by Amanda Hagarty | Jun 16, 2016 | Author Websites, Wordpress
WARNING: Trying to choose a theme for your WordPress Author Website, can be a rabbit hole from which you never return! If you have ever experienced choosing a theme for a WordPress website you, know exactly what I am talking about. It seems so innocent. But it’s...
by Amanda Hagarty | Oct 26, 2015 | Author Websites, SEO
Stop for a moment and consider what was used to look up people and businesses before the internet. Did you think of a telephone book? The Yellow Pages? Before there was SEO (Search Engine Optimization) there was YPO (Yellow Pages Optimization) only there wasn’t...
by Amanda Hagarty | Sep 23, 2012 | Author Websites, Marketing Strategies for Authors, Social Media for Authors
Ever since word got out in Bellingham about my social media marketing lessons, I have had a deluge of authors asking for my help. They have varying degrees of skill levels with computers and the Internet, but that all have one complaint: “I have been doing this...
by Amanda Hagarty | Jul 30, 2012 | Author Platform, Author Websites
My livelihood revolves around self promotion and networking. When I moved to Washington state in September 2011, I was the new girl in town and I had to hit the ground running. I got out there and got involved with as much of the local writing community as I could,...
by Amanda Hagarty | Jul 19, 2010 | Author Websites
Every website owner should have Google Analytics or something like it–even if you never look at it. If you have Google Analytics silently tracking in the background you can make better marketing strategies for today and be prepared for the future. Imagine one...
by Amanda Hagarty | Jul 12, 2010 | Author Websites
The key to maintaining a great author website is consistency. That probably sounds funny coming from someone who just took a one week vacation that spanned 2 whole weeks, but it’s still true. When I am not vacationing or playing hookey from my work, I try to...
