Book Marketing Tips & Author Branding Advice
How to Create a Year-Long Marketing Plan for a Book
It's true, planning for a book release is stressful, yet exciting - so much so we often forget that an effective marketing plan for a book really needs to take you through the first 12 months and beyond. Does that sound like a lot of work? It can be. But it doesn't...
Book Cover Ideas & Design Tips for More Sales Conversions
Creative and effective book cover ideas and concepts are sadly not as common in the publishing industry as I'd like them to be. Why is that such a problem? Sure, it's nice to think, "once they start reading my book they'll love it," or "once they read my description...
Marketing and Book Sales: How Closely Are They Linked?
Marketing and book sales are definitely entwined, but how closely? How much marketing do you have to do to create significant sales opportunities? Let me tell you this, we had an author come to us recently and say, "If the book sells on its own, I may not need to do a...
Marketing and Branding Books Quiz: Why Isn’t My Title Selling?
Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s working and what isn’t, you're trying to follow all the tips for marketing and branding books properly – but you feel like you’re pushing mud uphill. Or maybe you’re feeling stuck and wondering where the gaps are in your book...
How to Fix What’s Broken: Podcast for Authors
In a recent episode of our podcast for authors we put the spotlight on very real problems and challenges authors have presented to us through blog comments, coaching sessions, and contact form inquiries. And while we'll continue to present topics we feel authors need...
Publishing Non-Fiction the Strategic Way Without Delays
Typically when someone is publishing non-fiction it's because they're looking to cement their thought leader status in the market for a specific topic, industry, or area of expertise. But we see it all the time, specifically when publishing non-fiction, that authors...
Quiz: What’s Your Amazon Book Sales Potential?
Your Amazon book sales potential is tricky, if you haven't already figured that out! Yes, of course you need to have a great cover, we talk about that all the time. You also need to have a great book, no, an exceptional book, that readers are (hopefully) reviewing...
How to Sell Your Self-Published Books to Bookstores
Figuring out how to sell your self-published books to bookstores can be mind-numbing and discouraging at best. Sure, the concept seems simple, because books are already in stores and you just want to get a piece of the pie! But the technical aspects, retail...
Snake Oil Exists in Book Publishing and Marketing
In a recent episode of our podcast for authors we got LOUD about author scams, and how many more seem to be cropping up every day. What kind of scams? Basically the biggest offenders are those that prey on your ambitions, and honestly, your fatigue. Unscrupulous...
Self-Publishing a Book Versus Working with a Publisher
While self-publishing a book has always been an option, a lot of authors still opt to wait – to see if they can get a publisher to give them a nod of approval. Because for years traditional publishers were the center of the universe. But the recent DOJ – Penguin...
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