Resources

Resources for Writing and Marketing


This is the Writers on The Move Tool Page. You'll find some helpful resources, groups, sites, books, and article links (free and 'not free')

I'll be updating regularly. 


ANIMATION WORKS, ANIMATION CONVERTS

Animation allows you to cleverly describe your services, products, CTA, or book trailer with creativity. It makes the inanimate animate. Animation is a quick and FUN way to promote what you’re offering. It’s also a quick and FUN way to teach something. Get Your Own Clip Today!

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Build Your Author/Writer Platform
This interactive 4-week e-class through WOW! Women on Writing shows you Basic Website Optimization, Blogging Smart, Email Marketing, and Social Media Marketing. It everything you need to get your platform started and optimize what you already have.

Check it out today!

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Become a Power-Blogger and Content Writer in Just 4 Weeks
More Visibility, More Authority, More Sales

This interactive e-class through WOW! Women on Writing will teach you to write super-charged (optimized) blog posts / articles and content that will be reader and SEO friendly, shareable, engaging, and will increase conversion. It’s a must for authors, writers, and home businesses.

Check out all that you get today!

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GET RESPONSE

You absolutely need an email marketing service provider. I use Get Response and love it. If offers lots of opt-in box formats that you can 'make you own.' It also has helpful analytics, so you know how you're doing. And, the price is great and worth every penny.

Get Started Today!

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BLUEHOST Website Hosting

Okay, before you  can get an email marketing campaign going, you need to have a reliable website, one that you own, and one that has great customer service. You get all this with Bluehost. I have all my websites with Bluehost. And, a great feature is you pay once a year for their service and you can put up as many websites as you want. This is HUGE!

If you're in the market for web hosting service or you're looking to switch, you've got to check out Bluehost!

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FREE Book Marketing Tools and Info


Create an Online Magazine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_magazine
Attract even more traffic to your site

25 Killer Websites that Make You Cleverer
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/25-killer-websites-that-make-you-cleverer-2.html
From Coding to Tech stuff to free ebooks to LOTS more

29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew About Earlier
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/30-incredibly-useful-websites-you-wish-you-knew-earlier.html
From TinEye to Snoops to Instructables to . . .

Dropbox Storage
http://dropbox.com
You can get up to 2GB of free space.

Canva
https://www.canva.com/
Canva is a great tool for writers and authors. It's a free cloud-based graphic design software that will allow you to easily design your own infographcis, social media graphics, presentations, blog post images, and lots more.

Canva Book Cover Templates
https://www.canva.com/templates/book-covers/
Library of book cover templates to choose from.

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Marketing Tools

Website Grader
http://websitegrader.com
Check out the grade and ranking of your sites for free

Validator.nu
http://validator.nu
This site will give your website an audit and show you amazing details. Think you have broken links? They'll find them. And, it's free!

My eCover Maker
http://www.myecovermaker.com
Get e-book covers for $3.95 per download (check price to make sure)


To generate traffic, search for your site/s on the following search engines to make sure you're visible:
http://google.com
http://www.dogpile.com
http://www.webcrawler.com
http://www.yahoo.com

Visme
http://www.visme.co
A simple, drag-and-drop, presentation and data visualization software that’s completely free to use.
(I haven't tried it, but it does look interesting. If you give it a try, I'd be interested to know what you think.)

Logo Design Contest
https://www.designcontest.com/logo-design/
If you need a logo created, you might check out this site. I haven't tried it, but it looks interesting.

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Helpful Writing Sites

Writing World.com
http://www.writing-world.com
Great resource for articles

KidLit
http://www.kidlit.com
Great articles about writing from children’s literary agent

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Writers Digest Tip of the Day
http://writersdigest.com/TipOfTheDay/

The Ultimate Grammar Resource Guide
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/ultimate-grammar-resource-guide.php
Contributed by Sheryl Witte

Source for Writing for Children’s Magazines
http://evelynchristensen.com/mags.html

Writing for Children with Karen Cioffi
http://karencioffiwritingforchildren.com/diy/resources-for-writers/ 
(has an extensive list of helpful writing and marketing sites)

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For Freelance Writers

Blogging.com
https://blogging.com/freelance-writer-resources/
Offers a list of websites that provide leads for jobs.


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Please note: I'm an affiliate for some of the services/products listed on this page.

1 comment:

Karen Cioffi said...

Chat Ebooks, thanks for stopping by!

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