by Stephen | Mar 29, 2015 | Getting Technical, Platform
When readers search for our author name or for books we’ve written, we want our website to show up at the top of the search results list. But what if something changed to knock us off that top spot, or maybe off the first page of search results, all together?...
by Stephen | Mar 20, 2015 | Business, Experiments, Platform, podcasting, Toolkit
Great – something else I need to learn to reach readers. Not interested. Most people who saw the title to this article didn’t click through to read the post. You clicked through – Yay! Now let’s talk. Podcasting has been around for nearly a...
by Stephen | Mar 2, 2015 | Platform, Podcast, Podcasts
Robin Houghton is the guest for Episode 32 of The Author Biz Podcast. http://media.blubrry.com/theauthorbiz/p/theauthorbiz.s3.amazonaws.com/TAB032.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS If you’re an author in today’s...
by Stephen | Dec 6, 2014 | Marketing, Platform, Toolkit
If you listen to The Author Biz podcast you know one of the drums we beat CONSTANTLY, is the value of an email list. A great way to add subscribers to your list is through a signup form on your website. But, what if you have a WordPress.com hosted website. I assumed...
by Stephen | Dec 1, 2014 | Marketing, Platform, Podcasts
Author and entrepreneur Tim Grahl is the guest on episode 22 of The Author Biz. http://media.blubrry.com/theauthorbiz/p/theauthorbiz.s3.amazonaws.com/TAB022.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS In this episode,...
by Stephen | Nov 17, 2014 | Editing, Platform, Podcasts
Editor, publisher, literary agent, and writer Shawn Coyne is the guest on Episode 20 of The Author Biz podcast. http://media.blubrry.com/theauthorbiz/p/theauthorbiz.s3.amazonaws.com/TAB020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Apple Podcasts |...
Before getting into the business of writing I spent twenty-five years in the technology business as a financial guy, and then as a serial entrepreneur. I know what it takes to start and run a successful business.