Reading Time: < 1 minute Selling books in a publishing climate that’s pumping out 4500+ new titles a day means your author branding is a surefire way to separate you from everyone else. You can establish and maintain your indie author branding in a way that helps you sell books by making some smart improvements. Then all you need to…
Unique Author Branding and Content Ideas for March
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hello and welcome to our list of March observances and unique author branding and content ideas for your monthly author marketing plan. Without a regular connection to readers, you’re just another book on the shelf. Take the time to make yourself stand out by using our monthly observances and tips to create interesting content with…
February Is National What Month? Unique Content Ideas for Authors
Reading Time: 8 minutes Hello and welcome to our list of February observances and unique content ideas for your monthly author marketing plan. Without regular connection to readers, you’re just another book on the shelf. Take the time to make yourself stand out by using our monthly observances and tips to create interesting content with your own unique twist.…
When and How to Invest in a Book Marketing Company (Infographic)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you been on the verge of hiring a book marketing company? Maybe your sales are lackluster, perhaps you’re just running out of time to market your book, or let’s face it – we’ve all had to admit at one point that we just don’t know what we’re doing. A book marketing company can definitely…
Cookbook Marketing for Self-Published Authors (Infographic)
Reading Time: < 1 minute I think it’s super important to discuss cookbook marketing for self-published authors because people are still spending a lot more time at home than usual. I want you to know you can make a lot of headway with some simple, yet strategic, self-promotion efforts! Check out my infographic, and please share it if you’re a…
How to Sell Self Published Books Through Your Website
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post is for every indie author who has ever typed “How to sell self-published books” into a Google search bar and hoped that the answer would include “through your website.” It’s often a goal of a self-published or indie author to sell books off of their website. This is harder for traditionally published authors…
Effective Social Media for Your Best Book Marketing Campaign
Reading Time: 6 minutes I’m going to make a bold statement: the best book marketing campaigns include social media BUT social media doesn’t sell books. Wait, what? Isn’t that a contradiction? You’d think so but here’s the thing: social media is an important key to exposure, and exposure sells books. Let me rephrase that: the right kind of social…
5 Quick Ways to Help Your Favorite Authors [INFOGRAPHIC]
Reading Time: < 1 minute As authors we work really hard, and we do our best to figure out how to market a book effectively, but sometimes it gets hard asking our personal networks to help us out, over and over again. I have three words for you – DO IT ANYWAY. People are busy but they mean well, so…
Powering Up Your Email Book Marketing and Promotion
Reading Time: 7 minutes You’ve probably heard the term “email marketing” a lot because it’s a powerful tool for book marketing and promotion. Consider this: in 2019, 3.9 billion people used email, and by 2023 this figure will grow to 4.3 billion (Oberlo 2020). And while we all complain about getting too much email, according to Statista, 49% of…
Quick Book Marketing Quiz: Discover Why Your Book Isn’t Selling
Reading Time: < 1 minute This quiz will test whether or not you’re hitting the book marketing strategies and platform enhancements that are key to to an author’s success.