Morning Coffee Posts
How to Prep for a Major Website Refresh
When I started the process to update this site a few weeks back, I wrote out a list of the steps required. Now that the project is done, I decided...
How to Not Waste Your Valuable Time When Submitting Guest Blog Posts
Guest blogging ( aka "writing for exposure") puts your work in front of a new audience, giving you the chance to find new readers or clients. It can...
Fourteen Ideas For What to Put in Your Author Newsletter
I have been publishing my newsletter for about three years now, and in that time my biggest stumbling block has been content. The technical details...
How I Stopped Wasting Time on Twitter and Facebook
Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks are a great way to stay connected to friends and relatives, but they can also be a time suck. I don't...
SEO: Why it’s not always the right tool for the job
A few weeks back ALLI held a Twitter chat about SEO. I was not the guest of honor, alas, but I did participate, and in doing so I was reminded of...
How to change your Author Blog into an Author Website
In the olden days many author websites were set up as blogs first, with a few pages tacked on almost as an afterthought. Web design was easy in that...
Five Red Flags of Phishing Emails (Think Before You Click)
With scammers now weaving COVID-19 into their cons, now seemed like a good time for a refresher on how to spot phishing emails. *** According...
The Digital Writer: COVID-19 knocked your business Off-Kilter – How will you set it aright?
The COVID-19 epidemic finally hit the US hard. Over the past month we've all now had experiences where we could no longer kid ourselves about this...
Four Simple Steps for Securing a WordPress site
When it comes to security for Wordpress sites, there are companies that will try to convince you to pay them hundreds if not thousands of dollars to...