Publicity Tip #99 ~ Do you read online magazines or blogs in you genre with more than 1000 followers? If you don’t, you should. If you do, you’re one step ahead of the game đ While I can’t extol enough… Read More ›
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Getting FREE Working for You Instead of Against You
Publicity Tip #97 ~ Previously, I’ve touched on the uses of material we generate specifically for free purposes in order to help publicize yourself. Now, I’d like to take my musings on FREE CONTENT one step further. Earlier this week… Read More ›
Awesome Gang Helps Promote Books & Authors
Publicity Tip #88 ~ The website Awesomegang is a great budget conscious resource for publicizing yourself and your book. Their newsletter goes out to over 4,600 readers, they have a huge twitter following and a fantastic facebook resource among other… Read More ›
Spending Money to Make Money: Using Your Author Budget Wisely
Publicity Tip #80 ~ You might have noticed by now that there are a lot of “free” eBooks available to help you with a number of different author-oriented things: better characters, how to plot, grammar, creating your own website… it… Read More ›
Author Publicity & Writers Groups
Publicity Tip #79 ~ Did you know that taking the time out to join one or more of those pesky writers groups does more than ‘help’ budding authors find their way? These groups (if you find some good ones) can… Read More ›
The Importance of Following Other Writing Blogs
Publicity Tip #76 ~ Some writers who are new to the blogging scene are reluctant to “Follow” other writing blogs. If they write historical fiction they might follow the Historical Society of XYZ or blogs about Genealogy, Family Tree Building… Read More ›
Acquiring Book Reviews, Pt. 2
Publicity Tip #70 Searching for quality book reviews in bulk is a contradiction we authors try to convince ourselves exists. What I have found in my quest for the impossible are Indie author and book sites that are doing their… Read More ›
Acquiring Book Reviews, Pt 1
Publicity Tip #69 ~ Have you exhausted your personal book review resources? You know, your good friends who bought the book just to support you, your partner’s office buddies, your relatives and colleagues? Wondering how on earth to go about… Read More ›
Why Writers Should Use Twitter (and HOW to USE It Effectively)
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
? For the last couple posts, we’ve been talking about how to use Twitter effectively. Too many writers are like Stormtroopers—lots of shots fired tweets that hit NOTHING. I can admit, when I got…
The Social Media Angle
Publicity Tip #67 Most writers want to spend as little time as possible on social media so they can get back to what’s important… writing their next book! But your social connection is important – finding your personal balance in… Read More ›