Yes, you should. First of all, I would argue that almost everyone needs to have their own website if only to guard against other people sitting on the URL for your name and pretending that they're you.
Secondly, it’s a really easy hub to share your personal branding and convince people to want to work with you, which is ultimately the goal of most writers and public-facing individuals. It’s a lot harder (and more time consuming) to send contacts a list of links. Your mileage may vary, but I have had my own website since I was seventeen and I have used it more or less my entire life, which has been great because that means that I have lifelong #SEO built up.
Every time you Google “Kate Gardiner” you get me, unlike the rest of the Kate Gardiners.
I can’t remember the first time I read Goodnight Moon — probably because my parents started reading it to me before my infant brain could really catalog memory. Chances are, you had a similar experience. The book turns 75 this year, and over that time, it’s sold over 48 million copies, touching at least that many lives, time and time over.
Hello, friends, and happy scam season. To usher in the spirit, let me tell you a story.