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Author Websites and Marketing
Engaging “About The Author” Examples (and How to Write Yours)
Writing the perfect about page gives your readers an idea of exactly who is the source of your work. It seems like an easy enough challenge... until we try to make it interesting enough for someone to actually read! Your about page is going to feature on...
12 Science Fiction Author Websites That Are Out Of This World
I LOVE building websites for science fiction authors. It’s not just anyone who can create a new universe in which believable characters do daring and incredible things and push their readers' imaginations to their limits. All too often the website that goes...
67 Epic Author Website Designs (and How To Improve Yours)
We love building websites for creatives and authors. Over time I think we’ve developed a keen eye for what is and isn’t working in an author website. I’ve realized there isn’t really a comprehensive resource that critiques…
The Content Marketing Plan To Stay In Business
So I'm not personally sure what your exact situation and circumstances are right now, but I'm going to share with you something that you can apply right now even if your business is partly or completely shut down so that you can stay in business long term....
Authentic Author Branding – How To Shine Online
It’s easier to become an author than ever before, but harder than ever to stand out. The key is author branding. Here’s how to get noticed in a noisy world.
Website Design: How to Find the Best Web Designer
A complete, easy-to-understand guide on winning website design for your business. Everything you need to know to choose a website designer or agency that’s perfect for you. To find the perfect Website Designer you need to: Work out what your website...
10 Types Of Blog Posts To WOW Your Audience
You've gotten the message! You should be writing blogs. You understand how it's going to help SEO traffic from Google find you, and help you get more traffic on your website, and all the good stuff that goes with that. Like sales and everything like that. But what do...
How To Create A Winning Author Website And Be Found By Your Audience
My creative agency, GetYourBookIllustrations, specializes in providing authors with high-quality, affordable illustrations. As a keynote speaker at our conference, Children’s Book Mastery, I interviewed Matthew Ziranek from Rocket Expansion about How to create a...
10 Fantasy Author Websites That Take Your Breath Away and Why
Building websites for fantasy authors is my thing right now. There’s a special place in my heart for the genius of someone who can create entire worlds of outlandish creatures and cultures and make them feel real. It gives me…
Mission Accomplished: James Maxwell
James Maxwell James Maxwell has sold over 1 million books. He's been on the Amazon top 5 best seller list over all books in all genres. For the launch of his new series "The Firewall Trilogy", he boarded the Rocket to give his website a complete rebuild. In his own...
New Author Websites – Upgrades, Updates, and Brand-New
Whether you’ve got an ancient website from the stone age or no author website yet at all, this will help you plan your next move in building a new website as an author.
Mission Accomplished: Davis Ashura
Davis Ashura Davis Ashura is an epic fantasy author known for the series' "The Castes and Outcastes: An Asian Indian Epic Fantasy" and "The Chronicles of William Wilde." He's sold over 100K copies thus far and showing no signs of slowing down. Having discovered us by...
Marketing Your Business Online
Lead Funnel Tips (How to maximize your results)
Have you done everything necessary to improve your lead conversion rate, but didn't get the results you desired? You've probably followed some kind of strategy, but might be missing a few steps. If this is you, stick around - we're about to walk you through a few...
10 Awesome Website Lead Generation Essentials (Every Business Needs)
Worried about the traffic to your website? Need more sales leads? A solid lead generation system will work hard to keep your business healthy and out of the danger zone in 2021. But wait, What is a lead generation system, how does it work, and what are the essential...
The Top 21 Digital Marketing Tips For 2021
If there's one thing 2020 showed us, it's that we need to go digital, now! While many other types of traditional marketing have been shut down or restricted, the digital world is booming like never before. 2021 is the time to really take advantage of this...
Building An App. When, How and Why?
Hi, I'm Matt from Rocket Expansion! Today, I will engage a very special guest on an all-time hot topic - ‘App development. https://youtu.be/v8n-QaLAMaA App Development has always been a point of interest for those in the Tech-world, but in recent times, building apps...
The Most Important Part of Your Website
In my previous article, Website Design: How to Choose the Best Web Designer, I gave you a lot of essential information on everything website related. That article is still super useful to get a great understanding of what you need for your website as a...
How To Generate Sales Leads (Do This To Get More Customers)
Matt here from Rocket Expansion. We set up lead generation systems for clients in as varied industries as custom-built business software, dentistry, engineering projects, and book sales. I’m going to share the number one most important strategy we use to...
Major News Channel Exposure Using Content Marketing: A How To Guide
One of Our Clients just got featured on BBC Africa as a direct result of us coaching her on how to succeed with content marketing. She did this simply by writing a great blog post on her website for the perfect keyword in her niche. Even Google realized it...
Does Every Business Need a Sales Funnel?
What is a Sales Funnel? I’m going to clear this up for all who don’t really understand what a sales funnel is. (and throw in a cool infographic as well!) A sales funnel is not something new. It’s not even something that has to be digital or online. Sales...
The Content Marketing Plan To Stay In Business
So I'm not personally sure what your exact situation and circumstances are right now, but I'm going to share with you something that you can apply right now even if your business is partly or completely shut down so that you can stay in business long term....
Website Design: How to Find the Best Web Designer
A complete, easy-to-understand guide on winning website design for your business. Everything you need to know to choose a website designer or agency that’s perfect for you. To find the perfect Website Designer you need to: Work out what your website...
Here’s What Really Matters in Email Marketing
You have probably already heard that growing your email list is really important… But what do you do with this magical list? And where do you even start? Now is a great time to get your email marketing going for real or even fine-tune your email marketing campaigns...
What is Niche Marketing? And Why Should You Care?
I want to share with you something that really really helped us a lot. What I'm going to tell you right now is the key to connecting to more of your ideal customers much more quickly. So let's get right into it. What we're going to cover today is What is niche...
Website Design Case Studies
Mission Accomplished: Halo Heritage
Halo Heritage Luxurious natural haircare and fine fragrances When an established beauty and fashion mogul teams up with a top celebrity and needs a website who they gonna call? The newly formed brand aims to carve out a niche for themselves in the luxury hair and body...
Mission Accomplished: James Maxwell
James Maxwell James Maxwell has sold over 1 million books. He's been on the Amazon top 5 best seller list over all books in all genres. For the launch of his new series "The Firewall Trilogy", he boarded the Rocket to give his website a complete rebuild. In his own...
Mission Accomplished: Robin Hogarth
Robin Hogarth Grammy Award-Winning MusoRobin Hogarth is a double Grammy Award Winning Producer, Composer, and Arranger. He has made his mark in the industry as the go-to producer of Southern African Traditional Music for TV and Film. His music has been used by celebs...
Mission Accomplished: Davis Ashura
Davis Ashura Davis Ashura is an epic fantasy author known for the series' "The Castes and Outcastes: An Asian Indian Epic Fantasy" and "The Chronicles of William Wilde." He's sold over 100K copies thus far and showing no signs of slowing down. Having discovered us by...
Mission Accomplished: Melissa Mcphail
Melissa McPhailMelissa McPhail is a rising star in the epic fantasy genre. Her audiobooks on Amazon Audible have featured in the No1 best-selling spot in the genre. Her previous website, while pretty amazing for a website created several years ago, was simply not a...
Mission Accomplished: Robb and Carter Engineering
Robb and Carter, based in Johannesburg South Africa, is an production and jobbing engineering company. Established in 1948 their website was many years old and not even compatible with modern web browsers. Robb and Carter boarded the Rocket to get some promotional...
Mission Accomplished: The Granite Company
The Granite Company, based in Cape Town South Africa, are wholesalers of premium stone products. A relatively new player in the market they boarded the Rocket to get some promotional power boosters for their own business. We overhauled their website and created...
Learn to Market Like a Maestro
maestro: someone who has mastered great skill, especially in the arts. From Italian, “master”.