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Sadly our scheduled guest had a last minute family emergency and was unable to be on the show. Add to that the site being down for a few days (it’s now back up and running) and you have any podcaster’s worse nightmare! But fear not! We soldiered on and successfully discussed what’s required on author websites instead.
Audio coming very soon…
The basics:
- Mailing list signup form
- Book details and links to sales pages on retailer sites
- Optional author bio
- Contact form
- Optional blog
Helpful links:
- Embed Amazon book previews in third-party (your author) sites
- BookLinker provide one link for all Amazon sites
- SmartURL to provide one link for all the different links (more than just books)
- Check if your site is mobile friendly
- Find out what sites link back to yours
- Also recommended reading: How to nail your SEO
Our websites as examples of what to do and perhaps what not to 😛
- Xavier’s Idea Pool
- Liam Kingman’s Backyard
- Author Wade Finnegan
- Erica Conroy Science Fiction Romance Author
Join us on Thursday at our usual time of Thursday @ 7pm PST/10pm EST
for Jason Whited – take two 🙂
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