Book Marketing Tips with Main Street Author Podcast
Listen in as Mike Capuzzi of Bite Sized Books and the Main Street Author Podcast interviews John Kremer on how to sell more books.
Lots of great tips are shared in this half-hour interview. You’ll be glad you listened in.
Listen in as Mike Capuzzi of Bite Sized Books and the Main Street Author Podcast interviews John Kremer on how to sell more books. #BookMarketingTips #MarketingBooks #podcasting
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And here is the Foreword I wrote for his new book (coming out soon): Marketing with Free Books.
In 1986, I published the first edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. Coming in at over 700 pages this behemoth of a book soon became the book marketing bible in the publishing industry. Since then, I have periodically updated it and today the “Real World Edition” is the most current edition and now includes strategies to market digital books and digital content.
read more https://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/book-marketing-tips-with-main-street-author-podcast/
How Authors Should Live By The 10X Rule!
Are authors failing to achieve their goals, realize their dreams, and become successful simply because they fail to reach beyond the realm of what most people will try to do?
According to author Grant Cardone, famous for best-selling The 10X Rule, people would be far more successful if they supersized what they did – radically increasing their number of generated emails, ideas, connections, and activities – so that they can break through whatever seems to hold others back.
He says: “There is nothing ordinary about The 10X Rule. It is simply what it says it is: 10 times the thoughts and 10 times the actions of other people. The 10X Rule is about a pure domination mentality. You never do what others do. You must be willing to do what they won’t do – and even take actions that you might deem unreasonable.”
That is it. There is his formula for victory. Simple, yes, but can it be done?
How to Market a Self Published Book for the Holidays (Infographic)
There’s been a lot to distract us this year but hopefully, you’re still tracking ideas for how to market a self-published book for holiday sales!
If you haven’t started planning your holiday sales, it’s crunch time.
And while there will still be a holiday buying season this year, the 2020 version will look a bit different than those of years past.
We know retailers still plan to do Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but these sale days are being extended; physical stores are trying to limit how many people they let into their brick and mortar spaces, and at the same time Covid has impacted overall retail sales.
Plus “Christmas creep” means you’ll see sales starting even earlier this year!
All of which is to say that you’ll want to gear up for holiday sales ASAP, if you haven’t already.
Should You Hire a Social Media Assistant?
Today’s guest post is by author Barbara Linn Probst.
I hate social media. It’s an addictive rabbit-hole.
I just don’t have time. Social media takes away from my precious writing time.
I’m no good at creating those visuals and posts.
I hate all that self-promotion.
I’ve heard many authors—myself included—express frustration and dismay at the expectation that we will not only produce wonderful books, but also carry out what amounts to a second full-time job as our own marketing team. Most of us don’t mind holding events, whether live or virtual, where we get to engage with readers. Nor do we mind interviews, written or recorded, where we can talk about our books and our writing process. But what so many of us do hate is the seemingly bottomless pit of social media engagement.
Facebook, with all those reader and writer groups. Instagram. Twitter. Pinterest.
“Likes” and “follows.” Comments and messages and shares.
Wouldn’t it be great if someone else could do all this for us?
Someone else can—for a price, and with a few caveats.
How to Promote a Book: Become a Media Master (Book Marketing Podcast)
How to Promote a Book: Become a Media Master (Book Marketing Podcast)
Today’s post is a recap of “The Secrets to Getting More Media for Your Book,” which we covered in Episode 11 (Part 1) and Episode 12 (Part 2) on our Book Marketing Tips & Author Success podcast.
We go deep in our discussion about this important topic for authors trying to figure out how to promote a book, so be sure to download and listen to the shows for all the details, recommendations, and considerations!
Virtual Book Tours: 14 Must-See Strategies from Author
Book tours are a traditional promotional tactic for authors when launching a new book. With the COVID-19 crisis making in-person promotional events unsafe, authors have been finding creative ways to circumvent the pandemic’s challenges and interact with fans. One tactic helping them connect with readers is virtual book tours!
To help you plan and publicize your own virtual book tour events, we’ve compiled a list of strategies we’ve seen authors use when launching their virtual tours. While missing out on IRL tours might be a bummer, there are many benefits of online events beyond just saving on travel expenses. Going virtual provides greater accessibility, allowing more people to tune in than ever before and leading to great opportunities for fan engagement.
We hope the following examples provide inspiration for your book marketing and reader outreach approach when launching a new book, both during the pandemic and beyond.
How Authors & Publishers Survive The Dark Winter
Corona is spreading like wildfire across the United States. The map is bloody red. We are hitting a million known new cases every 10 days. The death toll daily equals five full airplane crashes. How will America survive — and what can authors do to ride out what President Elect Joe Biden predicts will be a “dark winter?”
First, the United States can simply control the pandemic with abstinence— if people do not come in contact with others, it can’t spread. However, shutdowns are never quite complete and the virus will live on. But it can be greatly rolled back with an effective two-week close. Then things slowly reopen, everyone wears a mask, social distances, and washes hands often and thoroughly.
read more http://bookmarketingbuzzblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/how-authors-publishers-survive-dark.html
Will Authors Take A Book Marketing Vaccine?
America heard great news this week as pharma giant Pfizer announced it will soon apply for FDA approval for a breakthrough vaccine to battle a plague that has claimed the lives of a quarter-million people, infected at least ten million, and uprooted the economy and our way of life. But what we really need is a vaccine for authors to battle their fear, laziness, and lack of knowledge when it comes to marketing their books.
Why You Must Breathe New Life Into Your Amazon Book Promotion
Here come the holidays! And with them, today’s timely reminder about spiffing up your Amazon book promotion game so that you and your books are more likely to appear in shoppers’ searches.
As a busy author myself, I know it can be tempting to load your book onto Amazon and then check that box on your To Do List and move on to the next pressing task.
The problem with this is that sometimes authors just let that book sit there on the site, unchanged, sometimes for months. We often find ourselves eagerly checking the reviews, but that’s about it.
When it comes to Amazon book promotion, the most important concept to keep in mind is that the Amazon algorithm likes and supports change. I often compare the Amazon algorithm to the one Google uses, and with good reason – their ranking systems are pretty similar.
So what does “change” mean? Well, it doesn’t have to be changing the entire book or uploading a new book cover. You can incorporate small, subtle updates to keep the algorithm for the book fresh, which will in term keep it ranking on Amazon.
Let’s look at some things you can do!
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