Did you know that Wikipedia is one of the most popular ways of doing research on the web? In some ways, that’s kind of crazy. After all, it’s not experts who post information on Wikipedia — covering everything from the Berlin Wall to the history of the Slinky toy. It’s your average guy who creates […]
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There’s one particular type of question I’ve been getting from clients lately as we work on developing their homepage. The question sometimes manifests itself as “Why is there an ‘About the Author’ link in the navigation if there’s also a short bio on the homepage?” Or it’s “What’s the difference between the ‘About the Book’
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There was a slideshow last week on the Huffington Post of the best writers’ sites. I must confess that I really like the sites listed there — even though we didn’t create any of them. But just looking at them gave me little snippets of ideas that we can modify for our own authors. So,
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I know, I’ve written about this a lot in the last few years. And with good reason! It proves how much an author’s career can be helped by working with a website development firm … preferably, us 🙂 Today, I came across this blog entry by Terry Cordingley, Director of Marketing at Tate Publishing &
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I was reading one of my favorite work-related newsletters the other day: The Internet and Marketing Report. I came across an interesting tidbit from a marketing professional about the power of actually showing people’s faces on your website. It’s a suggestion that I took to heart. Take a look at our homepage now: www.SmartAuthorSites.com. Instead
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I stumbled across a really interesting idea yesterday while reading a marketing magazine. It’s one that I’m going to implement on our site when I get a chance, and I encourage you to as well! Most of the authors I build websites for have a “thank you” page somewhere on the site. Maybe it’s the
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I came across a really interesting blog entry today on The WM Freelance Writers’ Connection. In it, blogger and author Angela Atkinson talks about a contest she had on her own site (with the three winners getting free copies of her e-book), asking readers for the best and most unique marketing ideas they could muster.
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One of the things that I recommend for many of my clients on their author web site is a “welcome” message — with a great photo of them right next to it. And I find that many author sites built elsewhere don’t have such a message. Here’s why I think it’s important… As its name
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Search engine optimization (SEO) seems to be a theme this week with my clients. Some wanting to start doing it. Some asking questions about it. Others just completely misunderstanding it. For instance, I had a client earlier this week who asked me to redirect a second URL that she’d purchased to her site. I did
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Many authors wonder if building an author website is going to be worth it. After all, it’s an investment that may or may not get paid back to you. Building an author website can do a lot more for you than make money. It can raise your profile, build a fanbase, etc… But that leads
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