If you feel overwhelmed by book marketing, focus on free publicity. Implement an evergreen strategy to effectively attract media contacts to your book and your website. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, provides details on how to get journalists from your Amazon Author page to your website…and provide the […]
Link Your Blog and Blogged Book to Holidays
Today is Christmas. Did you link your blog or blogged book to this holiday in some way? If not, you may have missed a huge promotional opportunity. Not only that, if you struggle to find topics to blog about, you’ve skipped over a super evergreen subject. When you tie into holidays and special events of […]
Offering Links to Your Blogged Book Posts on Linkedin
Publicizing your blog posts on Linkedin poses a simple task. Once you have an account–a much more detail-oriented task–you simple go to your profile page and under the “edit my profile” tab click on “post an update.” (This is a small option under the box with your name; it’s off to the far right.) Before […]
Sharing Your Blogged Book Posts on Facebook
Facebook is another social network. Many people consider it just a place to keep up with friends and family, but more and more people are finding it an extremely useful place to generate business. With this in mind, the savvy book or blog marketer wants to be sure to post blog posts to Facebook regularly. […]
Creating a Platform for You and Your Book
The publishing world has changed dramatically over the last decade. No longer can you simply present an agent or a publisher with a good idea and good writing and expect to get a contract in return. You must prove that you already have people ready and waiting to purchase your book as soon as it […]
Promotion: This Means Getting Social
For a blogged book, promotion means, “What are you going to do to tell the cyber world your blog exists?” How will you sell your blog? This is where you add your social hat to your business hat, because to gain readers you must promote yourself and your blog via social networking. Otherwise, how will […]