Today, we're pleased to have Patricia Talavera sharing the five things every author needs to have
on an author website.
If you are an author, we would love to get your input
on the author website in 2018.
Include links to brand - new content only available
on YOUR author website.
Host your blog
on your author website, rather than using a separate blogging site for it.
If you're still on the fence about how to handle more than one pen name
on your author website, Web Design Relief can help tailor a site just for you — and all your personas!
Once visitors are
on your author website, use your «call to action» to nudge them to sign up for your author mailing list.
After spamming 102 out of 104 comments
on my author website one morning last week, I thought it was time to write up a post on minimizing spam on your website to share with you.
There are numbers you need to get published (find out what numbers they are looking for
on your author website) and numbers you need to help sell books.
Blogging is a great way to have fresh content
on your author website for visitors to see and for search engines to index.
Even if you're not sure about sending out newsletters yet, start collecting email addresses
on your author website for the day you decide to do it.
As you are writing, think about these extras that you can add
on your author website.
You can also have your feeds display
on your author website with recent posts, also encouraging people to follow you.
posted at J.M. Ney - Grimm, saying, «Without a site map for human visitors (as opposed to Google crawler bots), most of the great content
on your author website is hidden.
It's a little piece of code that you place
on your author website that collects data and allows you to create a Facebook audience to talk to.
If you're only along for writing specific pages
on your Author Website, you get a pass today.
In future articles, we will dive deeper in the process of creating an author website: how to create one, what you need
on your author website, more on social media, and tools and tricks to help.
Every month you get access to our development team for website maintenance and support services to use for anything you need, like installing a plugin, cleaning up CSS issues, or adding / modifying existing content
on your author website.
For now, you can promote your book
on your author website, blog and on Freado.com.
Offer a mobile - friendly layout
on your author website.
One of the most impactful things you can put
on your author website is a headshot that gives readers a clear impression of what you're all about.
And, as Terry mentioned, it's always a good idea to have an Events page
on your author website.
If you're an author starting up your first author blog or if you're looking to get more traffic
on your author website, a great way to get your name out there is to submit guest posts to some pre-established writing blogs.
how to outfox Amazon with its push of third party sellers of books and learn what Aer.io is and how to create your own bookstore using its platform
on author website PLUS offer any other book within the Ingram catalog and earn money as well
It's important to include the time - tested, standard author bio elements in the «About Me» page
on your author website: professional headshot, education, career, and publication credits.
But how do you know which elements will work best
on your author website header?
Again, it's tempting to showcase your work
on your author website, to introduce readers to your work and possibly get the attention of an editor or agent.
Literary journals and agents generally reject work that has been posted online — they're looking for fresh, new, unpublished content — and if your work is featured
on your author website or blog, it's considered previously published.
Until the rules are a little clearer, your best bet is to avoid posting complete short works
on your author website.
Offering freebies or goodies
on your author website is like giving out candy on Halloween: Hand out the full - size, popular candy in generous amounts, and visitors will keep coming to your door!
I have to tell you, in the time it took me to install or activate these two plugins
on my author website (think minutes) I already had new spam comments on my blog.
You can read more about my books and writing
on my author website.
If you are hosting regular giveaways
on your author website, you may find more people wanting to join your krewe.
Safety Tips For Posting Your Poetry
On Your Author Website More and more literary journals deem... Continue Reading
Put Up A New Author Headshot: Are you still using an old, outdated headshot
on your author website?
Celebrate with a makeover and a professional new head shot or a special promotional giveaway
on your author website.
Looking forward to having web design relief work
on my author website — even if it's not minimalism!
Agents check out the author bio part of a query letter to get a sense of a potential client's skill, experience, and dedication to craft — and they will do the same
on your author website.
It includes professional feedback
on your author website and social media accounts as well as dedicated support to help you come up with an effective and achievable marketing plan.
And
on your author website, you should make it simple for publishers, literary agents, and readers to contact you — but it's important not to give away too much personal information.
The Ultimate Guide To Guest Blogging For Writers via Ghostwriter Dad — It's a great idea to include a blog
on your author website, but it's an even better idea to guest blog on other sites.
Do you (as a reader) appreciate any other value added elements / information
on an author website?
The other pictures can be used as extras to display
on your author website.
As long as the text on your site and in your graphics is legible and aesthetically pleasing, there is no wrong answer when it comes to the question of what font you'd like to use
on your author website.
And, if you haven't yet been getting insights from Google Analytics (or worse, haven't installed
it on your author website yet!)
Ask for their opinions and get a dialogue started
on your author website (This works best if you have a blog!).
All in all, Langley is doing just what Harlan Coben (a favourite big - name author of mine) does
on his author website: drawing his readers into the stories he's written, sharing a little of his own history, and making it as easy as possible for book lovers to engage with him and his novels — and all within a framework of recognisable, accessible and professional branding.
Now here comes the benefit of owning that book domain name: as soon as you no longer need this dedicated website you can simply forward your domain as noted above to the book page
on your author website and no one will ever get lost.
Leading up to the book signing, you need to announce the event everywhere, including
on your author website, any social media that you use, your blog and, most importantly, issue that press release.
Deanna Cabinian shares a detailed analysis of using Amazon ads to sell her books, Scott La Counte explains how to tweet like a best - selling author, The Passive Voice explores if there is anything better than BookBub out there, and Jane Friedman lists the 4 key elements that belong
on an author website homepage.
You can schedule live broadcasts to appear on Google + and YouTube, as well as announce the events
on your author website.