Reading Time: 4 minutes I often get requests about how to pitch your book to big media outlets, such as national print or televised news. However the problem is that sometimes the folks requesting it aren’t always qualified to be on talk shows or to be giving interviews – it’s nothing against them or their book at all, it’s…
June is National What Month? Unique Content Ideas for Authors
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to our list of June observances and content ideas for your monthly author marketing plan! If you’re committed to making this year one of your most successful yet – we can help you do that. If you haven’t downloaded our Monthly Book Marketing Planner yet you can grab that at the bottom of this…
How to Use Pinterest to Market Your Book (and why you’d want to!)
Reading Time: 6 minutes With the growth of other visual social media sites like Instagram, it seems like the buzz for Pinterest as a way to market your book has really died down, but nothing could be further from the truth. Pinterest continues to grow. In 2019 Pinterest became a publicly traded company and in Q2 of 2019, it…
How to Promote Your Book Before It’s Published on Amazon
Reading Time: 5 minutes I hear this a lot at conferences I attend, authors wondering how to promote their book before it’s published and I love this kind of brainstorming – mostly because it means the author is really trying to plan ahead for their success. The key is timing. Yes, there’s no reason you can’t learn all you…
Using Goodreads Giveaways in Your Book Marketing and Promotion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Goodreads giveaways are paid now, but to be honest, the improvements they’ve made in regards to all the benefits are totally worth adding them to your book marketing and promotion. You get to choose between a Kindle giveaway or a print giveaway. There are benefits to both. I love doing eBook giveaways for my books, because…
How to Market a Book With a BOGO
Reading Time: 4 minutes Consumers love a deal, which is why eBook promotions, book bundles, and the like really help to push a book to new readers and need to make it into your plan when deciding how to market a book. Which is why I love promotions like BOGOs – buy one, get one or give one, or…
Maximizing Goodreads (Podcast)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Goodreads has over 80 million global members and is owned by Amazon – so despite the love-hate relationship many authors have with the Goodreads community, at the end of the day it will really serve you well to ensure you have a well-optimized, professional profile. Why? Because Goodreads is full of readers! Dedicated genre readers…
Amazon Book Promotion: Why You Need More Reviews and How to Get Them
Reading Time: 5 minutes When authors ask me about Amazon book promotion, reviews always come up. As authors we always want them, and the more the better. But reviews are harder to come by and it’s easy to give up or stop too soon. I have authors contact me about Amazon book promotion, and when I start chatting recommendations…
Optimizing Your Goodreads Account and Adding Your Books(Podcast)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Goodreads has over 80 million global members and is owned by Amazon, so despite the love-hate relationship many authors have with the Goodreads community, at the end of the day it will really serve you well to ensure you have a well-optimized, professional profile. Why? Because Goodreads is full of readers! Dedicated genre readers, and…
May is National What Month? Unique Content Ideas for Authors
Reading Time: 6 minutes Welcome to our list of May observances and unique content ideas for authors for your monthly author marketing plan! If you’re committed to making this year one of your most successful yet – we can help you do that. If you haven’t downloaded our Monthly Book Marketing Planner yet you can grab that at the…
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