You can always skip all of this and just pay BookBub to use their list – feel free to jump through all of their hoops to get to the top of the charts. Or you can have your own version of BookBub: an email list of targeted readers who signed up to hear about your …
Tag: author empire
Doing What You Love #IWSG #writerslife
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for a new posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. If you’re looking for my A-Z post, check out the main blog page. I’m skipping this month’s optional question – again! I love folklore. I love researching it. I love finding out how it’s used in …
Podcasting – Why – What – How #authorpreneur #podcasting
I invited over blogging friend Tasha to share some more interesting things to add to your author toolbox. Why – To Podcast or Not to Podcast We’re writers, we deal in words on a page, so why should we be interested in podcasting? For me the answer was simple: it’s another marketing stream and a …
9 Steps to Blogging Success #Authorpreneur #Bloggingtips
Unfortunately, the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is no longer running. I will, however, continue to post helpful tips every second Wednesday of the month. With the accessibility of the internet, everyone and their dog has a blog. The trick is getting readers for your blog. SEO (search engine optimisation) is important. Keywords, categories, images and so forth makes …
Revamp Your Backlist #IWSG #authorpreneur
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’m going to skip the optional question this month and share some advice instead. While taking a break between books, trying to fill the creative well, I read a ton of books and actually read my emails. …
Adding BookBub to Your Author Toolbox #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s the third Wednesday of a new month, which means it’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! This month, I’m looking at BookBub. Why BookBub? Having an author presence where readers talk about books is essential. Readers can learn more about you, your books and what you like to read. It’s …
The Pros and Cons of Starting a Company As a Self-Pub Author #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
I’m so excited to welcome back efriend Tasha with her great advice on being an indie author. Last time she talked about ebooks and revolutionised my writing career. This time… just read the article 😉 Many self-publishing guides will talk about brand and how to create one. When considering this, one of the options is …
Being A Successful Authorpreneur #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s the third Wednesday of the month and time for another Author Toolbox post. Whether you go indie or trad, you are an authorpreneur who has a business to run. Let me rephrase that: whether you self-publish, publish with a small-press or publish with one of the Big 5, you need to sell your books …
Burning Questions #IWSG
It’s the first Wednesday of the month! I would like to start out this post by thanking everyone who had participated in my July book promotion either via blog posts or reviews. Sandra Cox: Magic at Midnight (review) Jacqui Murray: Great Fantasy Books from Indie Authors (review) Juneta Key: Magical Pegasi (guest post and review) …
Let’s Get Visual #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s the third Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! More and more the visual appeal of something is what makes people stop and look, take in the message and then take action. There are different ways to use this and different places to use this. Basic The easy …