Note to reader: The Booknapper Author Theme is no longer available for purchase. It seems that with each post I write in my Building an Author Website series, the road parts like Robert Frost’s two roads diverging in a yellow wood, and I keep taking the road less traveled by. But believe me, the road you […]
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Building an Author Website Step Eight: Playing with Plugins
One of the most rewarding things about Self-Hosting with WordPress.org is the ability to install powerful plugins to extend your website’s functionality. Compare it to accessorizing your home with all the latest gadgets and fashions to make it uniquely your own.
Building an Author Website Step Two: Key Decisions
If you’re still with me after Building an Author Website Step One, I assume you agree that, as an author, you need a marketing hub open twenty-four seven as the foundation for your marketing platform. With an author website as your base, you can incorporate all the strategies available to you as an Internet marketer, such […]
Building an Author Website Step One: Pre-Nitty-Gritty
When I was first asked to speak at the California Writer’s Club/Sacramento April’s breakfast meeting about how I’d built my website and decided on my platform and marketing strategy, my first thought was: Hold it! You’re talking to a technological greenhorn here—miss trial and error, miss whoops that didn’t work out too well, miss if you don’t at first […]
