Welcome to Author Marketing Experts’ Blog Carnival. We’ve got some great posts on book marketing, self-publishing, and getting published this week. Thank you to all of the contributors!

Book Marketing

Sarah Bolme submitted Sampling: An Effective Marketing Tool posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, “One of the things I really enjoy about my monthly trip to Costco is all the samples I get to munch on while I peruse the aisles and shop. A few of these samples have even convinced me to buy the products being hawked.”

Kimberly Grabas submitted How to Get Traffic to Your Author Website: 30+ Tips for Discouraged Writers posted at Your Writer Platform, saying, “It’s time to address one of the biggest complaints I get from writers about their author websites: ‘My blog is a ghost town! How do I get more traffic to my site?’ Obviously, no visitors means no visibility, no way for people to discover and share your content, and no real benefit to slugging away, post after post, crafting brilliance that nobody reads. But your author website can be a foundational element to building a powerful platform, if you know how to attract the “right” people to your site AND retain as many of them as possible. Interested in learning how? I’ve got you covered. ;-)”

Frances Caballo submitted How to Stop Wasting Time and Focus Your Book Marketing posted at Social Media Just for Writers, saying, “I used to tell my audiences that they needed to diversify their social media to reach their audience wherever they might be. I no longer give that advice. Instead, it’s important to determine which social platforms your audience uses and invest your energies strategically. By doing this, authors will be more focused in their marketing and have more time to write.”

Getting Published

Erica Verrillo submitted Beggars Can Be Choosers – How to Pick an Agent posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, “When an agent offers to represent a writer, there is tendency to say “Yes, a thousand times yes!” before giving the long-term consequences of the union the cold, hard reflection it deserves. Here are a few tips to help you evaluate an agent before you get hitched.”

Self-Publishing

Hazel Longuet submitted Why are you reading this blog? Go read ‘Write. Publish. Repeat.’ – a must read for all Indie Authors posted at A Novel Experience, saying, “Sometimes you stumble on something akin to the Holy Grail by sheer accident. Something so big, so powerful that it forever changes the way you think and act. I have to believe that the universe only puts things in front of you when you are ready for them, I just wish I’d been ready earlier for Write. Publish. Repeat. It’s simply a must read.”

That concludes this week’s carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/