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088 – Halloween Special: 13 Ways to Scare Readers Away from Your Website
1. Music 2. Focus on Yourself 3. Autoplay Video 4. Terrible Design 5. Book Covers to Nowhere 6. Motion 7. Flash 8. Slow 9. Splash Page 10. Request Private Information 11. Hard to Use 12. 404 Pages 13. Old Information Subscribe
087 – Website Hosting for Authors
What is Web Hosting Web hosting is where your website lives on the internet. It is like rent for your website. It is important because if your site goes down people can’t find you. Why is web hosting important?
086 – How to Pick Your Genre
In this episode, we are going to talk about how to choose your genre When You Don’t Want to Choose John Grisham Stephen King Pen names Hedgehog Principle Passions Skills Need$ Passion Tests Movie Test – What kinds of movies do you like to watch?
085 – How to Sell More Books with MyBookTable 3
What is MyBookTable? WordPress Plugin Sell More Books New Features in the Free version MyBookTable 3 Updated Look MyBookTable book pages have been redesigned to be prettier, more mobile-friendly, and conversion-optimized.
084 – How to Create A Breakthrough Author Brand Step 4 – Look in Your Reader’s Mirror
We thought we had said everything we wanted to say about branding. We were wrong. Initial Branding Steps Step 1 – Look in the Mirror (Who am I) Step 2 – Look at Your Readers (Who are my readers?) Step 3 – Look Through Your Readers (What do my readers s...
083 – How to Get an Agent, Part 2 With Special Guest Rachelle Gardner
Last episode we talked about getting an agent from Thomas’ and my perspective, in this episode, we’re going to talk about how to get an agent from the agent’s perspective. So we’d like to introduce you to one of our favorite people and an outstanding l...
082 – How to Get an Agent Part 1
Why do you want an agent? Capital Credibility Contacts and Contracts Do you need one? When you do When you don’t What a good agent can do for you How agenting has changed over the past 10 years Career counsel Contacts Projects you’d never hear about wi...
081 – 7 Website Visitors Every Author Needs to Thrill
Curious Cathy She has a lot of questions. She is coming to your website for answers. How to thrill: Blog Posts Answering her (Reader) Questions Contact Form Add Kindle Instant Preview of your book Book Buying Betty She Wants to buy your book and browse...
080 – Q & A Extravaganza
Intro Paragraph: (Thomas) Our first question comes from Runescape Gold dot com. No, that’s not his name but he or she didn’t give one. But I love this question. Do I have the guts to quit my job? Dave Smale I know it’s never a good idea to get a friend...
079 – How to Write an Crazy Cool Author Bio
(James) In this episode we’re going to talk about creating a crazy cool bio. Intro Paragraph: (Thomas)Today’s topic comes from Samantha Johnson author of The Beginner’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening. She asks: (James)I discovered the Novel Marketing p...