A reader asked me about book marketing on Instagram last year. I haven’t used Instagram — I’m a Pinterest fan. So, I asked for tips from Insta authors at our recent writers’ group meeting. Several of our authors use Instagram as a marketing tool, so these tips come from their ...
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Writing Nonfiction Books? 5 Strategies If You Have No Sales
“I’m writing nonfiction books,” a member of our writing group said. “But for the first time ever, I’ve had zero sales in the past three weeks. Anyone else experiencing this? I contacted Amazon KDP and they said that everything’s fine with my account.” That triggered a big discussion. Lots of ...
Social Media For Authors: 3 Tips To Reach Fans In 2020
Are you wondering whether social media is useful for authors? Many authors are very successful on networks like Twitter and Pinterest, building up thousands of followers. While all your followers on these networks won’t become readers or fans, some will. Social media for authors: ...
Social Media: 3 Ideas For Your 2020 Content Calendar
Love it or hate it, social media promotion is essential for authors. A friend and I were commiserating that social media is so challenging. It’s easy to spend half an hour on Facebook without achieving anything. Neither of us could work out whether social media was worth ...
Book Marketing: Covers, Colors And Branding
In our first authors’ writing group meeting this year we discussed book marketing, as well as websites, branding, and colors. Several authors were planning their covers for upcoming releases, and a couple of questions came up: What are the best colors for book marketing? How do you find ...
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 ...
