One of the most important features of an author website is the homepage: It’s your business card, welcome mat, and first impression all rolled up in one! But with so many possibilities for content, it can be quite overwhelming to determine what does—or doesn’t—belong...
5 Smart, Easy Ways To Declutter Your Author Website | Web Design Relief
Clutter has a way of sneaking up on us. For instance: One minute your writing desk is neat and tidy; the next it’s covered with stacks of paper, a few pens, an empty coffee cup—and sticky notes are plastered everywhere. At Web Design Relief, we know the same thing can...
Should You Renovate Your Author Website Or Start Over? | Web Design Relief
Visit a few of your favorite author websites and you’ll see some that just need a little touch-up, while others need a complete overhaul. Where does your author website fall on the spectrum? Is your author website a fixer-upper, or does it need to be torn down and...
Is A “Free” Website REALLY Free? 10 Things Writers Need To Know | Web Design Relief
You know all the reasons you need an author website—to act as your online information source for readers, editors, and agents; to provide a hub for your author platform, etc. But like most folks, you don’t want to spend all of your hard-earned cash building a website....
7 Things Writers Think They Must Do When Building A Website Vs. What They Actually Need To Do | Web Design Relief
When it’s time to create a website, many authors aren’t sure what they should include—so they go above and beyond what’s really necessary. If you’re new to the idea of website design, you might think adding more-more-more is the best way to get your money’s worth. But...
Great Ways To Use Moving Elements In Your Author Website | Web Design Relief
Strategically incorporating motion into your author website design is a smart way to grab the attention of your followers and publishing industry pros. At Web Design Relief, our experts know that using moving elements in your author website will engage visitors in...
Author Website Must-Haves When You’re On A Budget | Web Design Relief
Unless you’re George R.R. Martin or J.K. Rowling, you—like most writers—will have to invest in some self-promotion to increase your readership. And the hub of your promotional activity should be your author website. But when you don’t have the big marketing budget of...
Penny-Pinching Ways To Update Your Author Website | Web Design Relief
It’s important that your author website is up to date, attractive, and properly functioning so visitors keep coming back for more. Web Design Relief has some inexpensive, penny-pinching ways to have an engaging author website without breaking your budget. Affordable...
How To Turn Your Author Website Into A Book-Selling Machine | Web Design Relief
Sure, you have an author website—these days, what smart, proactive author doesn’t? As the marketing experts here at Web Design Relief have often said, an author website is now synonymous with “online business card.” But unlike a flat, unchanging paper business card,...
6 Author Website Elements On Publishers’ Wish Lists | Web Design Relief
Traditional book publishers are always on the lookout for the next best seller, whether it’s a topical nonfiction project or the latest Great American Novel. But before they accept a manuscript, book publishers want to know whether the author will also be a...
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