Whether you have
an author website up and running or are thinking of getting started with one, it can be helpful to understand the three main phases of an author site.
Once you have
an author website up and running, your next step should be to create a mailing list.
By the end of the month, you should have a basic
author website up and functioning.
Keeping
your author website up to date using modern technologies is therefore necessary in order to retain current visitors and also attract new users.
Get
your author website up and running; post widely, regularly, and effectively on a variety of social media platforms — and cross-promote to maximize your efforts!
While I don't promote my services, as they're for my ghostwriting clients who need it, I do offer three options in regard to getting
your author website up and running:
TIP: You should have
an author website up and running before you start submitting you manuscript to publishers or before you self - publish.
I don't have everything in place yet, so that should change once I get
my author website up, and make other changes, including inserting coding on my Amazon account so readers from other countries can buy from the US.
So it's important to have
an author website up and running that will appeal to this important audience!
-LSB-...] by Tim Dorr / Flickr Note from Jane: This Thursday, I'm teaching a 2 - hour live class on how to get
your author website up and running with WordPress.
Get
your author website up and running.
Have an action plan ready to go that includes having
your author website up and running, review copies sent out, news releases, your book launch, giveaways and -LSB-...]
Watch the video below to see how to get
your author website up and running in under 4 minutes.
Every day, thousands of smart writers are getting
their author websites up and running — and that means more competition and pressure for you.
Not exact matches
Sales trainer and
author Alan Zell offers sample outlines of terms and conditions of sale on his
website to help you bone
up.
It would be great to see the
author maintain an
up to date set of data (or at least checked links) on his
website for the book and guarantee to do this for as long as the book is on sale at least.
As fans and critics wait to see what Rob Bell does next after leaving Mars Hill Bible Church last October in the wake of all the hubbub over Love Wins, his
website gives a fresh glimpse of what the pastor and
author is
up to now: offering fellow pastors (and others) the chance to pay $ 500 to pick his brain.
Golden Delicious: A Boozy Take on Apple Cider Now we'd rather wake
up looking bright - eyed and dewy - skinned like wellness coach Heather Crosby, the creator of the clean - eating
website Yum Universe and a newly minted cookbook
author...
FIFA have immortalised the actual events of the draw in a short piece on their
website, though the unnamed
author quickly runs
up against the fact that in an age before celebrity — before rehearsal draws and dancing interludes — the sight of a man taking small things out of a larger thing tends toward the dry side of prosaic.
Answers on this
website are expected to back
up the claims they make and not just say what the
author's intuition and personal observations say is correct.
With a re-launch of the
website on the horizon, readers will soon be treated to
up to seven posts a day from a variety of
authors, giving you ever - changing guidance and inspiration for your fitness goals.
Authors Michelle Tam and Henry Fong, creators of the acclaimed Nom Nom Paleo
website, have cooked
up a visual feast, with more than 100 fool - proof Paleo and gluten - free recipes, and over 900 step - by - step photographs and cartoons.
You can join the discussion using her
website's Book Club Guide page and subscribe by email to keep
up with the latest goings - on with the
author.
Sign
up for only one of the workshops: For a free
website / blog: «Develop a Free Author Website in 60 Minutes (or Less!)
website / blog: «Develop a Free
Author Website in 60 Minutes (or Less!)
Website in 60 Minutes (or Less!)»
In addition to your bookstore bills and library late fees, your
website and social media expenses can add
up (and lead to meaningful write - offs for empire - building
authors).
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.
Once your
Author Website has been set
up, your first year of hosting is included in the
Author Website Setup fees.
But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set
up your
author website, ghost - blog on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your social media accounts).
But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set
up your
author website, ghost - blog on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your
You should definitely have an
author website, promote your book on your social media, set
up book signings and readings, etc..
Unfortunately, you can't just throw
up a landing page anymore and call it a day —
author websites need to be active and comprehensive.
>> > You should also ensure to have an opt - in box at the bottom of your
author website because people are lazy and many won't want to scroll back
up.
Amazon gets an exclusive, customers get free books,
authors get exposure, and the
websites that sprang
up to help
authors get the word out get a ton of traffic.
> 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
So how can you convince visitors who come to your
author website to sign
up for your mailing list — especially if they're already your fan on Facebook or your follower on Twitter?
Once you've set
up your
author website and updated your social media profiles, one of the most effective ways to rise above the noise is to convince an influencer in the media to put you in front of their audience.
Recently she launched WordPressBlogsForWriters.com to help
authors set
up professional and easy - to - use
websites.
Also, Judy Blume — a personal favorite
author of mine, and no stranger to censorship — maintains a great
website on why books are challenged and why it's important to speak
up for intellectual freedom.
But does the typical self - published
author with two ebooks on Amazon stand to benefit from selling his books through his own
website, also known as the online equivalent of setting
up a sales booth from the back of their car?
Make sure you check the dates and topics for each within The Resource newsletter and on the
Author U
website and sign
up early.
Just as you would sign
up for a social media platform like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, you have to set
up your blog, which includes your domain name and hosting platform for your
author website.
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!
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While it's sometimes tempting to link to your
author website, if potential buyers have to hunt around to figure out how to buy your book, they're likely to give
up.
My book launch was two weeks ago and I'm still in PR mode — two book reviews for Goodreads, etc. lined
up, have an
author blog and
website updated regularly.
They help
authors with lots of free book marketing advice on their
website — http://www.selfpublishingteam.com.They even have a very useful «book marketing kit» which you get if you sign -
up for their newsletter.
Backmatter consists of your
author bio, information on your other books (if you have any), your products or services or company, or even a free offer that drives readers to your
website to sign
up for your mailing list.
I also made a free video series about setting
up an
author website in WordPress — I'll make a new one soon; and I have a dummy site
up at www.authoridentity.com.
I ended
up learning so much about the process of keywords, book categories,
author mailing lists, and other aspects of book promotion, that I decided to start my own authority
website to freely share my knowledge with other
authors.
Author Central is a separate website where you can track your author rank, customer reviews and set up more page information for each
Author Central is a separate
website where you can track your
author rank, customer reviews and set up more page information for each
author rank, customer reviews and set
up more page information for each book.