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How To Stop Procrastinating Over Marketing Your Book

May 29, 2020 6:36 am / Leave a comment

You probably saw the headline to this blog post and put off reading what I have to say.

I understand.

We all procrastinate on something – and we all need a work around — or we will allow for something to stifle our lives and writing careers.

I confess I have a problem. I procrastinate over certain things, such as preparing documents for my accountant to do my taxes. But I also know that many people procrastinate in areas of writing, editing, book promoting, and selling books. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

So what do we do when we procrastinate?

How to Use Pinterest to Market Your Book (and why you’d want to!)

May 28, 2020 6:32 am / Leave a comment

by Penny Sansevieri

With the growth of other visual social media sites like Instagram, it seems like the buzz for Pinterest as a way to market your book has really died down, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Pinterest continues to grow. In 2019 Pinterest became a publicly traded company and in Q2 of 2019, it reporter higher than expected earnings, 62% higher in fact than the previous year. Still not convinced you should spend any time on Pinterest? Let’s have a look at the average user demographic:

According to Pinterest:

5 Common Challenges of Blogging and How to Overcome Them

May 27, 2020 4:52 am / Leave a comment

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Anyone who has been blogging for any length of time will tell you, there is no shortage of information or ideas out there when it comes to starting and growing …Read more5 Common Challenges of Blogging and How to Overcome Them

How to Get Testimonials: 11 Proven Strategies

May 26, 2020 4:52 am / Leave a comment

Blog Tyrantby Allison /

Are you wondering how to get testimonials? Check out these 11 proven strategies for getting testimonials for your blog or business.

4 Facebook features that give you more control

May 23, 2020 5:56 pm / Leave a comment

Most of my Facebook connections do a fantastic job of sharing content — their own, or from other sources. And that content is what keeps us coming back for more, whether it’s breaking news or photos of banana bread baked while social distancing at home.

I’ve noticed, though, that many don’t know how to do certain things that will make their time on the social platform more productive and enjoyable.

Whether you’re using Facebook for book marketing, personal use, or both, you’ll be interested in these four lesser-known Facebook features.

Book Marketing: Mastering Amazon Data To Sell More Books With Alex Newton From K-Lytics

May 22, 2020 5:51 pm / Leave a comment

24The Creative Pennby joanna@TheCreativePenn.com (Joanna Penn)

In this detailed webinar replay, Alex Newton from K-lytics presents on how you can use Amazon data to sell more books.

Watch the video below or here on YouTube:

In this webinar replay, you will find the following: (timestamped for your convenience!)

6 Ideas for Promoting Your Book While Watching TV

May 21, 2020 5:08 pm / Leave a comment

The Book Designerby Sandra Beckwith

By Sandra Beckwith

I’m one of those people who likes to watch TV to unwind, but just can’t sit there and watch TV. Know what I mean?

I don’t really like that about myself, but I’ve not only accepted it, I’ve learned to take advantage of it. I try to do something productive while sitting there – knitting, cleaning out my inbox, promoting my books, and so on.

That’s right. I promote my books while watching TV, and you can, too. If you’re a like me and find it difficult to just sit and look at the screen, try doing one of these book promotion activities the next time you’re sitting still in front of your favorite show.

The Ultimate Guide to Selling Books on your Author Website

May 20, 2020 5:04 pm / Leave a comment

Selling books is bread and butter for any author and increasing numbers of indie authors are making their own website the hub of their publishing business, with other online sellers as outposts. The Alliance of Independent Authors has a bookshop on this website where non-members can buy its books (All are free to members who can download by logging in allianceindependentauthors.org and navigating to the BOOKS menu). Today, we bring you the ultimate guide to selling books on your author website.

Apple Launched a Publishing Portal for Book Authors – And You Don’t Need a Mac to Use It!

May 19, 2020 4:58 pm / Leave a comment

61The Digital Readerby Nate Hoffelder

Apple still doesn’t care if you want to read an ebook you buy from them on non-Apple hardware, but they have finally launched a publishing portal that anyone can access using a web browser.

David Gaughran brings us the news that Apple launched a new portal today called Apple Books for Authors. This is primarily an information portal, and it has lots of useful info on marketing, ebook design, audiobooks, cover images, and so on, but if you drill down you will discover that there’s a new way to upload Epub ebooks to be sold in Apple Books.

You can find the upload page here. (You’ll still an iTunesConnect account to upload ebooks, but you can set that up using your existing Apple account.)

This is a huge change for Apple; they used to require that you use a macOS-only app to upload ebooks, or go through a distributor such as Draft2Digital. (Another way around this was to lease a Mac in the cloud, and run the app there.) Now everything is accessible via a web browser.

Go check it out!

The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make Building Their Brand by Guest @WriterPlatform

May 18, 2020 4:51 pm / Leave a comment

Building your brand plays a surprisingly important role in your author business. Every time someone sees your name, lands on your website, reads your book, or listens to you speak, you’re reinforcing what you want them to know about you and your work.

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