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HOW TO MAKE A COMPELLING WEB SALES PAGE FOR YOUR BOOK

By: Stephanie Chandler 

A website is essential for authors to promote their books and their brand. From a sales standpoint, the most important page on your web site is the place where people can purchase your book—your sales page.

Creating a website doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, but along with the ease of creation, for the author building a site around your brand or book, there is the unfortunate opportunity to include elements that can actually serve to distract the visitor instead of produce the wanted outcome of having that visitor buy your book!

Here are the elements to include on your sales page:

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. The Ability to Single-Task | Mystery Writing is Murder http://ow.ly/r2JQB
2. What I Learned from Speaking at a Writer's Conference - BLOG - Stories To Tell Books http://ow.ly/r2K1T
3. A Scientific Guide To Maximizing Your Impact On Twitter, Facebook, And Other Digital Media http://ow.ly/r2KuZ
4. Engagement rates are 18% higher Thurs & Fridays. “The less people want to be at work, the more they are on Facebook” http://ow.ly/r2KQr
5. RT @elizabethscraig: How to Pre-Plot a Series: http://t.co/WFX1qD12Td @plotwhisperer
6. Kindle Countdown: What's the Deal? » Book Promotion.com http://ow.ly/r2NOx
7. Pinterest: Marketers’ Social Media BFF: 12 Actionable Pinterest Tips to Increase Sales - Heidi Cohen http://ow.ly/r2O6z
8. As Naysayers Cleave To Old Ideas, Indie Authors Keep Moving Forward http://ow.ly/r2Oio
9. New Report Shows That Teens and College Students Don't Like Expensive eBooks - The Digital Reader http://ow.ly/r2OuB
10. Still Conflicted about Amazon | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/r2OTa
11. E.L. Doctorow Shares Writing Advice at The National Book Awards - GalleyCat http://ow.ly/r2P91\
12. Four Ways Google+ Communities Help Authors Build Their Platforms | Kristen Lamb's Blog http://ow.ly/r2Phy
13. Are You a CLUELESS Blogger or Online-Business Owner? | Linky Blog http://ow.ly/r2PzF
14. Book signings Aren’t Dead | Writers In The Storm Blog http://ow.ly/r2Sn9
15. The Top Five Social Media Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them - Business 2 Community http://ow.ly/r2Sul
16. Spying on Your Competition is a Great Way to Be Successful | Penny C. Sansevieri http://ow.ly/r2SyO
17. 7 Niche Social Networks for Strategic Networking | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/r2TA4
18. Social Media “Friends” – When To Unfollow, Unfriend Or Disconnect | BundlePost http://ow.ly/r2TR2
19. Free Market-Research Tools -- A Sampler | Entrepreneur.com http://ow.ly/r2U43
20. Persona Wants to Protect Your Online Reputation http://ow.ly/r2UPH
21. Social Media On The Rise: Which Is The Best? - Business 2 Community http://ow.ly/r2V63
22. Three Tips For Realistic Dialogue http://ow.ly/r3Ieh
23.  Five Tips to Improve Your Amazon Author Central Page | SFWA http://ow.ly/r3JSo
24. 12 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes About Grammar Mistakes Makes | Jonathon Owen http://ow.ly/r3JYy
25. 7 Tips on How To Create a Website for Your Book http://ow.ly/r3K6c
26. The Multitasker: Killer Apps For Doing It All (At Once) | Fast Company | Business + Innovation http://ow.ly/r3Kmt
27. You Deserve a Book Today: McDonald's to Distribute 20 Million Books in Happy Meals http://ow.ly/r3KDC
28. The Secret Behind Every Successful Blogger - Jeffbullas's Blog http://ow.ly/r3L1R
29. 10 Social Media Blunders Even the Big Brands Make http://ow.ly/r3LjW
30. 5 Ways Authors Abuse Their Facebook Profile Privileges | Kristen Lamb's Blog http://ow.ly/r48D6

Happy writing & running, Kathy