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What Authors Need to Know About Website SEO

What Authors Need to Know About Website SEO

by DianeWritingHall | Aug 21, 2017 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

This guest blog comes from Gareth Simpson, start-up founder and SEO expert. If you want to make sure your books realise greater visibility, read on! ~ Diane As discussed in our previous article, once you’ve written your book, the next important step as a...
So, you’ve written your book. Does money talk now you’ve to promote it?

So, you’ve written your book. Does money talk now you’ve to promote it?

by DianeWritingHall | Mar 22, 2016 | Book Marketing Advice, Rants and Raves

Yes? No? My answer: it depends… There’s no doubt that authors can find their readers using social media, offline networking, bartering, writers’ groups, the humble phone, etc. etc. to get to their readers. Marketing and promotion need not cost much...
What happens at a writing retreat?

What happens at a writing retreat?

by demhalluk | Jan 8, 2016 | Book Marketing Advice, Self publishing

In the most part – unsurprisingly – writing. Who’d have thought?! In all seriousness, that’s not an easy question to answer, given the range of different retreats you may find. The ‘get away from it all’ retreat A popular choice for...
The rise of the authentic author…

The rise of the authentic author…

by demhalluk | Dec 1, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Rants and Raves

If you’ve read my post on the long tail of book marketing, you’ll see that I advocate the slower road to publishing success. Discounting rare phenomenon such as the 50 Shades’ palaver, a hard, bitter, but realistic pill for new authors to contemplate...
How I contradicted myself…not that I want to make a habit of it

How I contradicted myself…not that I want to make a habit of it

by demhalluk | Oct 5, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice

I admit that my reading list is longer than both my arms, my torso and legs combined. Given that I read throughout each week in my role as editor, literary consultant and writing coach, picking up a book for my own pleasure at the weekend, well, isn’t so much of...
Approaching Twitter as a first-time author…

Approaching Twitter as a first-time author…

by demhalluk | Aug 14, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

This is the last in journalist Rebecca Whittington’s series of author basics. In this post, she talks about social media, an often intimidating aspect of book promotion, and one that’s easy to get wrong. I believe that the mindset of what the author wants...
So Effing Oblique…what exactly IS SEO?!

So Effing Oblique…what exactly IS SEO?!

by demhalluk | Jul 28, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

Journalist Rebecca Whittington continues her advice to new writers, as they set up and manage their online presence. In this post, she talks about the often-confusing term SEO, and what this means. Right, if you’ve read my previous two posts, you’ll have...
Author blogs: Tips for creating content your readers will enjoy

Author blogs: Tips for creating content your readers will enjoy

by demhalluk | Jul 14, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

In the previous post, Rebecca explained to authors how they should approach the creation of their author website. For those of you who’d like to incorporate a blog into their book promotion strategy, or would like to use a blog as their main landing page,...
The ‘author website’….how to create the perfect platform for your book

The ‘author website’….how to create the perfect platform for your book

by demhalluk | Jul 7, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

Journalist Rebecca Whittington, writing for The Writing Hall, explains website basics for new authors… You’ve got the idea. You’ve got the motivation. And many of you have already got the book. But how, as an author, do you go about telling other people about...
Authors and digital marketing. Do they understand it? Do they NEED it?

Authors and digital marketing. Do they understand it? Do they NEED it?

by demhalluk | Jul 1, 2015 | Book Marketing Advice, Guest Posts

Another fantastic guest post, this time, from Scott Allen, of Big Number 9. Wielding his fifteen years’ experience in content and product management for major digital projects, Scott succumbed to my pleas for a post to specifically help my author readership understand...
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