Guest Post: The Key to an Effective Social Media Strategy for Writers
Whether you’re a writer of nonfiction — blogs, articles, technical and nonfiction writing — or an author of books and fiction, you know how important it...Continue reading
Tag: authors
Here’s a selection of helpful posts we’ve written for our author audience.
Infographic: Top Ten Book Titles, As Recommended by Librarians
Names are important. Choose the wrong name for a book or series and you can kill its sales before it even reaches the market. This is...Continue reading
My Site is Loading Twice As Fast Today As It Was Last Week. How About Yours?
Earlier today I did some behind the scenes work to speed up my site, and I thought it might be helpful if I walked you through...Continue reading
Gutenberg Will be Released with WordPress 5.0 on 19 November – Here’s What You Need to Do
We have known for the past 18 months that Gutenberg was going to one day change just about every aspect of running a WordPress site from publishing...Continue reading
The Four Bios Every Author Needs
If you Google author bios you will find a million different articles, each with their own recommendation. Be short and too the point. Use the third...Continue reading
Nate’s Big List of Free Courses for Authors
Between marketing, social media, ads, writing, and book formatting, there are a million and one skills authors and other creators need to learn over the course...Continue reading
Nate’s Big List of Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts
What do you call a group of 3 or more adults under 40? (a podcast) Podcasts are now so widespread that they inspired me to write...Continue reading
Making Your First Infographic Is Easier Than You Think
A reader left a comment on last night’s infographic post, and I thought it deserved its own post. Mark Williams asked: The possibilities are endless, but...Continue reading
Infographic: How Authors can use Infographics to Connect with Readers
Infographics are a popular marketing tool in the business world because they are a great way to get a company’s name out in front of potential...Continue reading
Gutenberg, WordPress, & You: the What, the Why, and the How
If you have a WordPress site, chances are you have heard of something called Gutenberg. You could have seen one of the posts written about it...Continue reading
How to Upload a PDF to the Kindle Store, and Sell It
In my morning coffee link post this morning I included a post on The Book Designer where a so-called “expert” made various claims about PDFs, including...Continue reading
Five Ways Authors Can Use Alexa
Amazon has been shipping the Echo smart speakers for several years now, but the tech is still new to some of us. For example, I just...Continue reading
Five Tools for Better World-Building For Your Next Book
When it comes to world-building, some authors just make up a world as they write the story, while others take the time to invent cultural rules...Continue reading
How to Lease a Virtual Mac Online to Upload eBooks to iBooks
Apple is notorious for the ridiculously pointless rule that if you want to sell ebooks on their platform, you have to use their app and their...Continue reading
Grow Your Author Mailing List with These 7 Essential Tools
You’ve heard over and over that the best way to promote your author career is a robust mailing list. This is true no matter the product, the...Continue reading