Book Marketing Tips & Author Branding Advice
When is the Best Time for Your Book Launch?
Often the launch of a book (the actual book launch date) is determined by one thing: the book is finally done. But is there more to launching a book at the exact right time? Should there be? The simple answer is yes. But to understand how book launch times have...
7 Rookie Book Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
It’s not easy being the new kid on the publishing block. And there’s a lot of confusing information about all the different book marketing approaches out there. So what’s a newbie author to do? Be aware of the pitfalls and easy mistakes you can make and how to avoid...
Why Knowing Your Reader May Help You Sell More Books
One of the biggest book marketing blunders is this: not knowing who your reader is. We’ve talked about this before, with our reader profile (download my free reader profile brainstorm worksheet here), but this goes actually deeper than that. Because you may “think”...
6 Ways Video Blogging Can Save Your Author Promotion
Video blogging isn’t a new concept for a lot of industries, but I don’t see it enough in author promotion. Personally, I can understand if the hesitation is about being “video ready” – I don’t love the prep work for video blogging, you have to figure out the lighting,...
Marketing a Memoir: 5 Crucial Things to Consider
We Love Memoirs Day is on August 31 so I wanted to show some love to our memoir authors and discuss some really important things that need to be considered when writing and marketing a memoir. Is your story marketable? Sounds pretty basic, but that’s why it’s so...
Marketing Poetry and How to Find More Readers
It was National Poet’s Day this week and in honor of that special literary holiday I thought it was appropriate to give poets some love, and talk about specific strategies for marketing poetry and improving your book discovery. Because I think a lot of poets will...
Amazon Top Reviewer Secrets: The Must-Read Tell-All
When you’re pitching Amazon Top Reviewers, have you ever wondered about the things they love, and the things that will absolutely get you shoved to the bottom of their book review consideration pile? We thought so, too, which is why we took some time to interview...
5 Simple Ways to Crush Your Networking on Goodreads
1. Connect with your Goodreads giveaway winners Goodreads giveaways are a fantastic way to improve your networking on Goodreads, especially if you can take advantage of the Kindle option and max out with 100 copies. (Learn what I really love about the new Goodreads...
Book Lover’s Day: 15 Ways to Help Your Favorite Author
We all need a little help marketing, don’t we? I thought Book Lover’s Day would be a perfect time to give you some sharable tips to give to your readers. Indie authors, in particular, need a lot of help, because there is no publisher backing them. You can literally...
How to Sell Self-Published Books Using Reader Demographics
Figuring out how to sell self-published books can be challenging, but reader profiles, or demographics, are an author’s version of market research. And what develops from your market research should help determine what book promotion strategies you’re implementing in...
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