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Email List Building Boot Camp

January 15, 2014 By guestpost Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Reach More Readers and Sell More Books by Growing Your List of Email Subscribers A Guest Post by D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. In the online world the lifeblood of your business is your list. Your list refers to subscribers to your email list and your list provides you with direct contact with people who are interested […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Workshop Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

21 Book Marketing Tips for Authors

January 13, 2014 By Heather Hart 18 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Are you looking for some tips on marketing your book? As authors, most of us dream of selling more books and getting more exposure – but how do we do that? How do we let others know about our books, without coming across as a sleazy car sales man? In this post, we’ll share 21 […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

Kash In With Kindle

December 30, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

We recently hosted publishing expert, Kristen Eckstein, in a live hangout called, “Kash in with Kindle.” In the hangout Kristen shared: Why Kindle is the place to be (the hard-core numbers may shock you) The secret to pricing your e-book so it best reaches your market How to steer clear of negative credibility-destroying Amazon reviews […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Publishing, Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Book Marketing, google plus, Google+ hangouts, hangouts on air

7000+ Downloads in Less Than a Month

December 18, 2013 By guestpost 3 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Hello Authors! A few weeks ago I launched an eBook that I co-authored with my friend James Roper. It was the first eBook either of us had ever written and published on Amazon so we didn’t really know what to expect. We searched the internet looking for advice and found TrainingAuthors.com. What a HUGE help! […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, Case study, free kindle promotion, kdp promo, kindle downloads

Kinstant Dashboard Review

December 12, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 9 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Kinstant Dashboard Review

Kinstant Dashboard is software that Kindle publishers can use to track their rankings and market their books.  Here is my Kinstant Dashboard review after using it myself.   My Review of Kinstant Dashboard  (likes & dislikes)… This is a tool I (Shelley) own and use for my own publishing business.  Here is my review of […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Product Reviews Tagged With: kindle marketing, kinstant, kinstant dashboard review

3 Easy Ways To Add Tweets To Your Blog Posts

December 2, 2013 By Heather Hart 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Online marketing is all about encouraging others to help you spread your message. We can do this by adding tweet or pin it buttons to our post (see above), but those only go so far. They are becoming the standard for readers and are frequently overlooked. So how can we encourage our following to help […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Marketing Tips, Twitter Tagged With: author websites, Blogging Tips, get exposure, marketing, tools for authors, twitter marketing

{Book Launch} 2 Books + Over $75 in Bonuses!

November 25, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Book Marketing Launch

Hey Authors! We’re excited to share two of our newest books with you today – so excited, that we’re giving away $75 worth of bonuses to anyone who buys both of them today or tomorrow! If you’ve been following along with us for any length of time, you’ll know that we are authors in the […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Book Marketing Tagged With: book launch

How to Increase Blog Traffic by Repurposing Content

November 19, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 8 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Content Transformer Review

There are many ways to increase blog traffic but one of my favorite is by repurposing your blog content.   It takes time to research, write and edit a blog post.  So, why not make the most of the time you invested in that content by also publishing the same content in different formats.  Not […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: content transformer review, increase blog traffic, repurposing content

How to Find and Contact Amazon Book Reviewers

November 14, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 44 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

How to Find and Contact Amazon Reviewers

Most authors know that reviews help sell books.  But, getting reviews is sometimes difficult.  There are many options for getting book reviews but in this post, I am going to focus on how to find and contact Amazon book reviewers.  I have done this manually in the past and have had some success.  Not every […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tips, Marketing Tagged With: amazon reviewers, amazon reviews, how to get reviews

8 Ways To Spruce Up Your Marketing With Holiday Graphics

November 7, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Have you decked your halls for the season? One of my favorite parts of Christmas is driving around and looking at all of the decorations and lights, but it occurred to me this year, how often our websites and book marketing efforts get left out of our holiday cheer. We’ve all heard the saying that […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, marketing, places to promote

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