Book Marketing Tips & Author Branding Advice
A Quick and Helpful Education on Publishing Trends
Publishing trends can be tricky, because there's definitely a fine line between staying true to the type of author you always planned to be, while also staying educated enough to compete in today's market. Most authors are shocked when I repeat this statistic, but...
Easy Last Minute Ideas for Your Holiday Marketing Campaign
It’s hard to believe that the holidays are upon us once again and with that comes the ever-busy shopping season, and numerous (yet simple) ways to bolster your holiday marketing campaign! Though prices have gone up everywhere (have you seen the price of eggs lately?)...
How to Pitch a Book to Draw in More Readers
Figuring out how to pitch a book can be challenging, especially if you're already well aware that it's easy to get too close to your own work. Spoiler alert: that's absolutely true. But even under ideal circumstances, pitching a book successfully happens in steps....
A Quick Education to Improve Your Publishing and Book Marketing Plan
Publishing a book can be confusing, and as if that isn't challenging enough, you're then expected to design a smart book marketing plan! Which is why I decided to create this quick guide to common publishing definitions. My goal was to focus on terms that I often see...
Perfecting Pre-Orders on Amazon for Maximum Impact
Pre-orders on Amazon can be really lucrative, but they can also work against you if you're not prepared. And it's definitely not a book marketing strategy you should just jump into and figure out as you go! We actually did an episode on our book marketing podcast...
How to Promote Your Book Globally and Build an International Readership
Figuring out how to promote your book globally can be challenging, and honestly, I think it's because we all want to broaden our reach, but international efforts sound intimidating at best. That's why when I came across the below piece on The Fussy Librarian I knew I...
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...
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