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2014 Year in Review

December 31, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

2014 2015

The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect back on all you have accomplished. Shelley and I have been doing that. So in this post, I wanted to share some of our successes with you. Things we have accomplished in 2014 Shelley established Body and Soul Publishing LLC You can read more […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: live events, networking tips, productivity tips, self publishing

The Power of NAMS… Networking

August 5, 2014 By Shelley Hitz 4 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Many of you know my story and that I first started an online business a decade ago.  Over the years, it transitioned to working more online until I was able to resign my job as a Physical Therapist 3 years ago.  Since that time I have been self-employed working full-time as an author, speaker, and […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Networking Tagged With: authors, Conferences, Euntrepreneur tips, live events, networking tips, tools for authors, writing as a buisness

Is Video Marketing the New Way to Go on Tour?

June 19, 2014 By Heather Hart 1 Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

More and more I’m hearing of authors who try their hand at live events saying that they feel like they have wasted their time. They spent 5 hours sitting behind a table and only sold one book. They spent their time at the library or book store and read their book to a group of […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Video Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, live events, live webinar, marketing, places to promote, tools for authors, video marketing, videos, Webinars

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

Why an Author Should Have a Booth at Live Events

February 21, 2014 By guestpost Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I turn my head from left to right scrutinizing the setup of my booth. The tables are in the shape of an L and are situated toward the back of the booth space. This set up leaves plenty of room for readers to come in and browse. The tablecloths are fitted and reach the floor […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, fiction authors, get exposure, live events, marketing, networking, networking tips, places to promote

29 Networking Tips for Live Events

February 6, 2014 By Shelley Hitz 11 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

networking tips live events

I will be attending a conference for authors next week and have been doing some research on networking tips for live events.  Here is a compilation of 29 tips I have gathered from friends on Facebook as well as my own online research.  By the way, if you are going to be at the Writing […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Networking Tagged With: live events, networking tips

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