Author One-Page Website

Author website, no matter how simple, is one of the greatest business assets, as you retain full control over it and can grow your business independently of the Big Tech platforms.

Author One-Page Website template

Building an author platform - even a simple one-page website - can feel overwhelming.

What information and sections should it include, and in what order to be effective? And what can be left out?

The answer boils down to the purpose of an author website - to sell books, get visitors to sign up for newsletter and connect with readers.

Here is the minimum content sections a simple author website must include:

Author one-page website template

Connecting with readers

One of the primary reasons for having a dedicated author website is to connect with readers and loyal fans. An attractive picture and a short author bio will greatly help.

Just as important, if not more, is to build a mailing list to be able to get in touch with readers directly, and ultimately sell more books.

Author one-page website hero section

Selling more books

Selling more books is the primary business goal of any author. As much as we love to write, we also like to eat. :)

Therefore an effective author website should help sell books. This template showcases latest books, with cover images, book titles and short descriptions, as well as links to purchase.

Redesigned freelancer website solved these challenges:

Author one-page website books section

Blazing Performance

By using modern web development approach the website achieves a perfect 100% performance score. The author website loads in less than 2 seconds.

Performance and security were improved by choosing modern technologies that don’t rely on various 3rd party plugins for essential functions and introducing unnecessary security and maintenance risks.

Author one-page website performance

Mobile-Optimised and Responsive

The author one-page website template is fully responsive and mobile-optimised - looks and works great on any device - as nowadays most visitors browse websites on mobile devices.

It also helps with search engine optimisation, as Google strongly prefers websites optimised for mobile viewing.

Mobile optimised author one-page website template

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An effective website is purpose-built to achieve business goals.

Let me build you a custom, good looking, fast, secure and easy to update business website.

Send me a message at reinis@grittypublishing.com and tell me about your project. I'm always glad to hear from other entrepreneurial people.