Morning Coffee Posts
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...
How to Clear the Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter share caches after you’ve updated a page or post
I'm sure we've all been in this position: We've updated the title, featured image, or intro for a post we wrote a while back, and then go on Twitter...