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Generating Pre-Launch Excitement with a Cover Reveal

March 26, 2014 By Heather Hart 5 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

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: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips 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 a FREE book marketing training

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: Book 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 a FREE book marketing training

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 a FREE book marketing training

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

{Q&A Session} Self-Publishing Your Books

February 19, 2014 By Heather Hart 4 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

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: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Tips, Q&A, 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

15+ Places to Promote Your 99 Cent eBook

February 12, 2014 By Heather Hart 36 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

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

The Benefits of Publishing a Book Series

January 29, 2014 By Heather Hart 2 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

The benefits of publishing a book series are enormous, and there are eBooks, articles, etc. written about this, but I wanted to highlight a few of them here. However, you need to know that I am an avid reader. So instead of just listing out benefits and why they should appeal to you, I wanted […]

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

Email List Building Boot Camp

January 15, 2014 By guestpost Leave a Comment Click here for a FREE book marketing training

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

21 Book Marketing Tips for Authors

January 13, 2014 By Heather Hart 14 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

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

Top 10 Blog Posts from 2013

December 16, 2013 By Heather Hart 6 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

The year is almost over and we have been looking back at all we have written. We started this website/blog earlier this year and have watched it grow. We want to thank all of you for your encouragement, feedback, and continued support you have given us. In this post, we are sharing our top 10 […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, General Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing

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