Five More Reasons You May Hate Marketing And What You Can Do About It
If we are to have readers, we have to go find them, convince them that our stories are worth spending money on and do it in a somewhat civilized way. The post Five More Reasons You May Hate Marketing...
View ArticleTen Local Resources That Could Help You Sell Books
Selling books is hard. But assuming that your book is an excellent one, it's free of grammatical and artistic errors, it has a nice, professional cover and you've done all you can do to make it a great...
View ArticleHow Good Marketing Is Like Good Parenting
The writing of the book was the pregnancy. You conceived the idea in a romantic, intimate moment. You developed it secretly in the dark. You wrote while stuffing your face with all kinds of snacks. You...
View ArticleNine Things I’ve Learned About Book Marketing
No one successfully markets the same way. The path is self-discovered. You can't market the way I do and expect the same results. Every marketing plan should be individualized for the author and the...
View ArticleWhy Is Marketing Such A Dirty Word For Writers?
If writers' only marketing strategy is to lambast the world with "buy this" tweets or auto DMs or any other annoying, repetitive, empty hard sell strategy -- one that ignores who their readers are as...
View ArticleWhat A Hard Sell Communicates To The World
Through attunement, buoyancy, and clarity, we are touching on the humanity of our readers through conversations. We're seeing them as real people, not as numbers. The post What A Hard Sell Communicates...
View ArticleHow My Marketing Week Got The Yes!
This spring I came up with a new strategy to meet my marketing goals. None of this is rocket science and none of it guarantees success. But this strategy keeps me focused. The post How My Marketing...
View ArticleMarketing Your Book is Like Flirting, Dating and Getting Engaged
This post examines stuff not in your book. It is a look at the cover: the front and back of your book. It describes marketing in terms of what people see when they pick up the book or scroll through a...
View ArticleFive Ways Marketing Your Books Is Like Exploring A Jungle
No matter what you think about selling your book, if you are going to have readers, make any kind of money, you're going to have the face the jungle of marketing. The post Five Ways Marketing Your...
View ArticleFive MORE Ways Marketing Your Books Is Like Exploring A Jungle
(Last week we presented Five ways Marketing Your Books Is Like Exploring A Jungle. Here are ways 6-10!) The post Five MORE Ways Marketing Your Books Is Like Exploring A Jungle appeared first on 10...
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