We've got some great
posts on book marketing, getting published, and self - publishing in this edition.
In this issue... — Blog
Posts on Book Marketing, Ebooks, and Social Media — Inside Insights on Google Hangouts
In case you missed my last few
posts on book marketing, I've collected them for you here.
-LSB-...] information here comes mainly from a great post by Chris The Story - Reading Ape, Susan Toy's
posts on book marketing, as well as a few more sources.
I updated and expanded
my post on book marketing and promotion (which includes a plug for you).
Niel Ostroff, author of the novels Silent Invasion and Drop Out, has just written a blog
post on The Book Marketing Network where he describes the effects of just one tweet from Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing.
Not exact matches
We created one right away for my newest
book, «The No B.S. Guide to Direct Response Social Media
Marketing,» #NoBSsm and included it
on all of our social media
posts about the
book and throughout the month of the
book launch.
Also, much has been written over the past 2 - 3 years about the importance of buyer personas, but these articles,
books, and blog
posts have stressed them as profiles or lead - generation tools as opposed to a best practice that informs
on business, sales, and
marketing strategies that help best identify and reach buyers.
There are also a ton of
books already
on the
market, but I still enjoy a good
post on the topic, especially if it has been written by Lee Odden and his Twitter followers.
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Aunt Mary's Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles by Corn, Beans, Pigs & Kids BBQ Corn
on the Cob with dilled butter by Red Cottage Chronicles Beef Tacos with Peppers, Onions & Salsa Verde by
Books n» Cooks Blistered Tomato Dutch Baby by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Blueberry Crisp for Two by Family Around The Table Blueberry Scones by The Freshman Cook Cherry Stout Jam by The Redhead Baker Farmer's
Market Breakfast Casserole by New South Charm Freshly Dug Potato Salad by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Intro
post by Bear & Bug Eats Israeli Salad by Caroline's Cooking Marinated Mozzarella and Tomato Appetizers by Jolene's Recipe Journal Peach and Blueberry Overnight Oats by Simple and Savory Peach Bourbon Jam by Feeding Big Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats by Cooking with Carlee Strawberry Mango Jam by Palatable Pastime Summer Veggies & Kielbasa Sheet Pan Dinner by Tip Garden
, one is a
post on 5 ways to use patty pan squash (in season at the farmers
market right now) and one is a sneak preview of some of the things I've been cooking for my upcoming
book on fresh fruit and vegetable allergies.
Aunt Mary's Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles by Corn, Beans, Pigs & Kids BBQ Corn
on the Cob with dilled butter by Red Cottage Chronicles Beef Tacos with Peppers, Onions & Salsa Verde by
Books n» Cooks Blistered Tomato Dutch Baby by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Blueberry Crisp for Two by Family Around The Table Blueberry Scones by The Freshman Cook Cherry Stout Jam by The Redhead Baker Farmer's
Market Breakfast Casserole by New South Charm Freshly Dug Potato Salad by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Intro
post by Bear & Bug Eats Israeli Salad by Caroline's Cooking Marinated Mozzarella and Tomato Appetizers by Jolene's Recipe Journal Peach and Blueberry Overnight Oats by Simple and Savory Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats by Cooking with Carlee Strawberry Mango Jam by Palatable Pastime Summer Veggies & Kielbasa Sheet Pan Dinner by Tip Garden
Her recipes and photographs have been featured
on The Huffington
Post, The Discovery Channel's Green Wine Guide, The Jerusalem
Post, and in The Green
Market Baking
Book (Sterling Press, 2010).
Debbie Weil, local (DC) blogger and
marketing expert extraordinaire, will be previewing her new
book on corporate blogging at the 4th Estate (as Debbie has quite helpfully corrected from my original
post — I wrote the wrong location) near Farragut North next Tuesday afternoon.
This is the only
book on the
market that touches
on what to do prior to the detox, answers all your questions you might have during, and provides the perfect plan to follow
post detox in order to keep the amazing results you see.
Melissa and Dallas»
book It Starts With Food is mentioned by the Huffington
Post as one of the Top Weight Loss
Books on the
Market.
Bestseller
marketing services!This ghostwriting blog page
on the Ghost Writer, Inc. site hosts a variety of
posts concerning subject matter about
book ghost writing and editing.
Detroit, MI About Blog
Book Publicist Scott Lorenz offers Authors
Book Marketing Tips and Techniques
on his Blog «The
Book Publicist» Frequency about 1
post per month.
In this
post I'm going to be sharing a summary of those results, a baseline
on the
book's
marketing status prior to the sale and how I promoted the free sale.
John Kremer, author of 1,001 Ways to
Market Your
Books», did a separate blog
post based
on a comment I made regarding this topic
on one of his other blog
posts.
The following is a guest
post from Stephanie Bond, the best - selling author who will give you some insights
on how to launch and
book a successful blog tour for
marketing your
book.
We have so many ideas left over that we made a bonus collection of them if you sign up
on our Author
Marketing email list (about once a month we send you a roundup of tips and suggestions for marketing yourself and your book) and we'll probably make a part two of this post somet
Marketing email list (about once a month we send you a roundup of tips and suggestions for
marketing yourself and your book) and we'll probably make a part two of this post somet
marketing yourself and your
book) and we'll probably make a part two of this
post sometime soon.
In this guest
post, author and
book marketer Sarah Bolme shares a great tip
on a passive
marketing step you can take to really boost your
book's image.
There is a lot more to consider: author platforms,
book discoverability,
marketing and so forth (see the
posts on this blog by Jason Kong, Nina Amir, Frances Caballo and Jason Matthews for ideas
on how to begin to get your head around this).
In the
post, she describes two phenomenon: the first was that the publisher was very tight - lipped about their
marketing strategy for her
book and the projected price point of the
books, and the second was that the advance for both
books demonstrated to her what return the publisher expected to make
on the deal.
I've recently realized that I have way too many websites; I haven't
posted anything
on this one for awhile — I continue to
post most of my
book marketing case studies and experiments
on my main site, www.creativindie.com.
Any
marketing tactics you adopt (i.e., when to
post on Twitter), should be considered and evaluated AFTER you have a clear
book marketing plan in place to guide your decisions.
Informing people that I've freely shared years of free blog
posts, free advice, weekly #BookMarketingChat, and a new guide
on book marketing that's less than $ 5 bucks gets me called out for «virtue signaling» — so, how do we maintain having ethical standards and not give in?
I have taken a lot of courses and read a lot of blog
posts on the subject, but this
book appears to cover most if not all of the
book marketing topic, is written well, and has provided me with many new ideas.
However, you may consider boosting
posts on Facebook, other types of advertising, or you could get
book marketing assistance from experts in the field.
Next week there is to be a
Marketing Mania Week, with posts / workshops up from the likes of CJ Lyons (Build Your Brand), Georgia McBride (National Media), KP Simmons (Reading the Teen Markets) and Penny Sansevier (Ten years of wisdom in book marketing on and off
Marketing Mania Week, with
posts / workshops up from the likes of CJ Lyons (Build Your Brand), Georgia McBride (National Media), KP Simmons (Reading the Teen
Markets) and Penny Sansevier (Ten years of wisdom in
book marketing on and off
marketing on and off - line).
In this
post we're going to explore little basics about publishing, the advantage and disadvantage of going digital or print, and introduce to you 7 quality self - publishing services that do really good job
on designing, publishing and even
marketing your
books.
-LSB-...] assuming you're
on board with pitching bloggers about writing guest
posts, I want to offer you a few quick tips about maximizing
on this
book marketing strategy to sell more -LSB-...]
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This is a summary
post because I recognize that everyone gets
on my list at different types, and it's always good to go over the basics and refocus
on the important elements that will help you write a
book people want to read and
market it like a Bestseller!
20 Economical
Book Marketing Techniques Jake Olvido
posted this article
on Articlesbase and while I think he makes many good points, I don't think his advice is particularly unique or earth shattering.
Here are a few of the
book marketing questions (with my answers) that I got today after
posting the following
on my personal Facebook timeline: If you had a chance to ask a 33 - year
book marketing veteran anything about getting more... Continue reading →
Ben is also a well - regarded speaker and writer
on book marketing and contributes articles frequently to The Writers» and Artists» Yearbook, Writing Magazine, The Huffington
Post, The Self - Publishing Magazine and other media outlets.
Usually, authors need to flounder and struggle for several years, publish a few failed
books, go
on Facebook and write
posts about how they're «giving up» because they can't get any traction, and
marketing is too hard and overwhelming, and they don't think they have what it takes to be a full - time writer.
12 Ways to
Market Your
Book (Despite the Facebook Apocalypse) You may have noticed that your posts on Facebook aren't getting as much traction as they used to — epecially the important posts promoting your b
Book (Despite the Facebook Apocalypse) You may have noticed that your
posts on Facebook aren't getting as much traction as they used to — epecially the important
posts promoting your
bookbook.
Blogging
on your own turf isn't necessary for a
book marketing campaign, but major blogs and websites can play an important role in spreading word of mouth, which means it can be worthwhile to write guest
posts, do Q & As, or otherwise try to get featured by relevant bloggers who reach your target audience.
There are corresponding blog
posts from me
on each of these main aspects, but this
post touches
on the tools I find best for the
book marketing step specifically.
For not that much money you can launch your
book to readers online,
posting one or more free chapters, web
marketing, selling downloads
on your web - site.
This is a guest
post on Joel Friedlander's The
Book Designer by Frances Caballo (@CaballoFrancis), author of Social Media Just for Writers: The Best Online
Marketing Tips for Selling Your
Books.
Running one ad, doing a
post, or just putting your
book up for free
on KDP is not a
marketing plan.
Authors aren't limited to
posting their
books on Goodreads as their
marketing option.
Shawn Inmon is doing a multi-part guest
post series
on how and why to give your
book away as part of a master
marketing plan.
My take
on the
post was that
book marketing takes time and consistency.