Morning Coffee Posts
How to Resize/Fix the Image Files on Your Author Website
So I was reading a post over on the Bookworks blog where Carla King explains how to correctly size images before uploading to your site, but I have...
How to Maximize Newsletter Sign-Ups on Your Author Website
Did you ever wonder why a lot of author sites have a newsletter sign-up form at the top of the home page? Were you ever curious as to why some sites...
The Secret to an Effective Landing Page
A mailing list is a great way for you to connect with your readers, but first you have to get them to sign up. That’s where landing pages come in....
How to Create a Live Backup of Your Working Files Using Google Drive
My server getting hacked a couple months ago made me deeply appreciative of regularly scheduled backups (sometimes the best solution to a situation...
Why Authors Need Newsletters: A Series
In ten years of blogging I have always tried to follow two maxims. The first is a lesson I learned from Penelope Trunk, which is that one of the...
If You’re Leasing a Server for Your Website(s), You’re Probably Paying Too Much
I've just found a new service that I can add to my a la carte service offerings: For $25, I will tell you whether you are paying too much for your...
How to Find Free (and Legal) Images Online
A few weeks back I discovered another nugget of useful info that I picked up while blogging and just assumed everyone knew, and today I would like...
Press, Page, Media, and Pub – Did You Know You Have More Website Domain Options Than Just DotCom?
Do you know how almost everyone uses a website domain ending in DotCom? Have you ever thought about being more adventurous? The usual advice on the...
Six Things I Learned When My Websites Got Hacked
Here’s a post where I learn a little humility, and everyone else gets to see that “it really can happen to anyone” isn’t just something we say to be...