLIC PROFILE
I said last post that today I’d give a practical example of “ink love.”
Link love is the boost you get in Google ranking due to the fact that your blog links to other blogs and websites, and especially when others out there on the web link to you.
How to encourage link love?
I heard about a blogger who went to a conference and was fortunate enough to be good at drawing. He sought out other bloggers at the conference and offered to draw their caricatures.
He then posted his drawings on his blog.
Of course the bloggers who were the subjects linked to his website and gave him link love. He linked to theirs to show who the caricature was of, returning the link love and making Google love everyone more.
And here’s my offer of link love to you.
My podcast is a word-a-day podcast. I’m going to be brining my audio recorder to the Writers Union AGM and I’ll be happy to record any author who wants to say something along the lines of:
“This is Your-Name-Here and one of my favorite words is…”
Then in the months to come I’ll generate podcast episodes around some of those favorite words and include book plugs and links for the author concerned.
Authors unable to attend the AGM can participate too. I have a podcast voice mailbox at (860) 967-3847. Just be sure to leave enough information that I can find your book to include an image and a website to link to you.
I can’t promise to fit in each and every author plug, it’ll depend on numbers. But I have done something like this before with good results (see fantoosh and linoleum). You can check at the podictionary website to be sure your word hasn’t been covered before; use the “Headword Search” tool in the right column.
This blog post is a duplicate of one of a series of emails I’m sending to the Writers Union of Canada listserv in advance of the Writers Union AGM panel session RAISING YOUR PUBLIC PROFILE taking place at 1:15 on Friday May 23. I’ll be joining Cynthia Good and Rick Broadhead for that panel (moderated by Ray Argyle).
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