Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield You’ve heard the numbers. Over a million new books were published last year, in this country alone. The numbers for 2010, when tallied, will be even more daunting. And that’s not including eBooks. So what do these numbers mean for authors? One thing they mean is that, with a million-plus books […]
Book Marketing Mondays: Authors & Marketers: The 5 Most Asked Questions Answered
Guest Expert: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen Throughout the year, I have had many opportunities to submit and host interviews. Some have been author focused…others have been market focused…and yet, my favorite is a blend. Perhaps it’s time not to consider both as separate. Wouldn’t your life be a lot easier if you combined yourself as both an […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: How to Become a Powerhouse Blogger in just 15 Minutes!
Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri We hear it all the time: “Do you have a blog?” and maybe you do, or maybe you’ve thought of it and haven’t been ready to take the plunge. The biggest complaint I hear is that it takes too much time and authors don’t know what to write about. But […]
How to Avoid Becoming a Book Marketing Dinosaur
The technology landscape and associated opportunities for marketing your book is changing at an unprecedented pace. Online games, mobile marketing, Facebook, Twitter, the Kindle, the iPhone, the iPad and the Android are pushing the boundaries of what is possible when it comes to promoting and marketing your book. As an author, it is important that […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: 4 Steps to Success with Local Independent Bookstore Signings
Guest Expert: Teresa Morrow Getting the word out about your book takes top priority for most authors. You want to spread the word about your book and doing book signings in your local community can build great buzz for your book. The reading enthusiast in your local community searches for any and all places where they […]
How to Increase Your Book’s Amazon Rank
Author Susan Bischoff who has a subscription to BookBuzzr Author Pro and is giving away over 30 free copies of her e-book on Freado.com has seen her book’s Amazon rank increase substantially over the last few months. We got in touch with Susan and asked her for some tips that she may want to share […]
Book Marketing Mondays: Recognize Your Clients/Readers To Show Appreciation
Guest Expert: Tony Eldridge Marketing, especially book marketing, takes place on two fronts. First, the front that helps us find new readers. Second, the front that helps us keep the readers we already have. Why is it important to keep our current readers? Because they help us spread the word about our book; they buy more […]
The Great BookBuzzr Christmas Giveaway
X-Mas is almost here and the giving spirit is all around us. We’d like to run a fun little contest and give away 10 prizes valued at over $200. Here’s how the contest works: 1. On Twitter: Go to your twitter account and tweet one thing that you like about BookBuzzr. Make sure that you […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Everything You Do Online Reflects on Your Book
Everything You Do Online Reflects on Your Book: Make Sure That Reflection Is Professional Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller This month’s guest post is a natural extension of last month’s guest post “Do Your Offline and Online Book Promotion Activities Support Each Other?” In that post I talked about how your book author website should […]
The BookBuzzr Blog is Mentioned in 52 Great Blogs
A few days ago, we learned that the BookBuzzr blog had made it to Joel Friedman’s list of 52 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers. Thank you Joel! It is this kind of recognition that inspires us to write out well-researched, actionable articles devoted to helping authors market their book using new technologies. We’re also deeply appreciative […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Your Media Release: What to do? What to do?
Guest Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson This will be short and sweet. There are many ways to use a media release. These are the major ones. If your title is unique, you may think of others. Attach a media release to the outside of your media kit with a paper clip. It will tell an editor, producer, […]