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 1. Author Websites

• 14 Items to Include on Your Author Web Site’s Media/ Press Page
•  7 Things You Can do Right Now to Improve Your Author Website
• Do you need an author website? (& why not all websites come equal)
• 12 Reasons you should use WordPress – & nothing else – for your author website or blog!
• The difference between WordPress.com & WordPress.org – in a nutshell! 
• If there are free WordPress themes, why should I pay for a premium one?
• How to understand website hosting & domain names: FAQs for confused authors
• 8 actionable ways to grow your email/newsletter subscribers (by optimizing your author website & more)

2. Social Media

• Six Ways Authors Can Promote Their Books on Pinterest!
• HOW can I use Twitter to market my book? Twitter for authors who “don’t get it.”
• Why You Need to Use Hashtags, & the Best Hashtags for Writers & Authors (Twitter)
• A Little Linked In Tip! Customizing URLs on Profile 

3. Optimizing Your Amazon Listing

• Keywords, Tags and Categories: Three Simple Ways to Increase the Profitability of Your Book on Kindle
• Tips on Maximizing Your Kindle Sales Potential Through Categories
• Kindle Tags: What are they and how do they differ to keywords?
• How Adding Customer Images to Amazon Can Increase Your Book Sales 
• 4 Ways to Improve Your Amazon listing (& sell more books!) (Guest Post on DuoLit)
• “Sell the sizzle, not the steak”. How to write a brilliant Amazon book description – for fiction & non-fiction titles (Guest Post by Amazon best-seller Mark Edwards)
• How to Make the Most of Your KDP Select Free Days

4. Promotions & Marketing

• What key elements make an effective book trailer?
• What to do NOW: Promotions & Publicity before you Publish, 10 Tips
• 7 reasons Why eBook authors should have a paperback (hint – it’s not for the $$$!)
• 11 Tips for a great book signing
• How to Create an Audio Book for Free
• The one thing shy authors need to know about marketing their books
• 10 Steps to Mastering Your Marketing Plan
• My new book is out TODAY! Lessons learned from a pre-launch
  
  

5. Finding New Readers

• How Winning an Award Could Find You New Readers (Plus a list of awards for indie authors) 
• 5 Places To Find New Readers (and 3 Ways to Make Sure They Stick Around)
• 31 Ways to Find New Readers Outside of Your Network
• How Can Self-Published Authors Get their Books into the Library System? (Guest Post by Dana Lynn Smith)

6. Getting More Reviews

• LibraryThing: Some Tips on Getting Book Reviews from Giveaways
• Goodreads Giveaways: Why you should, & some tips to get the best of them (hint – reviews!)
• Negative Book Reviews: Tips for dealing with them
• 6 Ways to get more Amazon (& other online bookstore) Reviews
• I Heart Book Reviewers (And why you should too)

7. Mailing Lists/ Newsletter Subscribers

• Mailing lists: An indie author’s biggest asset – make sure you have one! 
• 8 Actionable Ways to Grow Your Email Newsletter Subscribers by Optimizing Your Website 

8. Author / Video Interviews

• Q&A with Guy Kawasaki – New York Times Bestseller, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist
• Laura interviews Derek Halpern of Social Triggers TV about online marketing
• Indie Authors Doing it Right! Interview with Kimanzi Constable about how he went from selling bread, to selling 65,000+ copies of his book
• Interview with Amazon.co.uk best-seller Mark Edwards on reaching #1 spot (part 1)
• Interview with Amazon.co.uk best-seller Mark Edwards on writing best-selling book descriptions (part 2)
• Indie Authors Doing it Right! Interview with Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist. [Video]
• Indie Authors Doing it Right! Interview with Lauren Clark, Dancing Naked in Dixie. [Video]
• Indie Authors Doing it Right! Interview with Ingrid Ricks, Hippie Boy [Video]