Patrick Samphire presents The Ultimate Guide to What
Every Author Website Needs — Part 2 posted at Letters from Mars, saying, «This guide focuses on how authors can make sure their websites are fast, efficient, and easy to use, and so improve their book sales.
Whether you're self - publishing your book or you're being traditionally published, here's what
your author website needs:
Some time ago (ages ago) I wrote a blog post called «The Ultimate Guide to What
Every Author Website Needs — Part 1 ``, and then some hefty deadlines came along and then some more, so I'm only now getting around to Part 2.
The Top Ten Things
Your Author Website Needs!
Your author website needs to look professional (this is so critical to understand that I'll be doing a post on this soon).
If this checklist reveals that
your author website needs to be updated (or even completely overhauled) in order to get your visitors to take action, the expert technicians at Web Design Relief can help.
6 Things
Every Author Website Needs via apt design — Whether you're a brand - new author or a best - selling veteran, having a website to promote yourself is critical.
Aptdesign discusses six key factors that
every author website needs.
Patrick Samphire presents The Ultimate Guide to What
Every Author Website Needs posted at Letters from Mars, saying, «Your author website is your home, your shop window, and your little corner of your favourite café where you can hang out.
This blog entry is my accumulated wisdom for what
every author website needs to contain.»
An awesome
author website needs interactive elements with features that have functionality for you — and a payoff for your fans!
-LSB-...] of posts on «10 things
your author website needs to include», right?
Those are the two most important things
your author website needs to do.
What
Every Author Website Needs • About the Author • List of books WITH links to buy • Mailing List — with incentive to join • Social Media Home Base • Navigation is KEY • Contact Form
Unfortunately, you can't just throw up a landing page anymore and call it a day —
author websites need to be active and comprehensive.
Not
all author websites need to be authorname.com.
Not exact matches
For example, if you were an
author writing a book about how to drive traffic to a
website, you
need to find an example of how your business suffered when it didn't have traffic to its site.
While this strategy works just fine for large publishers that already have established brands and get thousands of shares on any new article they publish (such as Mashable or TechCrunch), a more pragmatic approach is
needed for just about every other business.It's true that getting quality inbound links starts with great content on your client's
website, but the missing link is getting journalists, contributors,
authors, and editors at quality publications to become aware of that content so that they can link to it when writing relevant stories / articles.
Amy Fenton Lee, the Special
Needs Consultant to Orange and author of dozens of articles for print publications, journals, and websites, shared on special needs ministry and the fear of getting it w
Needs Consultant to Orange and
author of dozens of articles for print publications, journals, and
websites, shared on special
needs ministry and the fear of getting it w
needs ministry and the fear of getting it wrong.
Websites and blogs can be a community effort, but
authors need ownership and motivation, otherwise the attempt will fail.
Because I
needed to put together a
website in order to graduate from Engineering school (that was my Senior Project) that is how I started to post my first few fitness articles, and not much later became a best selling fitness
author.
Arlene Mobley
author of Flour On My Face - a Food & Lifestyle
website where she shares easy recipes for busy families and helps them take the stress out of the hectic dinner hour by stocking the freezer and pantry full of all the ingredients they'll
need so they can prepare quick and easy meals.
The
author suggests that you
need to be choosey, trying out more than one site and taking advantage of the free membership which all these over 40 dating
websites seem to offer.
That said, there are still some core fundamentals you
need to understand in order to ensure your
author website helps you sell more books.
Bookstore staff would put out information to their email list and post something on the store's
website, but since it was a small business, they really
needed authors to «work their contacts.»
One of the most common and affordable all - in - one platforms is WordPress, and if you
need help using it for the first time, read my recent post on how to set up a basic
author website using WordPress.
Indie
authors and traditionally published
authors who
need more
website traffic and book sales
If you're already using Pressbooks for your book, you have the skills you
need to create an
author website this way.
Research those you deal with whomever they may be: Check out the BBB Complaints
website for the company that cold - calls and / or emails
authors — instead of letting
authors control who contacts who, only if
needed: https://www.bbb.org/atlanta/business-reviews/publishers-book/litfire-publishing-in-atlanta-ga-27587568/reviews-and-complaints
Need help creating an
author website?
The Professional Publishing Package is for
authors who will be selling books on their existing
websites or at live events and
need a great book to build their message and attract new customers.
Don't let the name fool you, this is more than just some video training, The
Author Academy has everything you need to succeed as an author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
Author Academy has everything you
need to succeed as an
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database,
website templates, interior book layout templates to just name a few.
Authors need to use email addresses that match the domain name of their
website.
I can also build a new
author website or book landing page if
needed.
> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you
need to support your empire (including an
author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up for the success you want to create > Get your nonfiction eBook written and published (at least one, but possibly more than one, if you're up for it) > Grow your following > Sell more books
Kimberly Grabas shows how to build your
author brand from scratch, and Janet Reid tells writers how to do an
author bio right and when we
need a
website, while Belle -LSB-...]
This is the last of three posts outlining the essentials that you
need if you want a media - friendly
author website if you want to get...
Do you
need a
website as an
author?
The best part is that your
author website design doesn't
need to be incredibly elaborate, and you don't have to worry about setting it up yourself!
Scrivenerville — A
website devoted to teaching
authors about Scrivener features and ways to use Scrivener best for your writing
needs.
I have a business
website built in WordPress and because of being affected by updates in one area that then affected other areas unexpectedly and
needing to hire a professional to balance out the mess, I am using Squarespace for my
author website.
For a very simple
author website and blog, you shouldn't
need a ton of storage or a corporate - caliber server.
At the Ask the Lit Coach
website, the post «Ask The Lit Coach: The Difference Between Brand and Platform and Why Every
Author Needs Both» (June 2012) is answered by Erin Reel with the following summary:
Because of the gush of helpful advice, the podcast can be a little overwhelming, but Mr. Kukral has kindly provided a page at the
Author Marketing Institute
website with all the notes and links, so no
need to panic as the information tsunami rushes over you.
How to Become a Bestselling
Author — This
website contains everything you
need to write, publish, and promote your own bestselling book.
As an
author, you
need to have a
website so your readers and community can learn about you.
I heard there's a rumor going around in book publishing that
authors don't
need websites.
If you
need an image for Facebook or an image for a banner ad on a fellow
author's
website, Canva has you covered.
Unfortunately, most aspiring
authors don't understand that you
need to create an
author website before you
need it.
To create an effective
author website, however, your blog
needs some key elements.