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Book Review Groups on Social Media

April 13, 2020 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Book review groups

In our book How to Get Honest Reviews, we talk about using social media to get book reviews. In this post, I wanted to share just a few of the book review groups on social media that we have found where you can get book reviews. I have used some of these groups myself, and […]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Book reviews, facebook, facebook groups, goodreads

How to Schedule Facebook Posts on Your Author Page for Maximum Exposure

October 28, 2014 By Heather Hart 1 Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Scheduling Posts on Facebook

As authors, social media can take up quite a bit of our time that might be better spent doing other marketing or writing activities. One way I have found to combat the time I spend on social media is by taking one day a week to pre-schedule some of my facebook posts. In this tutorial, […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Facebook Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, marketing, productivity tips, social media marketing, tools for authors

Generating Pre-Launch Excitement with a Cover Reveal

March 26, 2014 By Heather Hart 5 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Have you thought about doing a cover reveal for your upcoming book? Have you seen other authors reveal their covers and wonder what was up? Revealing your cover can be a great way to generate pre-launch excitement for you book. And they can super simple or a grand event depending on the time and resources you have […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tips, Book Marketing Tagged With: Book launches, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, marketing, social media marketing

JumpStart Your Book Marketing (with this jumpstart checklist)

March 21, 2014 By Heather Hart Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I love checklists. They always help me make sure I have everything done and keep me headed in the right direction. When my husband published his first book last fall, I wish I would have had a checklist for new authors. I’ve been writing and publishing books for close to 5 years now – it’s […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: author websites, authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, google plus, marketing, tools for authors

4 Tips For Using Facebook Events to Their Full Potential

February 28, 2014 By Heather Hart 3 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I’ve spent all day on Facebook today. And it wasn’t a waste of time. Shelley and I were invited to join Bryan Cohen’s “March to a Bestseller” event on Facebook a while back. The live event is today and we’ve been having some amazing conversations. 16 authors got together (at Bryan’s request) and each of […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Facebook, Marketing Tips, Social Media Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, live events, marketing, networking tips

15+ Places to Promote Your 99 Cent eBook

February 12, 2014 By Heather Hart 36 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Promote Your 99 Cent eBook

Is 99 cents the new free? Several marketers have made that declaration, and while it’s still highly debatable, many authors are running 99 cent promotions. In this post we’ll share over 15 places where you can promote your 99 cent eBook, but first we are going to share several reasons to consider a 99 cent […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Bargain Books, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, marketing, places to promote, websites

5 Steps to Get Back the Time Facebook is Stealing From Your Writing

September 10, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

5 Steps to Get Back the Time Facebook is Stealing From Your Writing

We only have 24 hours each day.   Therefore, in order to be the most effective in our lives (writing, business, personal, etc.), it is important to evaluate periodically WHERE our time is going.  This is especially true for social media accounts like Facebook. I have been evaluating my time recently and realize that Facebook […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Facebook Tagged With: facebook

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