The paradox is that we’re getting this incredible feedback, now daily, and sales of our books have dropped off. We want to:
1. Redesign our website
2. Get Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and our blogs working to reach people. We have tons of “content.”
3. Produce more short videos
4. Consult with internet-savvy people
5. Get word out more broadly about our books
6. Get theshelterblog audience large enough so we get income from it.
Ideally we’d find a person who who understands blogs, “social media,” and how to build a new website.
Contact us if you or anyone you know might be interested in working with us: shelter@shelterpub.com
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
oh Lloyd, this sounds like a hugely excellent opportunity for someone. I sure hope you get tons of candidates.
you have probably thought of this, but have you sent this apprentice opportunity out to all your
email contacts
websites who list you/your books
folks / shops where you have done presentations
good luck, wish I had the skills to apply…