It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’m co-hosting this month. Remember to visit my co-hosts: Pat Garcia, and Liza @ Middle Passages! This month’s optional question: If for one day you could be anyone or thing in the world, what would it be? Describe, tell …
Tag: book marketing tips
How To Add An Author Newsletter To Your Toolbox #authorpreneur #authornewsletter
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 …
Why You Need Reader Reviews #IWSG #authorpreneur
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. And I’m co-hosting this month! The other awesome co-hosts are: J Lenni Dorner, Gwen Gardner, Louise – Fundy Blue, and Sandra Cox. I’m going to skip the optional question this month and share some advice instead. Reviews Some …
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. …
DIY Book Trailers #AuthorToolboxBlogHop #bookmarketing
It’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop. Book trailers are a must in your book marketing arsenal: it’s another medium for people to experience your book in. Some people prefer text, some prefer images, some prefer audio when receiving a message. Book trailers do all of it. I’ve had many compliments …
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 …
Zooming in: Author Spotlights and Guest Posts
Z is for Zooming. Welcome to the last day of the A-Z Challenge. Here’s a special treat for you: a guest post by blogging friend Juneta Key. Ronel has asked me to talk about Author Spotlights and Guest posts as part of a series of posts in her April’s A to Z Challenge theme. Why …
Vying for Attention
V is for Vendors. Your book is constantly vying for attention – no matter the vendor. There are different ways to sell your book. There are even different formats to sell your book in. Currently I have one book published in Afrikaans. By July, it will be available in English too. But that one book …
The Reasons Branding Confuses You and How To Fix That Right Now
B is for Branding. We all know that if we want to make it as authors, we need a brand. But it’s very confusing. So, I invited over Rachel Thompson from Bad Redhead Media to explain things for us. Awhile back, I wrote an article, Branding 101, which detailed the basics for writers what branding …