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Five Mistakes to Make When Designing Your Book Cover
When it comes to getting your next reader, book covers are the most important part of a book. They are the one part of the book that a reader is sure to see, and covers are often both the first and...
View ArticleSix Email (and Snail Mail) Web Scams to Avoid
Are you worried that that email you just got may be real? While a lot of scam emails have obvious flaws, some are more subtle. I’ve seen scam emails that were almost good enough to fool me, so I have...
View ArticleBranded Email Addresses, And How Not to Use Them
Many marketing experts will tell you that you should get your own domain and set up a branded email (MyName@MySite.com, for example). And they are right; many people see having a branded email as a...
View ArticleBeware Resurrected Tech Companies
A few weeks back I warned you about using a branded email address on important accounts such as Amazon. One of my concerns was that scammers, hackers, or other criminal types might misuse your old...
View ArticleStudiopress’s Author Pro Theme has been Discontinued – Here’s what you should...
I have been hearing from several author friends that their website theme, Author Pro, is no longer working right. The theme has been abandoned by its developer, and it’s started developing formatting...
View ArticleHow to Write Your Best Gadget Blog Post
For the past month or so I have been seriously thinking about getting back into gadget blogging, but before I do that I knew I had to figure out how to write my best blog post. While I have been...
View ArticleGoogle No Longer Automatically Indexes Websites – WTF?
Can you please take a few minutes today, go to Google, and search for your website using the site search filter? (EX: site:mysite.com) Do you have about the right number of pages showing up, or just a...
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eBook Piracy: How to Respond If Someone Steals Your eBook Online
Sunday, 16 February 2020, was the day that I became a real author. I had been a writer for over a decade now, but Sunday was the day that I learned that one of the workbooks I had uploaded to KDP had...
View ArticleDo you have a catastrophe recovery plan for your website?
Last month I had a graphic reminder of just how bad things can get when a server crashes. While sites do go down at times, in March 2024 A2 Hosting’s servers went offline for 50 hours, taking all of...
View ArticleJetpack Stats is No Longer Free – Now What?
Has anyone else noticed that Jetpack Stats is no longer free? I noticed on Sunday, and a client brought it to my attention on Monday. Basically what happened is that Automattic is now checking to see...
View ArticleWhat does this Google Search console error message mean?
Every so often I get an email from a client or a potential client with questions about Google Search Console. This is a free service from Google which you can use to monitor how your website appears in...
View ArticleBeware Godaddy
Godaddy is a well-known name in web hosting, with a reputation which was not terrible. Back before the pandemic they were known for overcharging for basic things, but at least you could get them on the...
View ArticleWP Engine is not worth the money
For the longest time now I have recommended one of 3 WordPress hosting companies. If you are on a budget, try PeoplesHost.com; their service is great for the price. If you have some money,...
View ArticleWordPress’s New Coke moment: seven years later
Back in 2017 I wrote a blog post about the then new Gutenberg pagebuilder tool which was close to being released to the public. It was still in beta at that time, and I thought it could be a...
View ArticleBeware the “your domain has exceeded its disk quota“ Phishing Email
A new phishing email is making the rounds. I’ve now had two clients in the space of two days forward the email to me, which tells me it has to be quite common. “Phishing“ is the name for a certain type...
View ArticleHow to Find an Indie Bookstore
Back when I was a blogger, I used to have a beef with the American Bookseller Association. You see, the ABA had a website called Indiebound which was supposed to promote indie bookstores, but in...
View Article7 Website SEO Tips for Authors
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is a vast and complicated topic with ever changing best practices. Google changes their rules on a regular basis (for example, we used to be told to remove...
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