How to handle spam comments on your blog

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 04:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Identifying a spam comment seems obvious, right? Sometimes, but not always — and then there’s the question of how to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology

How to pick a topic for your guest blog post

Posted on 08/27/2019 at 10:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve heard many times to consider guest blogging as a way to spread the word about your books. Belinda Griffin...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites

Make your book-sales page as effective as possible

Posted on 08/20/2019 at 10:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When a reader arrives at your book-sales page, you obviously want to make the purchasing decision and process as easy...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites

David Gaughran on how to handle Facebook's future ad changes

Posted on 08/15/2019 at 03:18 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A big change to Facebook ads may not be coming until February 2020, but David Gaughran still wants you to...

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Tagged As: David Gaughran, Marketing, Social media and websites

Streamline your images for your website or ebook

Posted on 08/03/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As a commenter pointed out, the easiest way to prevent your images from driving up Amazon’s book-download fee is to...

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Tagged As: Design, Social media and websites

Boost your author blog's traffic with these five tips

Posted on 07/28/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve all seen a blog post go viral and felt a twinge of envy, right? Shelley Sturgeon, the blog editor...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites, The Book Designer

Why it's worth using a link redirection plugin on your website

Posted on 07/19/2019 at 03:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Using a link-redirection plugin on your website may sound like extra work ... or just plain jibberish, depending on how...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Make your landing page a launchpad to success

Posted on 07/18/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We doubt the Digital Reader shared this stat as a means to brag, but he very well deserves to do...

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Tagged As: Email newsletter, Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Picture this: Perfect images on your website

Posted on 07/16/2019 at 02:51 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us take the time to add images to our websites, because we know it makes them more engaging....

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Free online tools for editing images and graphics

Posted on 07/09/2019 at 04:31 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The average person — or typical writer — doesn’t need to invest in expensive graphic-designing or photo-editing software, thanks to...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Social media and websites, The Digital Reader