Reading Time: 4 minutes Dense and noisy news cycles can make it really hard to figure out how to pitch your book to media, but in reality, it can be a great opportunity to get your message out there! This is especially true with something that doesn’t look like it’s going to go away anytime soon, like the current…
March is National What Month? Unique Content Ideas for Authors
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to our list of March observances and unique content ideas for authors for your monthly 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…
How to Fall in Love with Your Amazon Book Promotion
Reading Time: 5 minutes Amazon book promotion isn’t easy, it requires not only writing a great book – but essentially learning a new skill. I am a professional book promoter who puts a lot of focus on Amazon book promotion, I run a book promotion firm and I find book marketing requires constant learning. Granted, I love learning, but…
How to Market Your Book to the Media
Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to figuring out how to market your book, one of the best things to happen to any author is some kind of media placement. But media can be tricky, between having the right timing for a pitch, and the pitch itself, working media placements into an overall book marketing campaign can be…
How to Market a Book to Holiday Gift Guides
Reading Time: 3 minutes Figuring out how to market a book to holiday gift guides can be a great way to give your book some extra bounce this season and believe it or not, it’s not too late if you play your cards right! Whenever we’ve pitched gift guides in the past, books that have been accepted get a…
Get More Book Reviews and Features with These Simple Tips
Reading Time: 5 minutes Every author wants to get more book reviews – they help build buzz, inform potential readers and buyers about your book and when done well, give enough information about your book to intrigue without giving away all the pertinent details. So once you’ve built a list of reviewers to go after, it’s time to start…
125 Book Promotion Ideas to Sell More Books and Build Your Brand
Reading Time: 43 minutes Coming up with, and executing, book promotion ideas on a consistent schedule to ensure you’re always reaching new potential buyers can be exhausting. There’s a reason I put together such a great team! But if your goal is to sell more books, marketing is absolutely crucial. So, I’ve saved you the hassle and collected 125…
Book Promotion Ideas for Pre-Release Marketing
Reading Time: 6 minutes I get this question a lot, authors asking for book promotion ideas and guidelines for timing their prep work and marketing prior to the book’s release. It’s a valid concern, because most, if not all, book marketing blogs and books will tell you to start early. In general it’s good advice, being prepared is always…
Secure More Media With 10 Critical Book Marketing Strategies
Reading Time: 6 minutes Let’s take a look at the important book marketing strategies that factor into whether or not you’ll get the ‘yes’ you’re looking for on your next big book promotion push.
How to Pitch a Story to Local Media: An Author’s Guide
Reading Time: 4 minutes Book marketing to national media has becomes increasingly competitive so I want to give you some pointers on how to pitch a story to local media, the story of course being the fact that you’re a local author with a new release. Is it breaking news? No. But there are smart ways to make yourself…
