by Penny Sansevieri | Apr 14, 2020 | Getting More Book Reviews, Podcast for Authors
Reading Time: 4 minutesPersonal connections matter! When I was re-releasing my How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon I relied heavily on my personal connections with readers. These readers really helped to catapult the book up the bestseller list (and it’s...
by Penny Sansevieri | May 28, 2019 | Bestseller Essentials, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 6 minutesMany authors I’ve consulted with recently about their book marketing plan have reported that their advertising, across multiple platforms including social media, Bookbub and Amazon, to name just a few, has really gotten less effective, or...
by Penny Sansevieri | May 31, 2018 | Bestseller Essentials, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 7 minutesLet’s start off here: 95% of books are sold via personal recommendation. Let that sink in for a minute. Personal recommendations are the biggest sales generator — not just for books, but a lot of things. Think about the last time you heard...
by Penny Sansevieri | Apr 4, 2018 | Book Marketing Basics, Getting More Media Coverage
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the ongoing effort to sell more books in a saturated market, more and more authors are competing for book bloggers’ attention, and this means you’ve got to really step up your game when it comes to reaching out to them for publicity. And...