The ego works in ways that sometimes helps us, but often undermines our efforts to succeed. How can authors use their ego appropriately so they can market their brooks productively?

Ego is our sense of self, usually out of proportion to reality or certainly contrary from how others perceive us. Sometimes our ego gets the better of us. We act too confidently and overestimate our abilities or how much people actually like us. Other times, we lack enough ego, and shyly or weakly don’t assert ourselves, believing we’re not good enough or worthy of attention.

Many authors are egotistical. A fair amount are humble. Some are completely ego-free and seemingly fail to believe in themselves. Ego can help or hinder our efforts to market a brand, promote a book, and get a strong message out to the public.

So where is the happy medium and how do we harness ego yet what we truly desire?

Let’s look at how he go hurts us. A big ego means:

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Traditionally published authors everywhere tend to experience the same disappointment when working with their publisher: lack of marketing and publicity support.

Sometimes this is more perceived than real. Publishers tend to do a poor job of letting authors know about all the things they do to market and promote books, especially within industry channels that the author might not see visible evidence of.

But whatever your experience—and however you decide to publish—it’s unwise to depend on a publisher, publicist, or any third party to build your career, or be responsible for growing your readership. Publishers will be focused on the short-term, or on their immediate return on investment. You, the author, have to take care of the long-term career building. While you may delegate tasks or hire help, only an author can truly take ownership of their career and carry out the vision for it. It will also largely fall on your shoulders to execute marketing activities that don’t have immediate payoff but are important for future success and sales.

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You might think this article is going to solely focus on book marketing mistakes, but more specifically I’m going to dig into author branding – because the wrong branding will get you in front of the wrong readers – and it’s really hard to recover once you go down the wrong path.

Because if that happens, guess what? You won’t sell any books.

When you’re in a grocery store, or any shop that offers a variety of different products, you’ve probably noticed that similar or related products are always grouped together.

If you enter Home Depot in need of a wrench and ask a friendly worker where they’re located, you’d be confused and probably frustrated if, after following his directions, you found yourself surrounded by paint brushes.

The same principle is true for books.

read more https://www.amarketingexpert.com/2020/08/11/seven-book-marketing-mistakes-authors-make/

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I’ve always struggled a little with audiobook promotion, never really sure what I was supposed to be doing with the free codes I was getting from ACX, the platform and distributor I use. The fact that I had so many free codes always made me feel a bit guilty that I wasn’t using them to find new audiobook readers.  I did use them for newsletter giveaways and felt good about that since it was a special perk for my subscribers.

One of my narrators contacted me in June and said she’d heard from another author about her success with the site Free Audiobook Codes. Free, that is, for the readers who get them. For authors, known as “advertisers” on the site, it’s not free, but it’s reasonable. $12 a title or, for folks with a large catalog, $55 for 5 titles. You can upload multiple sets of codes per title. There are more price tiers on their FAQ.  

 

How do writers go about taking a concept and converting it into a money-making product? Essentially, how do creative talents monetize their mind?

The formula for success comes down to three parts:

1.      Idea

2.      Content

3.      Marketing

So when you have an idea pop into your head, what do you do with it?

read more http://bookmarketingbuzzblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/why-are-some-writing-ideas-profitable.html

You’ve probably heard the term “email marketing” a lot because it’s a powerful tool for book marketing and promotion.

Consider this: in 2019, 3.9 billion people used email, and by 2023 this figure will grow to 4.3 billion (Oberlo 2020).

And while we all complain about getting too much email, according to Statista, 49% of consumers said they would like to receive promotional emails from their favorite brands on a weekly basis.

In fact, according to a study the Data and Marketing Association did in 2019, for every $1 you invest in email marketing, you can expect an average return of $42.

Convinced it’s time to ramp up your email game for book marketing and promotion?

read more https://www.amarketingexpert.com/2020/09/01/powering-up-your-email-book-marketing-and-promotion/