Mandy’s Media Blog

Friendly tips and tricks for your websites, marketing, and branding.

Elements of a Great Author Website: You

You are probably the most important element of your author website.  As I have sad before your first goal should always be encouraging people to know you, like you and trust you.  Notice the key word there is "You."   People need to be able to know you in order to...

Elements of a Great Author Website: Links

The question for authors is no longer "Do I need a website?" but rather "What do I need on my website." A lot of little things go into making a great author website. Today I want to talk about links.  Links come in all shapes and sizes.  They are the foundation of the...

Google Apps For Writers

Google has an App for just about everything--if you need something Google probably has a thingy that does it.  If you want a stock tip: buy Google. Seriously! There are several useful Google Apps for writers, especially if you have a blog.  If you haven't already, you...

Be sociable first!

How many people have ever waited with baited breath to see if someone will comment on their latest and most wittiest blog post?  It's about as useless as you sitting at home by the phone, hoping for someone to call you.  So how do you get people to start being...

Making Media Manageable…

...Or How not to Waste all your time on Facebook The biggest and, to be honest, quite valid complaint about Social Media is that it's a time-sink.  Especially for someone like me, who works at home on her computer.   If you have plenty of time left in your day, there...