Every Writer Should Have a Website II

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:28:29 +0000

Once you have a website (that preferably includes a blog), update often. Search engines like sites that have a lot of fresh content. This will really help you with ranking in major search engines like Google. If you have a blog, you should plan to update it twice weekly at least. Schedule specific days, like Tuesday and Saturday, so you won’t forget. Make sure that your content is easy to share. If you don’t have sharing widgets on your site (Upload to Facebook, Tweet This!, Digg, Delicious, etc.) then get your designer to add them to the site asap. Lastly, be sure to track your statistics. A good site stat service is Google Analytics, pretty comprehensive and fairly easy to integrate into your site. You should know your traffic patterns and learn to read these reports (it’s a lot easier than it sounds). This way you’ll know what your site is doing and what it isn’t.

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Every Writer Should Have a Website

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:56:41 +0000

Once you have a blog, the next step is to have a website. Ideally, the two should be combined. WordPress.org allows you to do that. One mistake often made is to have way to much information on your site. Your website isn’t a magazine, people don’t read, they scan. Make sure your site isn’t so crammed with text that it’s not scannable. Ideally your home page should have no more than 200 to 250 words. Also, make sure you have a clear call to action. You want your visitors to do something on your site, yes? Make sure they know what that is, clearly and precisely.

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Every Writer Should Have a Website II

Every Writer Should Have a Website