Do you have an appearances page at your website? This would be your calendar of events and activities\u2014book signings, book festivals, public appearances and so forth.<\/p>\n
Why have an appearances\/activities page? <\/p>\n
\u2022\tYou want your audience to know where you\u2019ll be in case they want to meet you or purchase one or more copies of your book. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tYou want to entice others who might happen by your website to attend your next presentation or to visit you at your booth at an upcoming book festival. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tYou want to let your audience\/readers know that you are credible in your field and are actively teaching, educating, sharing, entertaining with regard to your topic or your novel\/children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tThis is a way to attract conference organizers and program chairpersons. If they\u2019re looking for someone like you, who has a book on the economy, parenting, drug abuse, business management, etc., and can speak on that topic or who can entertain an audience with humor, they may stumble across your page and contact you.<\/p>\n
Your website is your elaborate business card. It\u2019s your full-page advertisement in an international newspaper. It\u2019s your portfolio laid out for everyone to see. Take advantage of it by clearly presenting all that you have available and all that you do.<\/p>\n
For more great tips and resources for authors, read my latest three books:<\/p>\n
Publish Your Book All available at Amazon.com in print, Kindle and audio. Also available at most online and downtown bookstores and http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPromote Your Book
\nTalk Up Your Book<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n