Website design and marketing for authors.
Build your Author Platform
How can I help you build your author platform?
To build a following of loyal readers and sell more books, you need more than just a website. You need a strong author platform. This means your author website, social media and email newsletter are all working together to engage with your readers and show your value to publishers.
Author and book website design
A custom Squarespace website you can easily update yourself for wherever your writing takes you. I don’t use templates so your website will be completely unique to you and your writing.
Author email marketing
Your most valuable author marketing tool. Build an email list and make the most of each email you send to connect with readers. We can even create automated emails so you can keep your focus on your writing.
Author social media design
Keep your look consistent across your social media with custom Canva templates that match your website. Easily update them yourself to build months of content.
Author marketing plan strategy
Blog, emails and social media—it’s a lot to manage! I can help you prioritize your marketing channels and set things on autopilot so you can launch easily and stay focused on your writing.
Book cover design
Looking to self-publish? I can help you design a cover that gets you noticed in your genre and looks great in print and stands out on digital.
Giveaways and promos
Need a bookmark, postcard or giveaway for in-person book events? Want to brand tote bags, coffee mugs or T-shirts to sell on your website? The possibilities are endless!
Author Website Examples
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“A visionary for the web. Rose took a set of abstract ideas and translated them into beautiful, functional elements. She’s at home with the most challenging creative problem and its elegant solution.”
Dominic Smith,
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“Rose brought a strong creative sensitivity to my website. There were no cookie-cutter solutions. She listened and collaborated with me to create a site that was an extension of both my work and my personality.”
Masha Hamilton,
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“I dreamed of having a website with cleanly designed pages, elegant typography and intelligent construction. Rose made that dream concrete—and she made the process more fun than I ever could have imagined!”
Holly Metz,
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“For my author website, Rose created an engaging design that reflected my personality and was completely unique. For my book site, she turned what was in my imagination into a reality with a custom photo shoot. A true artistic collaboration—I can’t wait to work with her again!”
Teri Coyne,
Author of The Last Bridge
Want to learn more?
Get in touch and we can hop on a quick call so I can share an overview of how I work and you can tell me about your project goals. If we are a good creative match, we’ll get your project on the calendar!
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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My projects start at $5,000 and pricing varies depending on what pieces of your author platform you want to focus on. A starter sample package might include a 5-page website, social profile graphics, an email newsletter template and 9 book launch social posts. Schedule a 15-minute call to chat through your project and I will follow up with an exact quote after the call.
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All of our projects are completed in 1-2 weeks. Great things can be accomplished with extreme intention and focus. I work with one client at a time so you get my undivided attention until the project is delivered. With over 15 years of experience of helping authors with marketing strategy and website design, I can quickly understand your goals and translate them into a website that feels true to you, brings you more readers, and empowers you to tell the world about your writing.
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A website platform is the service that hosts your domain name and your website content. I recommend Squarespace to all of my clients because it has a very easy-to-use interface to make site changes over time. And yes, I will also teach you how to edit your own site! Squarespace also allows your author platform to grow with great add-ons like ecommerce (online shop) and built-in email marketing. Note that Squarespace charges an annual subscription fee and this is not included in my project fee.
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The ones that are best for you! Since we don’t build our websites from templates, we can build the exact pages with the exact sections that will support your goals. These can include about, book page, contact, news/events, blog, online shop, membership, digital products promotion and anything else you need!
Hi, I’m Rose Daniels.
For more than 15 years, I’ve helped authors transform their marketing to get their books into the hands of more readers. I help you streamline your online author platform—your author website, email marketing and social media—so you can actually enjoy promoting your book. Let’s free up your time to focus more on what you want to be doing—writing your own work.
HOW I WORK
Every project begins with my strategic Author Launch Roadmap process to help me understand your goals, define your target readers and inspire them to take action.
I work with only one client at a time so you get my undivided attention. This means I can have your website and marketing ready in weeks, not months.
No cookie-cutter templates here! I design custom Squarespace author websites and marketing materials with your unique personal and book branding.
