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A few weeks ago, in a writers’ group meeting, we discussed using social media for book marketing. Several authors used Instagram, others used Pinterest. It became a heated discussion: does social media sell books? Book marketing on social media: does it help you to sell more books? One author was adamant: social media, she said, … Read more
Wish you could be a DIY designer? If you’re using social media, you’ve seen the wonderful images people post on Instagram and on other social media sites. You wish you could do it yourself. But… nothing is as easy as it looks. Although you try a couple of the easy, easy! tools , they’re not … Read more
Book marketing is always a popular topic with members of our writing group, because advertising is expensive. At our last meeting, one member said she hadn’t checked her Amazon ads for a week after creating some new ads. To her horror, she realized she’d made an error and went way over budget. Book marketing: follow … Read more
Looking for easy book marketing ideas? Most authors never realize that there’s a powerful and free option: publicity. Publicity sells books. Last year, one of our writers’ group members got these results from one press release published on her website: Six book reviews in various print publications; A dozen online reviews; and An article in … Read more
With many authors at home these days, we’ve suddenly got more time for the things we “should” do—including book marketing. In a recent online meeting of our writer’s group, our theme was marketing in general, and book marketing for those of us who have books we need to promote. But how do you create a … Read more
Looking for a side hustle? As you may know, my day job is in marketing. At a recent writers’ group meeting, I got into a discussion about affiliate marketing. Several members are veteran affiliate marketers of various products and online stores. They shared some good advice for beginners. Not sure what “affiliate marketing” might be? … Read more