By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
Now that you know how to create your evergreen links, let me show you how to use them in Vellum.Why Put Evergreen Links in Vellum? When I introduced evergreen links at the start of this series, I explained that they’re a time saver. For example, one of the biggest time sucks for an indie author is […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
Evergreen Links: A Recap In part one of this series, I talked about what evergreen links are and why you might want to use them. To recap, an evergreen link has two parts: Part one is a link that is permanent and goes in the back of your ebook or on your marketing material. This is the […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
WHY PLUGINS? In the first post in this series on YOURLS, I explained how to install YOURLS. One of the advantages to using YOURLS as your evergreen link creator is that there are numerous plugins that extend the functionality of YOURLS. For example, there’s a plugin that allows you to bulk upload long URLs with a […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
What is YOURLS? What is YOURLS you might ask. And why should you care that it’s easier to install? YOURLS stands for Your Own URL Shortener. It’s a standalone link shortener that you install on a self-hosted website. YOURLS is what I use to create and track my evergreen links. It used to be that in order to install […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Scrivener Tips and Tricks
Setting up a project in Scrivener can seem a bit confusing to someone who’s used to creating a simple word processing document. In this article I wrote over at the Writer’s Fun Zone, I walk you through how to set up your project in Scrivener. If video is more your style, you can also watch me demonstrate […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
A few months ago, App Sumo ran a deal for a year’s subscription to the Pro plan for an online video creation tool called Lumen5. I signed up, but hadn’t had the time to play around with it until now. Since I’m running a week-long sale for my ebook bundle The SSU Books 1-3, I thought […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
Evergreen Links: A Recap In part one of this series, I talked about what evergreen links are and why you might want to use them. To recap, an evergreen link has two parts: Part one is a link that is permanent and goes in the back of your ebook or on your marketing material. This is the […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Scrivener Tips and Tricks
Are you wondering why so many writers make a big fuss about Scrivener? If yes, then check out this article I wrote over at the Writer’s Fun Zone, where I give three reasons why Scrivener is my go-to writing tool. Or if video is more your style, you can also watch me talk about this on YouTube.
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
Evergreen Links: A Recap In part one of this series, I talked about what evergreen links are and why you might want to use them. To recap, an evergreen link has two parts: Part one is a link that is permanent and goes in the back of your ebook or on your marketing material. This is the link […]
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By Vanessa Kier | Tech Tips and Tools
What Are Evergreen Links? You might have heard the term evergreen content in regards to blog content. What does it mean? Well, picture an evergreen tree that stays green all year. Likewise, evergreen content will still be relevant in several years. An evergreen link is a URL that doesn’t need to be updated because it points to […]
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