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Book Marketing with Videos – An Interview with Katie Davis

June 21, 2014 By Heather Hart 1 Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I’m honored to be able to interview Video Marketing Maven, Katie Davis on our blog today. For those of you who don’t know Katie, her books, published by Harcourt, S&S, and HarperCollins, have sold over a quarter of a million copies. Which is why she then published How to Promote Your Children’s Book: Tips, Tricks, and […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Interview Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, Google+ hangouts, hangouts on air, marketing, video marketing, videos, youtube

Join Us For A Live Q&A Session

June 9, 2014 By Heather Hart 11 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

  You Ask, We’ll Answer… Back in February we hosted a live Q&A session. We answered a lot of questions from authors just like you, and now we’re gearing up to do it again. Here’s the scoop: When: Tuesday, July 8th at 2pm central The live event will take place Tuesday, July 8th at 2pm central […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, Google+ hangouts, hangout, hangouts on air

{Q&A Session} Self-Publishing Your Books

February 19, 2014 By Heather Hart 4 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

We asked our following what questions they had about writing, publishing and marketing their books, and we answered them in a live Q&A session. The majority of the questions focussed on self-publishing books, so that was our focus. We answered questions about ISBN’s, book distribution, choosing a title, formatting, and more. Here’s what some of the […]

Filed Under: Publishing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: authors, book marketing tips, Google+ hangouts, hangout, hangouts on air, hashtags for authors, live webinar, marketing, publishing, publishing tips, self publishing, Webinars

Submit Your Questions for our Live Q&A Session

February 10, 2014 By Heather Hart 31 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Announcing Our First Live Quarterly Q&A Session At the end of last year, we asked if you would be interested in live Q&A sessions with us where we answered questions on writing, publishing and marketing books – and you responded with a resounding yes. That’s why I’m excited to let you know that we’re gearing […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Google+ hangouts, hangout, live webinar

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

New In 2014: Live Q&A Sessions

December 23, 2013 By Heather Hart 81 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

As this year draws to a close, we’re looking ahead to 2014 with the hopes of continuing to help you reach for success. One way we have considered doing that would be to host live Q&A sessions via Google Hangouts every few months. Before we make solid plans, we wanted to ask you if you […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, Google+ hangouts, hangout, live webinar

How to Host a Live Webinar for FREE Using Google+ Hangouts

October 3, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 67 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Host Live Webinars Google Plus

In this post we wanted to share what we learned about how to host a live webinar for free using Google+ hangouts.  We have attended live webinars hosted through Google Plus and have heard many people talk about doing it.  But, unfortunately, we could not find many tutorials that could walk us step-by-step through the […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Video Tagged With: Google+ hangouts, live webinar

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