WRITING TOOLS: Do I or don’t I host a book contest?
Hosting a book contest, do you or don’t you? There are varying opinions on doing contests as part of your promotional work. They require a certain amount of time and effort for the planning, determining a prize, marketing the contest, and wrapping up the contest. You can have anywhere from zero entries to 25 to …
WRITING TOOLS: Making a Book Signing Event a Good Experience
Many writers prefer the solitude of their office, where they can sit and just write the book of their heart. The next step is getting the book published. Then you have to figure out how to get people to actually buy your book. Sooner or later you are going to have to step away from …
Writing an Author’s Press Release
I want to continue on with the promotional efforts of your book. Another key part is writing an author’s press release. This is a big part of letting the world know about it. My Writer’s Tools article this time is “Writing an Author’s Press Release.” I have included some helpful links.
Increasing Your Google Rankings With SEO
Continuing on with ways to promote you the writer and your works, now I want to talk here on my website about increasing your Google rankings with SEO. There is very little as important as having the search engines like google, yahoo, and msn being able to locate your website and your blog posts using …
PROMOTION: Enticing a reader with an excerpt
I have been talking about the importance of promotion and remember it is ALL important. You can’t make a sale if nobody knows what you have written. Promote everywhere. Another promotional tool is an excerpt from your book whether it is fiction or nonfiction. Potential readers of your genre need a teaser, something to entice …
Promoting with your book cover
I have been talking about promotion, promotion, promotion lately because it is a BIG deal. Previously I have given you short articles on having a website or a blog site, what to put in a blog, creating an email signature, writing a bio, using the social media, various marketing tips, suggestions for promotional items to …
PROMOTION: Book Promotion Schedule
Writing the book seemed difficult and challenging at the time. After you begin thinking about promoting your book, you realize that the writing process may have been the easy part. There are so many facets of marketing and promoting both your book and you the writer. It can feel a bit intimidating at first. But …
PROMOTION: Promotional Items for Writers
Promotion can make or break a writer. Yes, you need to write a good story, article, novella, or novel. And, yes, selling it is a key part of being a success. But if you don’t promote your project…Well, I’m sure you understand the problem. In my last blog, I talked about tips for marketing. This …
PROMOTION: Marketing for Writers
Promotion, promotion, promotion. Now that you have a finished writing project and, hopefully, have sold it somewhere, you need to promote it like crazy. The key tip in marketing for writers is to promote your work and yourself as a writer every chance you get. Be creative about finding unique places to leave bookmarks or …
PROMOTION: Social Media for Writers
A big part of the promotional efforts for a writer is communication…anywhere and everywhere. The days of sending out letters to your friends, family, and current reader-base announcing your latest release are long gone. Today it is all about making the most of social media: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, Yahoo Group loops, and any place …
