Based
on reader mail, reverse mortgages were great examples of too - little - too - late.
Not exact matches
«We have gotten so many emails
on LinkedIn and direct
mail from our customers and
readers around the world who say, «Your story has inspired me and my wife to take the plunge into entrepreneurship and start something of our own.»
Kevin Milligan's technical analysis of Tax Free Savings Accounts will not be drawing many eyeballs away from the Life pages, but it might bring in additional
readers, who would otherwise not read the Globe and
Mail newspaper
on - line.
The question is
on the mind of a
reader in Tennessee who complains that her husband hogs FT from the minute it arrives in the
mail.
Sackman began her writing career
on the editorial team of The
Reader's Catalogue (then a subsidiary of the New York Review of Books), a quarterly publication that gave book lovers the ability to order books through the
mail long before the internet made online book buying a reality.
Abby, I spent Christmas in Germany with American GIs who received
mail from Operation Dear Abby II, and I wish you and your
readers could have seen the smiles and tears as the
mail was distributed
on Christmas Eve!
We are back and wish to thank
readers for their suggestions and concerns via our
mails while we went
on this short...
We are back and wish to thank
readers for their suggestions and concerns via our
mails while we went
on this short break.
... writes a dynamite cover letter that focuses the
reader's attention
on specific points
on the CV enclosed with his
mailing.
I actually received a number of emails from
readers who noticed me mentioned as the guest speaker
on the
mail out about the event, and weren't able to get hold of tickets in time!
When we aren't all
mailed screeners, local media
readers miss out
on coverage
on important and diverse voices like the ones showcased in «A Fantastic Woman» and «Strong Island.»
One drives
readers to a landing page where I convert them into subscribers
on my
mailing list (in return for a free novel or two).
When
readers write to you using the contact form
on your author website, you can have their email addresses automatically added to your
mailing list.
And for exclusive offerings and a chance to score Advance
Reader Copies
on upcoming releases from the author, visitors are encouraged to join Jordan's
Mailing List.
By building your
mailing list this way, you'll be able to engage interested
readers with a newsletter that delivers interesting content
on a regular (but not too regular) basis, and alerts them to your latest book!
It is important to keep building the
mailing list by adding a link to your website, adding it to your book and offering opportunities for
readers to sign ip
on different social media sites.
I have a
mailing list now and
readers are responsive, but I also missed opportunities to put people
on the list who requested to be there early
on, because I didn't take that part seriously enough.
Lowry posts frequently
on everything from heartening
reader mail to a potential movie adaptation of Number the Stars.
Social media savvy = Grow your audience Authorlicious makes it easy for
readers to find and follow you
on social media, subscribe to your blog, join your
mailing list, fan you
on GoodReads and more.
Backmatter consists of your author bio, information
on your other books (if you have any), your products or services or company, or even a free offer that drives
readers to your website to sign up for your
mailing list.
You can use that graphic
on Google Plus,
on social media, you can share it
on your
mailing list, you can share it
on Twitter and it's just one more thing that's out there that's appealing about your book that you can reach
readers with.»
If you have any
readers at all
on your
mailing list or connected to you via social media, then use these avenues to make an appeal to your
readers.
Offering this for free is a great way to hook your
readers and to get them
on your
mailing list.
He later writes that he doesn't believe in using social media to build the
mailing list - only to preserve the relationship with
readers once you have them - but ads
on social media are exactly how to drive initial traffic to a web site.
You've got 100 people
on your
mailing list — this includes your friends, family, and beta -
readers.
Tip: Our traffic
on this site is consistent from day to day since most
readers are visiting our site as a result of being a subscriber to our daily
mailing list.
Using services like Mailchimp (our preferred provider for author websites we set up for clients) lets you set up an auto -
mailing where new
readers can easily subscribe to your blog and receive an elegant email notification
on the days / times you specify to let
readers know about new content.
On p. 24 > You'll learn why building your
mailing list can literally propel your book to the top ranks in your category and how Amazon can then help you even further by sending more new
readers to your book
Of course it is much more than that, but one of the main reasons to be
on social media site is so you are accessible to
readers who may one day decide to attend an event or visit your website and sign up for your
mailing list.
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.
But it turns out that one
reader couldn't wait until 18 June to get their hands
on it: the Daily
Mail reports that a manuscript was found to be missing yesterday, and «it is feared thieves may be planning to release pirated versions of the novel, or sell extracts to media outlets».
A
mailing list helps you to connect with your
readers on a constant basis, and more importantly, let them know about new books that are coming out so that you can have an initial wave of purchases by
readers who wanted to know when your next book came out!
With a
mailing list you can enjoy a personal relationship with your
readers, without having to fight for attention
on Facebook or Twitter.
The first one is a bit.ly link that takes
readers to the landing page
on my website where they can sign up to my
mailing list to get my
reader magnets.
Unless you are a bestselling author and have thousands
on your
mailing list, then you have to think hard about how
readers will discover you.
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.
In the case of How To Find Your Vital Vocation, I eventually came down to a choice between two covers and turned to my blog
readers,
mailing list subcsribers and social media followers for advice
on which to pick.
Loyal
readers on your
mailing list are your people.
Newly published authors often ask how to get
readers on their
mailing list for email newsletters.
We also had an innovative outreach program, so each contributor sent out an ebook to everyone
on our own
mailing lists, which allowed us to reach over 30,000
readers that way.
Book page that lists all the places your book is for sale, ability to include a book trailer, book excerpt, link to your author website, author
mailing list, and will encourage
readers to follow you
on Amazon
I feel a sense of accomplishment having made it this far, so I'm happy to sell it to allow me to focus
on my other book startups, BookSwim.com for Netflix - style book rental - by -
mail and eBookDaily.com for rewarding
readers to discover the best free kindle books.
There are 16 pre-installed apps, though, to take care of your immediate needs such as a browser,
mail client, Adobe
reader, and so
on.
Offering a free eBook to everyone who enters the contest is a win - win for everyone involved: Your books get into the hands of more
readers and it definitely encourages more
readers to sign up... so you get more people
on your
mailing list who are genuinely interested in the fiction you write.
Expect that it will take around three months of effort to — get visits to your blog, get
readers to join your
mailing list, and get followers
on your social network.
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.
As soon as your book goes up
on NetGalley, as soon as your publicist starts
mailing out ARCs, you begin thinking about
reader reviews.
Instead, they have pushed up the price
on the one format they could easily track and use to entice
readers to get onto
mailing lists.
Make sure the sign - up link is in a visible spot
on your blog / website and a clickable link in the back of your books — preferably the first thing that
readers see when they finish — because the author with the biggest
mailing list wins.
With print books,
readers are increasingly browsing through images of the covers of books
on publisher or bookstore websites and selecting and ordering titles online; the paper books are then delivered to the
reader by
mail or another delivery service.