But when I wrote a book several years ago, I was thrilled not to have to reinvent the wheel and become an instant expert on typefaces, jacket design and where to
buy mailing lists of book reviewers.
You can
buy mailing lists of faculty members in religion or of clergy, but there isn't a list of names and addresses of «thoughtful laypeople interested in reading accessible theology.»
You can use that information to
buy mailing lists of people with similar characteristics, and design email and direct mail campaigns and websites that will appeal to your target audience.
Moreover, Milgram recruited subjects for two of his studies by
buying mailing lists, which tend to be biased in favor of high - income people with high numbers of connections.
If you're
buying a mailing list, request a credit for a returned mail rate higher than 5 percent.
Not exact matches
You can use this information to tell your
list broker exactly what characteristics you're looking for in the
mailing lists you will be
buying.
Hiring an expensive multinational agency for a small account, sacrificing valuable frequency for full - page advertising and
buying blanket
mailing lists without matching criteria to your customer profile are all examples of an ego that's sabotaging effectiveness.
Nussey cautions against
buying consumer
mailing lists, however.
Tracking how many people join your
mailing list, subscribe to your service and
buy your products each day can be exhausting — without the right tool.
Inbound is more effective than outbound marketing — cold calling,
buying email
lists, and direct
mailings — to convert your audience.
You've built your
mailing list and offered an incentive for them to
buy the whole thing.
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By registering and / or
buying products from us online, you will automatically be added to our
mailing list, but you do have the option to «opt - out» by simply clicking the opt - out button in the e-mail.
You may not have a big and bulky author
mailing list, but you can send individual emails to friends and family and (politely) ask them to
buy your book and join your
mailing list.
Dumb question: If I have English speaking people on my FB page, or on my
mailing list from another country, will they be able to
buy my book from Amazon (in the US)?
As we mentioned, this is going to take time, but the more and more you engage with potential readers, the more you will see joining your
mailing list and
buying your books.
And if you've done everything right, they
buy the book, love it, and then join your
mailing list.
Taking advantage of Audible's free - first - book - with - a-subscription policy to entice your
mailing list subscribers to grab your book, even if they've never been Audible members before and don't usually
buy audiobooks.
Sending people directly to Amazon to
buy books or, even better, sending them to a
mailing list sign - up page and giving them free books (i.e. your starter library or series starter) in exchange for an email address (never advertise just for likes to your Facebook page)
What Every Author Website Needs • About the Author •
List of books WITH links to
buy •
Mailing List — with incentive to join • Social Media Home Base • Navigation is KEY • Contact Form
Decide what step you want them to take (join your
mailing list, read reviews,
buy your book, get a sample, etc) and focus on that.
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Your pool of potential readers is limited if you're still conducting exclusively traditional book promotion campaigns and ignoring social networking; producing articles, podcasts, and book trailers; syndicating your blog; using your Web site to create an online community; distributing newsletters electronically to those on your
mailing list; publishing eBooks to offer free peeks at your book's content or to gain readers who might potentially get interested enough in your topic to
buy your book (or, perhaps, to hire you); and so forth.
While having your books (and links to
buy the books) is important, having a
mailing list sign up form on your author website is just as important.
If you haven't set up an advance readers» group, you can still benefit from early
buys and reviews by pricing your book lower for the first couple of days (and announcing it in your regular
mailing list) or putting your book on Amazon pre-order.
If your goal is to drive more book sales: You'll be leaning on your existing followers (via your
mailing list or your social media pages) to get people to
buy your book.
We can do it ALL for you, from Website design, creation and hosting, to Domain
buying, DNS setup and
Mailing List setup!
For example, can I have my CTAs at the front and back of the book that drive people to my
mailing list or to
buy the next book on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, etc.?
My
mailing list is a little anemic, because I neglected to start it until WELL after I'd had my biggest peak of
buys and downloads.
Follow these three tips to build a website that will encourage readers to
buy your books, read your blog posts, sign up for your
mailing lists, and more.
A call to action (or CTA) is anything that gives your target audience the opportunity to take an action: sign up for a
mailing list, download a digital freebie, follow you on social media, or
buy a book (making a sale is also sometimes referred to as «converting,» as in converting a browser to a buyer).
Cindy Ratzlaff: I'd say that right now, as the Facebook Timeline rolls out to Facebook fan pages, one hot new opportunity for author marketing is creating custom apps so fans can
buy books, join
mailing lists, enter contests and ask questions all without leaving their favorite.
Instead, try sending readers to quality content on your author website that provides an incentive for them to subscribe to your
mailing list,
buy your book, or take some other action.
A call to action is, essentially, a directive to visitors to perform a task of your choosing (
buy a book, join a
mailing list, etc.).
(1) write a book people want to read (2) price it reasonably (3) make it easy to
buy (4) get it in front of as many eyeballs as possible (using
mailing lists and article / blog writing to boost exposure)
It was before I'd even
bought one, towards the end of 2009, but I'd sent an e-mail to some friends on a
mailing list that we'd set up for discussion random things.
You do NOT want to end up on my spam blocking
list the way B&N's «
buy the latest blockbuster - wannabe»
mails have.
Bookbub became so successful at helping the authors who
bought a place on its promotional
mailing list, boosting their rank higher in the Kindle Store, that it was essentially becoming a new gatekeeper, charging for access to the top -100-in-genre
lists.
People might not want to
buy now, but if you offer a good incentive for joining your
mailing list (say, a free ebook), you can retain those customers and retarget them later.
At the end of each Wattpad chapter you can add an author call to action (e.g. sign up to the author's
mailing list, or letting your readers know where to
buy the book if they can't wait for the next installment).
Anyone with that kind of
mailing list, with people who would
buy from him, is a great client to have!
Is it easy for people to join your
mailing list or
buy your books?
Once you've captured all these readers onto your
mailing list, you can contact them for a review and encourage them to
buy the next book in the series.
All of these things build anticipation for your book, so when it is released, your readers on your
mailing list already know it's coming and they are excited for it (and are therefore more eager to
buy it)!
Because if you put a call to action at the end of your book like «
buy the next book» or «subscribe to my
mailing list» or «leave a review», the reader's thinking: «what's in it for me?
The intangibles — an opt - in
mailing list of people who signed up to
buy stuff and data on its users»
buying history — are without a doubt the most valuable asset the company has.
Telemarketers, marketing companies,
mailing lists, banks, credit card issuers, finance companies and collection agencies
buy your information directly from the credit bureaus.
This book was recommended by someone on the Belgian Tervuren
mailing list, and I
bought my copy on the strength of this recommendation and the blurb from the various book sites.
You might have a
mailing list of subscribers who have signed up with you over the years, but you feel like they rarely
buy from you... or perhaps you don't have a
mailing list at all.