Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller If you are traditionally published and your publisher hasn’t done this for you, or if you are self-published and didn’t know to do this yourself, take advantage now of an Amazon author marketing opportunity by creating an Amazon Author Page. I just self-published my 86-year-old father’s comedy short story book […]
The Extreme Power of Social Networking & Digital Publishing
Bringing Great Authors To the Literary Realm Guest Author: Amy Lignor In 2007, as we all know, Amazon came out and launched an ‘e-reader.’ Many thought this was a joke, but I can honestly say that there is no one laughing now. Digital publishing and branding have become the ultimate ways to get ahead, or […]
10 Tips on Getting Publicity for Your Book
Guest Author: Iris Waichler Now you have a published book. What next? How do you get the much needed publicity to help the world know about you and your book so you can create buzz and increase sales? Here are some things I have learned about creating publicity to sell books. 1. Identify Potential Media […]
It’s Book Fair Season! What To Do After the Fair
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson After you’ve been part of a book fair, all you want to do it put your feet up and rest. But wait! Not yet! Evaluate your fair experience before you forget anything important. I do this so I can refine the procedure the next time ‘round, or avoid it all together. Doing […]
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 […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Book Proposals – Seven Top Rules for Your Book Proposal
Getting Past the Arguments and Past the Gatekeepers Guest Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson An excerpt from the introduction of The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less with seven basics to get you started. Those who haven’t learned to write a book proposal are […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Create a Facebook Page for Your Book
You Can Create a Facebook (Business) Page for Your Book Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller Facebook has made a lot of changes since Phyllis shared this post. You can read her updated post on Creating Facebook Pages here. You are probably already on Facebook (along with 500 million people around the world at the current […]
Book Marketing Mondays: The Single Best Marketing Tool for an Author
Guest Expert: C. Patrick Schulze In my last article for Bookbuzzr, I discussed the need to identify your niche market, those people who might purchase your book. Today, we’re going to discuss one of the major tools you use to market to those potential customers, your blog. If you’re unfamiliar with the idea of a […]
Book Marketing Mondays: Blogging – The BEST Post
Guest Expert: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen Compare writing the best post to an elevator pitch—amazing content with impressive presentation in concise format. Cyberspace is filled with competitive blogs. Attracting viewers and increasing traffic to your site can be challenging….but, it doesn’t have to be. You can *conquer all obstacles*…increase the traffic….plus, have many of these initial viewers […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: 3 Key Elements to Super Charge your Blogging
Guest Expert: Teresa Morrow Blogging has become one of the must haves in any author’s marketing arsenal to gain more exposure for your book. A blog reveals great tangible benefits, such as increased search engine traffic, for an author to help increase the marketing around the subject of their book. In order to increase the potential […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: How to Make Money on Twitter (no, really)
Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri For many of us, Twitter is a good news/bad news social networking site. The good news is it’s super popular and it seems like everyone is using it. The bad news is that for the newbie Twitter person (and even if you’ve been on this site for a while) it […]