Key Elements of an Effective Author Website
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Your author website is the hub for your book business, and it has one goal ... and it's probably not the goal you think.
Of course, you want to sell books, but the single most important goal of your author website is to create a relationship with your reader. To do that, you need an email newsletter list.
There are some other really important criteria you need on your author website for it to be effective as well. In this video from Julie Broad, founder of Book Launchers, you'll learn some other important criteria to create a great author website to sell more books, build your author platform, and create a successful author business in the long term.
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Gosh, you squeezed a lot of info into this. Thankyou so much.
Love these 7 tips. I love working with Shane on your team finishing my website.
Shane is awesome!
Perfect checklist! Thank you for that and for the great example websites. (Aside: Better luck next time, husband Dave! lol)
HAHAHHAAHA I'll be sure to pass your message along ... ;)
Julie, you rule. Rapid-fire and thorough. GRACIAS!
Happy to help! Thank you for commenting!! If you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Hope to see you again soon!
I love your videos!!!! They are chock-full of great information and they aren’t hours long. Very entertaining videos! Love ya!
Thank you so much for saying hello!
If you liked this video you will LOVE my new book: Self-Publish and Succeed. You can grab it here: books2read.com/ap/RDOjGr/Julie-Broad
Hope to see you again soon!
So helpful
One of your best. Thank you.
I've written down this checklist.
Thank you for this gentle push to do what should have already been done
Yes! This is an important piece of the puzzle. Make some time for it. :)
I have been watching all your videos. I Am brand new to this. I am putting a book together and I am trying to learn all I can learn from your videos which have been the most fantastic of everything I've seen so far thank you very much.
Welcome Dave Otey! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps
Great list and all ticked on my site (phew!)
OOOOH always nice to get confirmation vs a to-do list isn't it? :)
Great video. Thank you!
THANK YOU!
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Great quick summary! Not time to learn more about email lists.
Welcome J.A. Renau! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps
Great checklist! Websites are definitely an important aspect to consider for our author platforms, great video Julie! 😎
Thank you! :)
Thanks for this video, Julie. I've got numerous books out, covering multiple genres(including non-fiction) so it's time I make my website a higher priority.
Awesome!! It is tricky to do this with multi-genre. I'd love to see what you do. Have a great weekend.
I'll message you when it's all up and running! I'll try to make you proud!! Have a great weekend, as well.
Great video. I am actually building a landing page for my book right now. Thanks.
Excellent!
all good stuff
Thanx for this video and these helpful tips. I'm currently getting my website where it needs to be and I just wanna make sure I don't leave anything out.
The checklists should really help. I'll post it on the website soon too so you could refer to it all in written form if you want.
@@BookLaunchers Thank you!😄
Love your video Julie! Thank you for the content!
THANK YOU!
And, in case you didn't already know, when you comment the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED you are entered to win some sweet Book Launchers swag.
To find out if you've won you can either tune in at Facebook.com/BookLaunchers every other Tuesday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST when we do the draw live, or you can catch the replay on CZcams later. The next one is on April 2nd.
Good stuff Julie !!!!!!!
Thank you! Happy Friday. :)
Another great video! I'll be sure to use these for my book page.
:) Wonderful. When it's up, post it here so we can check it out!
I keep bringing up fiction in my comments, but these all apply to a fiction author’s website, too. I’ve obviously been following your other videos because all those things are on my website except for the buying link since my book isn’t published, yet.
Great tips! I have a friend wanting to do website design, and authors are a field of expertise she isn't familiar with. I'll be sharing your video with her ;)
Terrific video and great tips. I LOVE your videos - bright, fun, interesting, and informative. Now... a questions. Do you know a good WordPress Theme (preferably free) that works well as an author website? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks for all your wonderful help. Best, Meridith
Have you seen this list? www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-themes-for-authors/
Oh my God, the **JUMP CUTS**.
I know - my editor hired an assistant to do the first cut of my videos and I think the cuts got a little crazy on a few rounds of the videos. It's a process of learning and improving for all of us. :)
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Got the website before the book
Great! Do you have a good opt in offer to entice people to sign up for pre-launch news?
@@BookLaunchers not yet, until I heard this program I thought I should have content to offer first. right now its just blogs. Im unsure really on what to put at this time.
Do I need a website if My books is print on demand, if so what’s a good website please ?
Your website is your home base for your author brand! It's where you will attract newsletter subscribers and build a relationship with readers.
Started watching your videos recently, thank you. What would you suggest for someone who has a Resume writing book but is mostly concentrating on fiction genres? Would it be best to have a website for a single book or include it as a single page on a shared website?
Because the audiences for these two are SO different I would do two different websites and even potentially two different author pages. Many authors who write both create a pen name for one just to differentiate the two. It's more work but likely worth it in the long run.
@@BookLaunchers Thank you.
i like dave it made me hahaha
He's such a good sport :)
Hi
Can i please ask for some advice on if your book is currently being made,My website is already up which is my blog one,Would you advise having a contact page already then just prepare for when your book is launched,Just want to get my site prepared and ready for my book x
Yes I think that is a great plan! And make sure you are building a newsletter list too ... so I would absolutely have some sort of call to action to get people to subscribe to your newsletter list so you're building your platform until your book is ready!
@@BookLaunchers Perfect idea, thank you x
What if someone else who has the same name as you already has that for their domain?
I had that issue .... I checked the domain registration and made a note of when it expired and checked every year. One year .... VOILA it was available and I snatched it up. In the meantime I recommend a few options ... try using an initial or put 'the' in front of it (my twitter handle is @thejuliebroad ) or you can grab the .tv or .net version of your name
@@BookLaunchers Thanks
Damn, I didn't know people charged that much to make a website.
Waaaaaay too many cut aways. Some are 3 words long.
Unsub’d
Last video I think I was too energetic for you. I believe you told me to drink decaf ... clearly this is just not the right kind of channel for you so that is probably the right choice. Have a great weekend.