Book Marketing Tips & Author Branding Advice

Wait! Are You Ready to Start Promoting on Amazon
Wait! Are You Ready to Start Promoting on Amazon, is a recap of "5 Reasons Not to Put Your Book on Amazon Until You're Ready to Promote It," a recent episode on our Book Marketing Tips & Author Success podcast. We give more details on common mistakes authors make...

5 Book Marketing Services That Are Always Worth Collaborating On
A lot of authors hire out book marketing services not just because they don’t know how to do the work, but because they’re also strapped for time. But what if you have the time, or don’t have a lot to invest yet, what do you do? Ideally, you’d like to hire out...

How to Market Your Book with Reviews to Get Stronger Engagement
Book reviews are something we're all after, but on the quest for more (because you always need more) you should also be considering how to market your book with the reviews you amass along the way! People Like What Other People Like It's brilliantly simple. And book...

10 Minutes to Success in Publishing
This book marketing podcast recap includes several minisodes that we've released with the goal of helping you improve your promotional efforts in as little as 10 minutes! While our full-length Book Marketing Tips and Author Success podcast episodes are a deep dive...

Why Categories Are Critical to Your Amazon Book Promotion
When it comes to Amazon book promotion, we talk a lot about keywords – but not as much about book categories. But they're equally important because book categories are the “shelving” of your book. Think of when you walk into a bookstore and are looking for something...

Why Self-Publishing a Book Makes You a Marketer
Self-publishing a book is a major accomplishment. You pour your heart and soul and hours of your life into creating something that’s explicitly designed to be judged by the public. Virtual fist bump to you! But deciding to join the publishing industry also means...

5 Free Book Marketing Strategies You Should Revisit Quarterly
It’s easy to get caught up in the “big stuff” you need to do to market your book, but there are a lot of great (and free) book marketing strategies that can move the needle, too. These strategies, while seemingly simple, can really help boost your overall book...

How to Sell More Books Direct to Consumer (Yes, We Mean Sidestepping Amazon)
Before we delve into today's blog post about how to sell more books direct to consumers, we want you to know about an exciting announcement! It’s finally here – Book to Bestseller: The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Promotion, Smart Branding, and Longterm Success is up...

3 Shockingly Simple Ways to Improve Your Author Platform
As an author, you’ve no doubt heard a lot of talk about your author platform and how important it is. But that’s often where this advice ends, leaving authors to wonder how to improve their author platform or, for that matter, even where to start. First, let’s...

How to Market a Book While Keeping It Classy
A lot of authors are desperate to figure out how to market a book the right way, but too often the sole focus is on sales–and that’s typically the biggest misstep an author can make–aside from not marketing a book at all. Let me explain! Sales are always the goal, if...
WHY YOUR AUTHOR EDUCATION MATTERS
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Why? Because you are your brand, and you are the foundation for your success.
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