We build all of our author sites in WordPress. And there are many good reasons for that. One of them is the multitude of plug-ins that WordPress allows you to use — from ones that create photo slideshows to contact forms and more. Here are seven that we install on each and every author website we build. […]
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Like it or not, mobile is the wave of the future. As each year goes by, a larger and larger percentage of people surfing the web are doing it on a smartphone. This further enhances the need for every author to have a mobile-friendly design. But, apparently, having a functional mobile version of your author
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Here’s what the leaders in the fields of book marketing and author websites were talking about in April. Don’t miss this list of must-read posts and articles. 1. “What should I send to my author e-mail list?” Build Book Buzz April 7, 2015 2. How to use e-mail to transfer a book to your Kindle Build Book
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I am a content person. There’s no way around it. And as much as I may write about website design or layout or usability, my real bread and butter is content. With that in mind, here are some of the most common content mistakes I see authors making on their websites. 1. Writing for print,
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I stumbled across a conversation on LinkedIn today about a “call to action” page in a book. Now, I know a lot about calls to action on a website (sections of a site that direct you to take a specific action, like buy the book or sign up for the email list), but I haven’t
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I apologize in advance for the abbreviations in the title. I know that terms like SEO can be kind of confusing (and even intimidating) at times. And I often get questions about what SEO is, why it’s helpful and how to execute it properly. With that in mind, here are some of the questions I get
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The first quarter of 2015 is coming to an end, and Q2 is just beginning. With that in mind, it’s time to announce our special deal for current clients in the second quarter. From April 1 to June 30th, any current Smart Author Sites client can take advantage of our advanced SEO (or search engine
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I’ve worked with many authors who have had websites or blogs in the past, and want to start over again. Maybe they have a new book coming out and want to re-focus their author website or blog. Or they know that their previous efforts weren’t as professional as they’d like, and they want to do
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Another month has come and gone. With that in mind, here are some of the must-reads for authors that I put together in the month of February. 21 free resources for authors — Build Book Buzz What are your favorite free resources for authors? 5 Ways to Go from an Author to an Authorpreneur — Smart
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Blogging is something that I recommend nearly all authors do. But many of the people I speak with are unsure about how to start blogging, what to blog about, or why blogs may be helpful to them. With that in mind, here are 10 questions I frequently get about author blogs (and my responses, of course). What’s
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