by Nate Hoffelder | Mar 3, 2022 | Tips and Tricks
I have been hearing from several author friends that their website theme, Author Pro, is no longer working right. The theme has been abandoned by its developer, and it’s started developing formatting and other problems. Author Pro was a fairly popular theme, and...
by Nate Hoffelder | Aug 15, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
A few weeks back I warned you about using a branded email address on important accounts such as Amazon. One of my concerns was that scammers, hackers, or other criminal types might misuse your old domain. A couple days ago I found the perfect example of how that can...
by Nate Hoffelder | Jul 30, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
Many marketing experts will tell you that you should get your own domain and set up a branded email ([email protected], for example). And they are right; many people see having a branded email as a sign of professionalism, and use it to decide who they want to do...
by Nate Hoffelder | May 20, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
Are you worried that that email you just got may be real? While a lot of scam emails have obvious flaws, some are more subtle. I’ve seen scam emails that were almost good enough to fool me, so I have started compiling a list of scams so that everyone would know...
by Nate Hoffelder | May 16, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
When it comes to getting your next reader, book covers are the most important part of a book. They are the one part of the book that a reader is sure to see, and covers are often both the first and last time that a potential reader will consider your book. Book covers...
by Nate Hoffelder | May 2, 2021 | Tips and Tricks
Everyone tells authors they have to be on social media, but how exactly are you supposed to go about marketing yourself on social media? I am not really sure, but lately I have come to beleive that approaching social media from the viewpoint that you should be...