I LOVE Christmas!!! It’s my favorite time of the year. I love the lights, the music, and pretty much everything about it. So this morning, I updated my website for the Christmas season. (You can check it out here: www.paulandheatherhart.com) In this post, I want to share how you can do the same. 3 Ways To Update […]
How to Win the Spam Battle
After spamming 102 out of 104 comments on my author website one morning last week, I thought it was time to write up a post on minimizing spam on your website to share with you. I know I am not the only author plagued with spam. Spam seems like a common problem to all new […]
12 Must-Follow Blogs For Authors
One key factor to our success as authors is what we have learned from others along the way. So today, we want to share 12 of our favorite blogs for authors. We encourage you to check them out as well as share which blogs are your favorite blogs are in the comments. #1. The […]
JumpStart Your Book Marketing (with this jumpstart checklist)
I love checklists. They always help me make sure I have everything done and keep me headed in the right direction. When my husband published his first book last fall, I wish I would have had a checklist for new authors. I’ve been writing and publishing books for close to 5 years now – it’s […]
Building A WordPress Author Website From Scratch In 6 Simple Steps
Author websites are a key factor to book marketing. I always consider them the foundation of any good book marketing plan. When you market your book, you’re always sending readers somewhere. Having a base of operations can give you a good place to send your fans as well as a place where they can go […]
3 Easy Ways To Add Tweets To Your Blog Posts
Online marketing is all about encouraging others to help you spread your message. We can do this by adding tweet or pin it buttons to our post (see above), but those only go so far. They are becoming the standard for readers and are frequently overlooked. So how can we encourage our following to help […]
Increase Your SEO In 5 Simple Steps
Search engine optimization (most commonly known as SEO) is one of those things that makes most authors want to groan. We look at it as one of those techie things that we need to do, but would rather that it just did itself. SEO do not have to be difficult. In fact, I want to […]