In this episode, I share 7 different types of book launch events (or a combination of more than one) you can use for your book. Listen Below:
99-cent Book Promotion Results – A Case Study
My novel Slave Again is the story of a North Korean refugee who finds herself trafficked over the border into China. Although the book was originally listed as Christian fiction, in June, I decided to run a 99-cent book promotion on Slave Again and market it primarily as women’s literature instead of Christian fiction to see […]
How to Promote and Still Have Time to Write a Book
By Nina Amir It’s a rare aspiring or published author who doesn’t occasionally—or more than occasionally—lament the need to spend time on promotion. After all, writers want to write. They don’t want to sell. I totally understand. Over the past few years, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of my work time either pre-promoting my books […]
5 Video Marketing Tips for Using an iPhone
Lights, camera, action. Did you know you can record videos to market your business and books on a simple iPhone? In this post, I’m going to share with you five video marketing tips you can get started using right away. All you need is a simple smartphone to get started taking videos that can promote your […]
How To Recommend eBooks To Your Library – 5 Simple Steps
Overdrive provides an eBook lending service to libraries. I recently started using this service through my local library to read eBooks. There were several eBooks I wanted to read that they did not have yet. Therefore, I recommended my library purchase these books. Very quickly, I was notified they purchased two of the books I […]
How To Get Book Reviews – The 5 Myths
Getting reviews for your book is an essential part of the publishing and marketing process. However, there are many misconceptions authors have regarding book reviews. In this post I address the 5 common myths about getting reviews for your book. Myth #1: Customers Don’t Read Reviews Reviews are important and research has actually shown they do impact […]
How To Publish A Book Bundle On Kindle
Lately, I have had several authors ask me how to publish a book bundle on Kindle. It really is not that difficult to do, but can have great rewards. There are several ways to put together a book bundle or book set and I will share these strategies in this post. Before I get into the logistics […]
How You Can Use Thunderclap To Promote Your Book (Video)
ThunderClap is a cool tool authors can use to reach more people. You can use Thunderclap to promote your book in the following ways: Build a book launch team Promote a sample chapter Share a book promotion or Get the message out about your cause/charity Youcan get started here.
9 Ways Authors Can Use IFTTT Recipes To Be More Productive
I love productivity tools and finding ways to accomplish more with less time. A tool I recently started using is IFTTT which stands for If This Then That. I have to admit when I first found out about IFTTT, I was confused. It didn’t make sense to me how it would be useful to me. Now, I know […]
How To Set Up Your Goodreads Author Profile (And Why You Should!)
In this post, you’ll learn about the power of Goodreads as well as how to set up your Goodreads author profile and get started. Updated January 2020 Goodreads is a popular platform authors can use to market their books. However, I know many authors who have not even set up the basics on Goodreads to increase their exposure on this popular […]