Publicity Tip #107 ~ * Excerpt From Authors Publish Magazine * Written by Chantelle Atkins | October 8, 2015. When I first dived into the world of independent publishing, I was extremely naive about the amount of time, effort, and… Read More ›
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Strategic Giveaways – Using ‘Free’ to Advertise
Publicity Tip #104 ~ Did you get a cool looking advertising poster done up for your 1st book? What about a book trailer? Did you design a number of Pinterest hooks? What are they doing for you now as you’re… Read More ›
Diversifying for Discoverability?
Publicity Tip #92 ~ In the past I have sung the praises of getting your book noticed by using book discovery platforms – most notably Goodreads, Library Thing & Shelfari. Having a presence on Goodreads, the largest book discover platform… 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 ›
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 ›
Why I may not follow you on Twitter…
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
… or friend you on Facebook, or like your page, or connect with you on LinkedIn, or add you to my circles on Google+, or subscribe to your blog, or invite you to…
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 ›
Creative Connectivity
Publicity Tip #65 Some of the most common advice you will ever receive is to make business connections in order to further yourself and your product (i.e. your writing) – and it’s true. But with the advent of social media… Read More ›
Book Promotion that Makes an Impression—Don’t Advertise When You Can PADvertise
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Since most of us are neck-deep in work and NaNoWriMo, I thought it was time to talk about something OTHER than writing. How are you going to MARKET that NaNo novel by December…