A reader asks: “I’ve heard about blogs for book marketing, but what should I blog about? I write cozy mysteries, and work full-time.” That’s a great question. The short answer is of course, that you can blog about anything you like — it’s your blog, so you decide. The major longterm benefit of ...
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2 Vital (And Easy) Book Marketing Secrets You Can Use Today
In our writer’s group meeting last month we chatted about book marketing. Here’s what surprised me. Each and every one of us was convinced that no matter what kind of marketing we were doing, we were doing it “wrong.” That is, we were convinced that: We’d chosen a marketing method that was ...
Book Marketing: 4 Easy Tips To Sell More Books Using Images
The biggest challenge in book marketing is a simple one. How do you find the TIME to market your books (and ebooks too of course)? One of the authors in our writing group ordered glitzy bookmarks and postcards to market her latest release. It was a great idea. However she’s found that marketing ...
5 Easy, Fast, Low-Cost Book Marketing Trends For 2017
The new year is here. If you haven’t already done so, it’s time to create your book marketing plans for this year. I’ve chatted with my indie author friends, and we’re all looking for marketing options which are simple to put into action, free or close to free, FAST, and which get results for ...
Blogging For Authors: 5 Tips To Conquer Your Anxiety
Last week I was chatting with a friend. She’s excited about a new series of novels she’s writing. She said that her sister had told her that blogging was essential for authors. What did I think about blogging? Is it essential? Blogging made her nervous. What would she write about? Blogging: ...
Book Marketing In 10 Minutes A Day For Authors Who Hate Marketing
Confused about book marketing? Many authors are. This means that they fail to do any marketing at all, and inevitably, without visibility, their book sales are disappointing. Let’s make sense of book marketing — by making choices, creating a quick message and plan, and then using our ten minutes ...
