About.Me Helps Authors Cheaply Create Professional Splash Sites for Selves & Titles
The time to cut your costs is always now. I've found that some are too important to get around. But if you use simple splash page services like about.me, you may be able to avoid the cost of building a website until you have larger budget or you may even find doing so unnecessary at all.
Why About.Me?
It's easy to set up. Very quickly I built my page. Now Fans can go to a single site to see my picture, read my bio, send me an email, link up with me on Facebook, find my blog, read my books, and buy them for their Kindles, Nooks, or print collections.
What's more for your visitors, the site is simple and clean. In a short time, your about.me splash page will have very little distracting content to navigate but will appear very professional. Simple? Yes. But I believe if you try it for yourself, you'll find the functional versatility obvious.
I've taken advantage of About.Me in two ways. The first thing I did was create my personal author page. That's the obvious thing an author can do. The second thing I did is a real life-hacker tip. In about 10 minutes, I created a splash page for Entangled. On the page is the cover and description and links fans quickly use to read and make a purchase. I don't see why anyone with some ready-to-go cover art can't quickly do something just like this for themselves.
Creating Your About.Me Profile
When setting up About.Me, here are a few things for you have together:
A Picture. If you're creating a personal splash page you need a picture of you. For a book page, you'll need an image of your cover. If you don't have either, get them as people want to know what you look like and they often decide to buy based on the cover.
You Bio. If you don't have and easy to read bio about yourself or story description that explains to your fans why they should want to read your book, get one. This is your sales pitch your reason that someone would want to follow you or buy your title.
Your Links. How do you use social media? Do you blog? Do you sell your titles via online vendors like Amazon.com? As you are setting up your splash page think about the needs of your fans. Some want only to buy print titles, others may use ereaders like the Nook, Ipad, Kindle or Kobo. When adding your links there is no right or wrong way to do it as long as you're making it easy for all of your fans to get to know you and buy your titles.
Helpful Links to Get You Started.
Click here to go to my Personal About.Me page.
Click here to go to my Entangled About.Me page.
Click here to register an About.Me page of your own.
