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I regularly have web design clients who either don’t yet have a web host, and need one, or have one they don’t like and want a new one. I make my recommendations available here on this Website Resources page.  It’s two companies, really, Bluehost and SiteGround. But I don’t get into very much about WHYRead more

I love working on children’s book author websites — often there are beautiful illustrations, a sense of humor, and great colors to work with. And while many aspects of creating a website for children’s books are similar to any author or book website, (like providing information about the book & authors, letting people purchase itRead more

Self-published author websites have different needs than websites for authors with traditional publishers.  As a self-published author you might be looking for a traditional publisher, an agent, and/or to create a community of readers interested in your existing & future work.  Or, you might just want to go the indie route because it appeals toRead more

Success … everybody wants it, but few know how to get there easily!  I create author websites for a living, and at the start of each project I work with my clients to gather a bunch of information about what they’re looking to create, and most importantly, why.  This is because knowing what they’re tryingRead more

Many of the author websites I create are for authors who write as a second career.  Sometimes it’s something completely different than how they earn a living and they love that it balances their day job — the financial advisor who writes historic fiction for example.  Other times it’s a segue to retirement and something they’ve wantedRead more

Unlike an author website, which I’ve written about before, a book website features one book (or sometimes a series) and focuses on the world of that book.  Creating a book website allows you to optimize searchability throughout the site for the title & genre, and really allows you to create an immersive experience from top-to-bottom.Read more

The thing I help my clients with the most, beyond actually designing & building their websites, is in helping them articulate why they want to have an author website in the first place.  Many people know they need to have a website for their business, and many have a general idea that they want it toRead more

I have a similar conversation with lots of my author website clients — it starts a little something like this: “Do I really need a blog? I have no idea what I’d write about!” Sound familiar? Lots of authors feel this way — despite choosing to be writers, they don’t see the value in writingRead more

I give lots of advice on this blog to authors on the web.  It’s because I make my living building websites and recommending how to create successful author platforms, so I’ve seen lots of examples of what can be successful and what might not work as well — and I like sharing information for theRead more

One of the questions I’m frequently asked in my first conversations with clients about their new author websites is when should they have their new site ready. I most often talk with authors months ahead of their book launch, which allows plenty of time for strategy and creation, but the actual launch date comes downRead more