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Writing for Your Website – How To Craft Pages That Readers Actually Want to Read

Writing for Your Website – How To Craft Pages That Readers Actually Want to Read

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Sep 2, 2014 | Author Websites, Platform, Publishing, Writing Craft

Is your website copy boring readers? You only have seven seconds to capture attention so make sure your web copy works.

041 – How to Create A Breakthrough Author Brand Step 1 – Look in the Mirror

041 – How to Create A Breakthrough Author Brand Step 1 – Look in the Mirror

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 12, 2014 | Branding, Promotion

Branding is one of the most confusing topics under the umbrella of marketing. In this article, you’ll learn the first step to creating your author brand.

040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 5, 2014 | Promotion

Answering your questions about name change, NaNoWriMo, genre, and connecting with established authors.

040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

039 – How Writers Should Market Themselves to Editors With Karen Ball

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 29, 2014 | Publishing, Traditional Publishing

This week we’re talking to one of my greatest friends in the industry since 2007, Karen Ball. Karen has been the executive editor and director of fiction at several publishing houses. She’s now an agent at the Steve Laube Agency. She has experience on...
040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

How to Create an Elevator Pitch So Good That People will Stop the Elevator to Hear More

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 5, 2014 | Conference Tips, Copywriting, Publishing

In this episode, we’re going to be talking about the legendary elevator pitch and how to create the kind of elevator pitch that gets people to want to listen and hear more about your book. Jim: I see an elevator pitch as a simple one-sentence description of what...
040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

024 – An Easy Line to Help Introverted Authors Promote Their Writing to Complete Strangers

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 14, 2014 | Promotion

In this episode we talk about a powerful and easy way to market yourself and your writing to complete strangers even if you’re a total introvert.

040 – 40th Episode Q&A Extravaganza

20 To Brag or Not to Brag, That Is the Question

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 10, 2014 | Promotion

Find the balance in self promotion as an author. Learn effective ways to share your work while keeping it appealing.

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