Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller Have you ever read a tweet on Twitter about an upcoming book signing in a specific city the next day and clicked through to the book author website to learn more? But once on the website you can’t find any mention of the time and place for the book signing? […]
How to tell your friends about your book being available on BookBuzzr?
You can now invite your friends to offer your book for a free preview on fReado and get a feedback about your book. They can read it and share the same with their friends as well. If you are a new or existing author on BookBuzzr, this instruction guide should help you in inviting your […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: So You’ve Written a Book. Now What? Part 2
Guest Expert: Jim Magwood So You’ve Written a Book. Now What? Part 1 Okay, we’re on our way to making this manuscript you’re writing the very best book you possibly can. Make that little phrase your mantra as you go along. Publishers literally have hundreds of manuscripts cross their desks daily. Why are they going […]
Book Marketing Mondays: 10 Ways to Promote Your Book in Your Own Backyard
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith Online marketing is a terrific way to promote your book to a worldwide audience, but sometimes authors overlook book marketing opportunities in their own backyard. In your local area and region, you have the opportunity to stand out as a bigger fish in a smaller pond. Here are ten tips […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Editing IS Marketing: Boning Up on First Impressions
Guest Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. First impressions are important. We all are aware of that as we brush our teeth and try to unknot the rat’s nests from the back of our hair each morning. In fact, first impressions are part of our marketing efforts, too. Whether […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: How to Write a Popular Writing Blog
Guest Expert: Lexi Revellian I’ve been blogging for over three years using Blogger. My blog is a writing one, with a 4/10 Google ranking, and I want to share with you my ideas about what makes a blog popular. You may not agree…which is fine. Every blog is different. Blogging basics • Blog regularly, at […]
Book Marketing Mondays: A Perfect Pitch – A Sure Strike-Out!
Guest Expert: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen Short, sweet with an amazing hook…and I’m not talking about a curve-ball. To create a platform that stands out from the rest and *conquer all obstacles* you must learn how to ‘pitch’. At first, creating a pitch will be awkward. Writing a page, condensing it to a paragraph, then finally to […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Ten Ways to Know if Your (Internet) Marketing is Paying Off
Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri So you’re out there marketing. You’re doing all the right things (or so you think). You’re following the book marketing advice of some leaders in the industry. You’ve got a checklist and you’re methodically checking off your goals. But how do you know you’re doing everything right? The fact is, […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: The Secrets To Selling A Ton Of Books On Your Book Launch Day
Guest Expert: Jim Kukral I’m a first-time author. My first book, “Attention! This Book Will Make You Money” was published and released in August 2010, just over a month ago by John Wiley & Sons. So being a first-time author, I’ll admit it, I was kind of a rube when it came down the traditional […]
Book Marketing Mondays: Tools To Help You Create Videos For Your Blog/Website
Guest Expert: Tony Eldridge We live in a great time to be authors. Access to readers has never been easier and barriers to promote your book are falling all the time. But as technology increases and access to information becomes more readily available, so does the responsibility of authors to make sure they use this technology […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: The ABC’s of Book Marketing on the Web
Guest Expert: Teresa Morrow When you are looking for something where do you look? Most likely 2 out of 3 times, the most popular answer will be the internet. And the same things goes for the readers of books. So having a concrete book marketing plan on the web is essential to increase the success of […]