Help for authors timid about technology
We recommend that you engage your readers to maximize the effect of your social media presence. But sometimes you just need to focus on your book to hit a looming deadline. So what to [...]
About Thomas Umstattd
Thomas Umstattd Jr. is the CEO of Castle Media Group the parent company of Author Media. You can follow him on Twitter @ThomasUmstattd. and on Google+
He loves helping people use technology to change the world.
7 Reasons Why MailChimp is Better than Constant Contact for Author Newsletters
Constant Contact is the most popular solution for author newsletters. But is it the best? Here are 7 reasons why I prefer Mail Chimp to Constant Contact.
6+ Reasons Why Authors Should Avoid GoDaddy
There was a time when I have almost 40 domains with GoDaddy. I started using them almost ten years ago back when GoDaddy was a new website with dungeon low prices.
Now I don’t own a single domain with GoDaddy. Here are six reasons why you should move away from GoDaddy too.
How To Use Kickstarter To Fund Your Next Book Project
Kickstarter is changing the way that self-published authors are raising money (and awareness!) for their books. What is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a crowd funding website that lets you attract backers [...]
5 Ways to Fool Agents & Editors Into Thinking Your Platform is Bigger Than It Is
It’s not hard to trick agents and editors into thinking your platform is bigger than it really is. We’ll tell you how.
6 Things Readers Want from Your Author Website
If you build it they won’t come. The only way to get people to visit your author website is to give them something they are looking for. But what is that? This article summarizes research done by the Codex Group about what readers want from author websites.
10 Ways Proven to Draw Readers to Your Novel’s Website
Most author websites go ignored because the novelists don’t know the following ten tricks…
How to Upload a File to Your WordPress Site
In our last post we talked about creating a pdf. Now, it’s time to upload the file to WordPress. We’re going to show you how to do this in WordPress [...]
How to Create a PDF
Let’s say you want to add an article to your Wordpress site. You want it to print “just right”, so simply pasting the content into a new page or post won’t work. What’s the best solution? Create a PDF file and upload it to your site. Don’t know how to do that? Here is a simple guide.
How to Copy from Microsoft Word into WordPress
If you’re trying to copy from MS Word into Wordpress and have a lot of code showing in your post, here’s how to copy and paste without the code.
