Welcome to the course How to Create a Fantastic Author Website and Sell More Books! My name is Jennifer Pinkley and I’m your instructor. Just a little about me before we get started. I’ve worked as a professional writer for over 20 years supporting commercial businesses, nonprofit organizations, and individual clients. I’ve also published several books and helped clients create their own books. Some of my writing jobs have included copywriting, technical writing, web design and content creation, marketing writing, proposal writing, and more. I’ve also worked as a web page designers. I’ve spent many years helping companies design great websites to help sell more, and now I want to share what I know with you.

Here’s what you’re going to learn in this class.

• Basic concepts for website design
• What you must have on your author website
• What is really helpful but not required
• What information to include and to how to organize all of your information
• How to attract more newsletter subscribers
• How to start a blog and come up with blogging ideas
• The nuts and bolts of setting up your website address and actual website if you want to try it yourself

When you are done with this course, you will have much of the content you need to create your own amazing website. You’ll also have a really good idea about how you want your own site to look, what menu items to include, and how to structure all of the content.

Join my Facebook group Rocket City Writers & Authors to meet other writers and talk about how to create the best possible website!

So let’s get started!