Your author website is the hub of your online identity. It’s the first place curious visitors will check to learn more about you and your writing. Are you sure your author website will make a good impression on literary agents, editors, and—of course—readers? Signs...
The Top 5 Problems Of (And Solutions For) Maintaining A Writer’s Blog
One of the most important self-promotion tools available for writers is an author website—and, more specifically, the writer’s blog featured on that website. A blog gives you the opportunity to connect directly with your readership, to contribute to the literary...
Doing This One Thing On Your Author Website Could Kill Your Shot At Publication
It can be very tempting for writers to post short works on their author website and other social media platforms. But if you want that poem, essay, or short story to be published in a literary journal or magazine, be warned: Posting it online could kill your shot at...
7 Strategies To Get More Guest Blog Post Invitations
Book bloggers who have popular websites can provide powerful promotion opportunities for book authors. Bloggers can help authors drive up sales and build their reputations. Here are our expert marketing tips for how to get featured as a guest blogger on more websites...
8 Tactics For Guest Blogging To Promote Your Book
Many book bloggers love inviting authors to “pay a visit” to talk about their hot new read. But if you treat a guest blog post opportunity like a megaphone to shout "Buy my book!" at unsuspecting visitors, you'll lose your audience fast. The key to writing an...
8 Mistakes That Can Get Your Author Website Banned
Google encourages authors to raise their websites' search engine rankings through organic search engine optimization (SEO). But what Google and other search engines don’t like is when you try to "play" the system in a deceptive, “black hat” way. SEO scams come in...
Are You Using These 5 Online Promo Tools To Build Your Reputation As A Writer?
As a writer, you probably want to spend most of your time focusing on your writing, and less time posting on Facebook, Twitter, or your author website. But your online platform is essential to launching a successful writing career in today’s publishing industry. These...
Web Design Relief’s Links Roundup, August 2016
Welcome to August’s Links Roundup! On the horizon: strategy and clarity for your blogs; more bang for your tweet; why a mailing list is a must-have; and how to power up your WordPress site! Whether you create your own author website or we create one for you, we want...
How To Identify (And Focus On) Your Promotional Strengths
Your dreams of being a successful, published writer probably didn’t include visions of pounding the pavement and sending out email blasts, trying to sell your book. But whether you're traditionally published or self-published, doing your own marketing is the new...
5 Fab Fundamentals For Author Website Design
As your modern-day business card, your author website should feature all the relevant information about you as a writer and your projects. But here's the website element that some authors overlook—it should also have a pleasing, easy-to-navigate design that attracts...
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