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...
Whether your book is self-published or traditionally published, you’ll still be expected to do a fair amount of the sales promotion on your own. Your author website is a great tool for increasing book sales—but only if you know the online marketing strategies that...
In today’s competitive publishing environment, having a presence online is not optional—it’s vital. And we’ve brought you some of the best insider info about building your online author platform—from creating a solid, functional author website to engaging potential...
Some things were definitely better in the good old days: apple pie baked from scratch, handwritten thank-you notes, and not being bombarded by Christmas decorations in stores before Halloween! And there are authors who feel writing was easier before the Internet...
This installment of our Links Roundup features great tips to help you market your writing online. Whether you create your own author website or we create one for you, we want to give you the best tools possible to build an effective online author platform and get your...
Tumblr, meet Writer. Writer, meet Tumblr. While you might think that a short-form blog like Tumblr would be counterintuitive for writers, this photo-centric platform is quickly becoming a viable marketing tool for promoting your writing. If you're ready to shake up...
Here at Web Design Relief, we often get the following question: Should a writer create a website that focuses on a particular book or on the work of the author in general? As with so many elements of Web design, there’s no singular answer that will work for everyone....
After countless hours of considering font choices, photos, and editorial selections, you finally have a shiny, new author website. Whether you write books, short stories, or poetry, an author website provides an anchor for your online identity and is an essential...
This installment of our Links Roundup features great tips to help you market your book online. Whether you create your own author website or we create one for you, we want to give you the best tools possible to build an effective online author platform and get your...
How do you convince complete strangers to market your book—and have them be happy to do it? Cross-promotion! Quite simply, cross-promotion is when two parties agree to promote each other’s product, service, or interest, to the benefit of both. One well-known example...
If you need help nailing your brand, you’ve come to the right place. The designers know what questions to ask, what imagery translates best to the screen, and how to make your original idea come to life on your webpage. Conventional or quirky, your idea is in good hands with the Web Design Relief team.
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