So many resources out there claim to help you with your author website. How do you know which ones to pick? Discover my top recommendations!
Your author website is a key marketing resource for your writing business, even if you aren’t yet published. To give yourself the best chance of growing your audience and selling your work, get clued up on:
- web best practice: design, content and navigation
- SEO – search engine optimisation: moving higher up search results
- web accessibility: making sure your site works on as many different devices and for as many different people as possible
- web marketing: how to attract, retain and convert your target audience
The resources in this article will help you do just that.
Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited by Steve Krug
This is a fantastic book about web usability. Not half as dry as it sounds. Not at all, in fact.
Writing in a punchy style, using very short paragraphs (practising what he preaches), Steve explains the science and logic behind what your web users do and why they do it.
Whether you know nothing about the web or are a seasoned pro, this book will help you to get your site right, from the point of view of your audience (what I’m always banging on about).
Find out more about Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited by Steve Krug
Author Media website and Novel Marketing podcast
Author Media is a company dedicated to advising authors on writing, launching and promoting their work.
The Author Media blog has a dedicated section about author websites and the Novel Marketing podcast often features advice for authors on their online platform.
Although not limited to website advice, this does feature strongly, and there is lots of help with social media and other online platforms for authors.
Find out more about the Novel Marketing podcast
Kindlepreneur
Kindlepreneur offers authors a wealth of advice and tools for marketing their books, including website advice.
The founder, Dave Chesson, has a strong background in publishing and book marketing. He has built free courses, tools, articles, videos, guides and more to help you sell more books.
I have also purchased and used Kindlepreneur’s tool Publisher Rocket and found it intuitive and effective (no commission involved here!)
Find out more about Kindlepreneur.com
Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
ALLi is a fantastic organisation that offers support and advice to self-publishing authors. They have plenty of information about author websites on their blog, and members can enjoy a host of benefits, including:
- access to their forum (where there is even more advice about author websites and where you can ask bespoke questions of Partner Members, like me …)
- discounts
- free conference talks
- and loads more!
Find out more about the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
Improve Your Author Website by Debbie Emmitt
I couldn’t leave without adding my book as a resource for your author website, could I?
It is packed with clear, actionable advice on how to make your site a marketing powerhouse.
My book is available in Kindle, paperback and hardback formats from Amazon, and PDF and EPUB via this website.
Sign up to my mailing list for a 20% discount code for the PDF and EPUB versions.
Find out more about Improve Your Author Website
Over to you
What are the resources you can’t do without when it comes to your author online platform?
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