Facebook offers writers the opportunity to spread the word about their author pages to new audiences—but at a cost. Boosted posts and promoted posts require that writers pay to publicize. The good news is, you don’t necessarily have to use Facebook’s built-in...
Social media is at the forefront of a successful marketing strategy for promoting your book. But having thousands of fans on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest doesn’t always lead to thousands of book sales during that all-important first week of release....
Every social network has its own inherent culture and etiquette. If you want your Facebook author page to act as the fan-building machine it's capable of being, you must know how to navigate the unwritten rules of online interaction. Such as: Is it okay to put up a...
So, you want to promote your book or novel? Host a creative contest! Authors who go the self-publishing route usually find themselves charged with their own marketing, and even those who are traditionally published often promote their novels on their own. When your...
The best way to promote a book (or any product) in this world of social networking isn’t to take the old-fashioned approach of buy now because this product will solve all your problems! Instead, the best way to promote is to engage directly, one-on-one, with your...
An author website is one of the most effective marketing tools for a writer. It has the potential to turn a random visitor to your website into a full-fledged fan of your writing. But in order to get to that coveted place of sold-out book signings and ten-thousand...
Remember that hopeful, exciting feeling you had when you created your Twitter account? It was like a door had opened—you were going to tweet your shoes off, make new friends, create an adoring fan base to support your writer platform, and sell a million copies of your...
You’ve heard it before: Author websites are the new business cards in the publishing industry. So you got yourself a fabulous website–but now what? To be sure that your website visitors turn into fans, you need to give them a reason to stay connected. Creating an...
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