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9 Ways To Make Money As A Writer

Okay, so writing doesn’t seem to pay.  You spend hours researching, writing, and editing.  Then you spend time trying to sell your writing to a magazine, website, or book publisher.  Then you spend time marketing and promoting your work.  Is there a way to make a few bucks from being a writer?

10 Major Areas Authors Must Choose For Marketing Their Books

Authors hear a lot of the same advice about book marketing and publicity.  It’s very obvious what needs to be done.  The question is how does one do these things especially with limited time, money, desire, or knowledge?
The best way to tackle this is to first take an overview of things.  Start by identifying your short vs. long term goals.  Those goals will dictate your priorities and help you schedule your time and allocate your resources properly.

Get book publicity with #HARO

Want free book publicity? Subscribe to Help a Reporter Out — HARO.

HARO is a free daily email service that connects journalists with sources. The 800,000-plus people who use it receive three e-mails a day loaded with queries from journalists who describe what they’re looking for in a source and why.

If you make the effort to scan those emails for opportunities to contribute your expertise or experience, you and your book could be mentioned in the news or on a blog.

The trick to getting an interview and subsequent exposure — all of which you don’t pay for — is responding to the right queries appropriately. More on that later, though. It helps to first understand more about HARO and how the system works.

read more https://buildbookbuzz.com/get-book-publicity-with-haro/

.@Amazon is Now Punishing Authors for Running #BookBub Promotions

It is SOP in 2017 for authors to buy space in a BookBub or other sales promotion email so they can boost their ebook sales, but given how Amazon is letting its bots run amok authors might want to reconsider.

There are numerous reports on KBoards from authors who have had an ebook “rank-stripped” within minutes of a BookBub promotion email arriving in readers inboxes.

read more: https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/11/22/amazon-now-punishing-authors-running-bookbub-promotions/

Set Up a Website Quickly with StudioPress Sites via @chrisbrogran

I shot a quick video showing just how easy it is to build a WordPress website fast using StudioPress Sites. I’ve been promoting and marketing their products for years because I think they’re great. Let me show you why.

Set up a Website Quickly with StudioPress Sites

read more: http://chrisbrogan.com/studiopress-setup/

4 Ways To Optimize Blog Content So That It Actually Gets Read via @Jeffbullas

You probably already know that having a blog is important, but you may secretly be dubious about how often people actually read to the end of any post you publish.

No doubt you’ve crunched some data and noticed that the amount of time people spend on certain web pages doesn’t exactly correspond with in-depth reading habits.

But that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up.

Read more: http://www.jeffbullas.com/optimize-blog-content/

From Podcast to Self-Published Bestseller via @publisherswkly

Mark Stay (l.) and Mark Desvaux

Mark Desvaux and Mark Stay—the coauthors of the comical sci-fi novel Back to Reality, about a mother who gets a life reboot by time-traveling to the 1990s—have done their homework so aspiring authors don’t have to. They have known one another since they were teenagers growing up in Surrey, England, and are both men of many hats. Stay works with Orion Publishing Group in the U.K. and is also a screenwriter. He cowrote the 2015 film Robot Overlords, which stars Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley. Desvaux lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where he writes nonfiction under the name Mark Oliver, works as a life coach, and plays in a band named Urban Myth Club.

read more: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/75414-from-podcast-to-self-published-bestseller.html

Audible Launches Dedicated Romance Service via @publisherswkly

Fans of the romance audiobook category now have a new option for unlimited listening. Audible Romance, a digital package from Audible, Inc., launches today offering unlimited access to more than 10,000 romance titles, including bestsellers and Audible Originals.

Read more: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/75249-audible-launches-dedicated-romance-service.html

12 Holiday Book Marketing Ideas for Indie Authors

12 Holiday Book Marketing Ideas for Indie Authors

On the first day of Christmas ….we all know the song. Most of us are ready to tackle holiday sales, so let’s talk book marketing!

In the spirit of the season, I want to share 12 book marketing tips and recommendations indie authors can implement in order to get more holiday sales and definitely more exposure before Christmas.

read more: https://www.amarketingexpert.com/holiday-book-marketing-indie-authors/

7 Ways To Generate More Sales Using Linkedin

As someone who makes his living teaching professionals how to utilize LinkedIn to generate more business for themselves, I remain convinced that the platform is one of the most exciting – and misunderstood – business opportunities available right now.

For whatever reason, LinkedIn can’t seem to shake the notion that it’s “only” a place to find a job or hire a new employee.

But as I’ve learned spending 48 straight months selling products and services on the site, LinkedIn is one of the biggest (and best) opportunities online right now for you to generate oodles of sales leads, add new clients and land new business.

I want to spend the rest of this post sharing the specific path I see successful professionals taking on LinkedIn when it comes to generating more sales leads, adding customers and increasing revenue.

Some of these tips might seem counterintuitive at first glance, but that’s why they work so well – they break from the conventional wisdom and outdated beliefs about LinkedIn.

7 Unusual Things Successful People Do On Linkedin Every Day

read more: http://creativefs.info/7-ways-to-generate-more-sales-using-linkedin/