As a romance author, you know that readers love to immerse themselves in the world you’ve created. You can make this experience even more vivid by using your story’s images (your inspiration pics, the pics of your story, and fun maps) to pull your readers to your author website.
Not only will this give your readers a way to “see” your story, it’s also an awesome content marketing trick to build trust and credibility with them.
Let’s explore how to make this happen!
Create an Image Gallery
One way to engage your readers more deeply and to make sure your story stays with them is to create an image gallery for each of your books.
Adding an image gallery of your story on your author website is a great way to not only catch the eye of potential book buyers, but also allow readers to connect more intimately with your characters, settings and plot. What’s more, having an image gallery creates visual interest and makes the website come alive.
An image gallery is also a great medium to give potential readers a glimpse into the world you’ve created. With all these advantages in mind, creating an image gallery of your story should be one of the first steps in setting up your author website.
Images to Add
One way to get your readers to engage with your book page on your website is to add the visual images that represent your characters, your world and your story!
Visuals images add a unique and personal touch to any website. Inspiration pictures can be used to provide visual cues of the settings, characters, and objects from your story. You can also put together a picture collage featuring your own characters or a map of the world your characters inhabit. A community map of your neighborhood will bring alive the sights, sounds, and sensations that make up that particular space within your book’s narrative universe. Whatever image assets you decide to choose for each page in your book, these image galleries will help craft a captivating visual experience for readers.
Inspiration Pics
Sharing inspiration pics on your author website provides readers with an insight into what inspired you as a writer, and also gives them another way to engage with your work.
For example, if one of your readers is particularly interested in one image from your inspiration gallery they can click through and explore the source material further – maybe even discover something new that can enrich their reading experience!
Moreover, giving away free content like this helps establish trust between you and the reader which can ultimately lead to more book sales down the line.
Sharing pictures that inspired your story on your author website is not only great for content marketing purposes but it serves as a resource for readers who want a richer understanding of what went into writing your book. Creating an inspiration gallery doesn’t require any technical expertise and can be done quickly using common design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Canva.
So, if you’re looking for ways to coax your readers back to your author website using your inspiration pics, creating an image gallery could be just what you need.
Picture Collage
When you create an author website, picture collages are the perfect way to pull visitors in and make them stay. By including some visually stunning picture collages that relate to your story, it will draw readers in and help your story come alive. Not only will this add another layer of interest, but it will also help give guests a better idea of the feel or settings of your story beforehand.
The best part about picture collages is that they’re relatively easy to create and give a platform for your creativity and imagination to take center stage. Plus, picture collages are proven to grab more attention than walls of plain text which tend to be harder on viewers’ eyes and can often be off-putting.
Whether your picture collage has 3 images or 30 images, luring your readers back to your author website to see your picture collage is sure to make all the difference!
Community Map
A community map on your author website is a great way to make readers feel immediately connected and engaged with your story. When a map is included, readers can easily pinpoint the exact setting of your words, creating a vivid image in their mind with every phrase. A community map also offers useful information about different characters’ backstories, perhaps including where they grew up or how opportunities or obstacles were presented due to their location.
By adding this visual aid to your author’s website, your readers will have an easier time getting emotionally involved with your story – leading them to call it their own.
Plus it’s a fantastic content idea to draw your readers to your author website using your community map!
Take Your Images to the Next Level
Are you looking to take your images to the next level? Think bigger—turning these images into blog posts can help you create something marvelous! Why not imagine a story around each image, including how it inspired you and why.
Additionally, crafting a downloadable PDF that provides more insightful information is sure to draw in more leads. Offer this remarkable resource exclusively to those who subscribe to your email list—it’s an enticing way to have potential customers stay updated on what you have to share.
Take it step further when they understand the full potential behind your inspiring images and the tangible result of downloading your PDF!
Write an Article on Your Author Blog
Writing blog articles is one of the best ways to engage readers and keep them spinning the reels of your world. A blog article should be informative, interesting, and engaging – having a blog as a platform helps enhance each element of your story by adding images and other visuals to further elaborate.
The information should lead up to a conclusion that sparks interest in the reader, making them invested in the blog content you’re producing. One blog article can make all the difference in building an audience around your world and its characters.
By ensuring that blog articles are fun, enhancing stories with detail, writing with an engaging voice, including images or screenshots that help paint the picture, and giving insight into new ideas, you’re setting yourself up for success in providing stimulating blog content for every article you write!
Giveaway on Your Email List
Having an email list is one of the most effective tools to grow your community and reach potential customers.
With the help of your beautiful gallery images, you can create a downloadable PDF filled with inspiring visuals for your readers to enjoy at home. From picture collages to inspirational pics and community maps, there are lots of creative ways to build up your email list beyond simple text messages and newsletters.
By taking advantage of offering a free resource to your readers, you’ll be able to draw in more readers and earn trust through the visuals you already had in your drawer!
Why Use Images to Pull Readers
Your Author Website should be the space that you’re pulling your reader into. You own it, manage it, control it. Your website should be the center hub of your content marketing strategy. It’s the place you build trust and boost influence in the author marketplace.
Not only should it be THE place to showcase your books and your expertise, but it should also be a platform to disseminate info directly to your readers. This becomes the center hub to be able to cultivate meaningful relationships with your current readership and potential readers.
Writing an Author Blog (where you share more information about you and your books) and offering freebies (where you offer free downloadable PDFs of relevant and fun content) can and should be done from your author website.
Create Your New Content Idea Using a Content Template
Don’t get stuck on a content creation rut, use a content template to easily and quickly create the content you’ll for your author website. Content templates are easy-to-use and a convenient tool to get inspiration.
Whether your creating content for a website extra, a blog post, or a downloadable PDF, content templates provide helpful structures that make content generation simpler.
With the following content templates as your starting point, all you need to do is plug in your relevant content details that match the requirements of your content idea.
Choosing the Right Images
Creating an image gallery starts with gathering visual cues from magazines, movies, art galleries or any other source of inspiration. These images should have something in common – whether it’s color palette, theme or mood – so that they look cohesive when arranged together.
Once you have collected enough images, create a well-formatted downloadable pdf of all of them and upload it onto your author website. It is also a great idea to provide some context about the photos in the form of captions or brief descriptions.
Consider these sample ideas:
Using new content ideas is a great content marketing trick to get readers to your author website. By using your story’s images, that capture your readers’ attention, you can pull them into your site and keep them there.
Using DFY templates, you can create content that looks professional and helps promote your book. Be sure to use community maps and picture collages to help readers connect with your story.
Get started today creating your own content!
Create Your Own Using Done-for-You Content Templates
Create your own visually appealing content today! Your readers are gonna love “seeing” your story. Click on each to see what’s included in each content package.
