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10 TOOLS THAT HELP ME SELL MORE BOOKS via @KseniaAnske #h2e

July 2, 2017 8:50 am / 1 Comment on 10 TOOLS THAT HELP ME SELL MORE BOOKS via @KseniaAnske #h2e

As you have probably noticed, I have switched my blog commenting system from native Squarespace to Disqus. And you have also probably noticed that if you hang out on my site for a while, a popup will tell you not to kill me for a popup but instead to subscribe to my fabulous newsletter. This is all part of what I told you I’d do: focus on selling my books. You see, this May 15th it’s been 5 years since I started writing full-time, and though I soared at first (there was lots of interest in my first trilogy, even from agents), I then painfully crashed into the gulch of despair of not-making-money-as-an-author. For a while I waited for something miraculous to happen, as in, somehow magically Rosehead would get on all bestsellers lists and I wouldn’t have to do squat. Well, no miracle happened, and eventually I had to collect myself back together, bone by bone, and climb out (the perfect crisis of the Hero’s Journey, by the way). And now I’m on my way back up. I’m not up yet, but I’m getting there. Because my plan is to:

GET MY SHIT TOGETHER AND START MAKING A LIVING FROM SELLING BOOKS.

To do this I have dusted off my rusty start-up brains, and lo and behold, even though I’ve been only flexing my marketing and selling muscles for two weeks, my numbers are climbing! In the last 4 days, since I put up a popup, I got 14 new subscribers to my newsletter at 12% conversion rate, which is at the top bracket of the industry standard (2-12%). Well then. Let’s see what happens when I get my entire system running. And that is:

read more: https://www.kseniaanske.com/blog/2017/6/4/10-tools-that-help-me-sell-more-books

17 Ways to Get More Views, Engagement, and Shares for Your Facebook Videos via #Buffer #h2e

June 10, 2017 5:09 am / 1 Comment on 17 Ways to Get More Views, Engagement, and Shares for Your Facebook Videos via #Buffer #h2e

Written by Alfred Lua

This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated with the latest Facebook video tips and information.

Over 8 billion videos or 100 million hours of videos are watched on Facebook every day.

These stats were reported early last year so imagine how much larger the numbers are today as Facebook continued to grow and double down on videos.

Now seems to be the perfect time to take a closer look at Facebook video and how to use videos to engage more fans on the platform.

With Facebook video being the top priority of marketers in 2017, we’d love to help you get ahead of this rising trend. In this post, you’ll learn 17 actionable tips to increase the views, engagement, shares of your Facebook videos.

Read more: https://blog.bufferapp.com/facebook-video

How to Use Social Media to Hype Your Product Pre-Launch #hootsuite #h2e

June 7, 2017 4:43 pm / 1 Comment on How to Use Social Media to Hype Your Product Pre-Launch #hootsuite #h2e

You’re excited about the release of your new product.|

 

It’s going to the change the world and everyone is going to love it.

You’re thrilled and you want people feel the same.

So let’s make sure your product doesn’t just launch, but blasts off into the space. Here are six tips on how to use social media to get there.

6 ways to generate buzz for a product release

read more: https://blog.hootsuite.com/build-pre-launch-hype-social-media/

How to Create and Market your Author Platform FREE via @BadRedhead Media #h2e

June 4, 2017 9:01 am / Leave a comment

Last year around this time I was starting up my new author assistant business.|

I dove headfirst into purchasing a brand logo, a new website, opting for paid versions of various sites that, to me, were a *must have*. I set up Facebook Ads and ran giveaways right off the bat in hopes of…

read more: http://badredheadmedia.com/2017/06/04/create-and-market-your-author-platform-free/

International Digital Awards contest ~ Great Prizes ~ Low Entry Fee ~ Open to all authors

May 16, 2017 1:30 pm / 1 Comment on International Digital Awards contest ~ Great Prizes ~ Low Entry Fee ~ Open to all authors

International Digital Awards contest ~ Great Prizes ~ Low Entry Fee ~ Open to all authors

Enter your short, novella, or novel fiction in a contest where you’re judged on your STORY, not on how many friends vote for you. Readers will judge and score your work, based on their enjoyment of it. Even if you don’t place, you will gain exposure to at least three new readers!

Fee: $25.00 for Novels, $20.00 for novellas and short stories (2016 winners and finalists receive $5 off)
Deadline: July 15, 2017

Eligibility: Any ebook with a copyright date of 2016 or 2017 that was available for sale in 2016 or 2017 and is NOT available for purchase in mass print. (Ebooks that are available as POD’s are eligible) *** If your book previously finaled in, but did not win, the IDA, it is eligible for re-entry.
Entry: Non DRM PDF as email attachment
Categories: (All of the following offer BOTH a short/novella and a Novel category in each genre) Contemporary, Erotica, Historical, Inspirational, Paranormal, Suspense, Young Adult
Judges: Readers, including other unpublished and published authors.

  • Prizes:Prizes: First place winners will receive an engraved paperweight. Winners and finalists will receive certificates. PLUS – additional prizes for winners include…
  • Featured on a minimum of 3 blog posts
  • Featured in a “winner” video trailer that will be shared on FB, tweeted, and featured on at least 3 blogs and websites
  • Multiple Tweets and Facebook posts 
  • Featured on a special IDA Winners Pinterest Page

FMI: https://okrwa.com/contests/international-digital-awards/

 

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#Repost: How to Boost a Post on Facebook via @IndiesUnlimited #howtoebook

December 5, 2016 7:10 pm / Leave a comment

New post on Indies Unlimited

How to Boost a Post on Facebook

by Melinda Clayton

Facebook LogoFacebook offers several ways to advertise services and products. In 2013, guest Nickie Storey-Bailey told us how to use Facebook ads to garner more “likes” for our author pages. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to boost individual posts to get them in front of more people.

I don’t have an author page, but I do have a page for my small publishing company. Each time we publish a new book, I post about it on Facebook and wait for approximately three people to see the post, two of whom are the author and me. Thanks to Facebook’s always-changing algorithms, it’s nearly impossible to get eyes on our pages and page-posts these days without paying for it. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Post your status update first, and then click on the “Boost” button (red arrow below). Read more of this post

Melinda Clayton | November 30, 2016 at 6:30 am | URL: http://wp.me/p1WnN1-icd

Favorite ways to promote a virtual book tour

November 24, 2016 4:07 pm / Leave a comment

Favorite ways to promote a virtual book tour

By D’vorah Lansky

Over the years, and during the course of my previous six virtual book tours, I’ve promoted my virtual book tour in a variety of ways. In this post, I’ll share my five favorite virtual book tour promotion strategies.

virtual book tour 2

READ MORE AT http://buildbookbuzz.com/promote-a-virtual-book-tour/

7 Killer Ways to Promote your Romance Novel By Sandra Beckwith via @RomanceUniv #21stCenturyAuthor

November 4, 2016 3:58 pm / Leave a comment

Just in case you missed this awesome article this is a repost you must read!

7 Killer Ways to Promote your Romance Novel By Sandra Beckwith

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With a tagline like “Do-it-yourself book marketing tips, tools, and tactics” Sandra Beckwith was a shoe-in for a post with Romance University! Take it away Sandra!

beckwithtYou think it’s harder to promote fiction than nonfiction?

READ MORE: http://romanceuniversity.org/2016/03/02/7-killer-ways-to-promote-your-romance-novel-by-sandra-beckwith/

Ways to market your book to double your sales. #bookmarketingstrategy #authors #video #Howtoebook

June 26, 2016 3:53 pm / 5 Comments on Ways to market your book to double your sales. #bookmarketingstrategy #authors #video #Howtoebook

16 Ways to market online to max book sales

 

16 Ways to Market Your Book to Double Your Sales

Questions? Do you have more tips? Links to share? Please comment below.

Don’t forget to like and share this post! Thanks in advance!

  1. Build an attractive and easy to use website
    1. Have social media logos above the fold
    2. Have newsletter signups above the fold
    3. Use WordPress
    4. Have an about, product and contact page
    5. Use excerpts
    6. Have ecommerce, plus links to outside sites such as amazon, bn & smashwords

 

  1. Prioritize blogging
    1. Blog at least once a week
    2. Minimum of 500 words
    3. Add related pictures (you own)

 

  1. Work on your SEO
    1. Find 5 keywords (as nichey as possible)
    2. Use them every day on your website, blog or social media

 

  1. Build your email list & send emails regularly
    1. At least once a month

 

  1. Use Other Channels to seel your book
    1. amazon.com
    2. com

 

  1. List your literary site on local directories
    1. Find other author listings in your genre and do link exchanges.
    2. If you also review books (which you should) list your site at book review sites.

 

  1. Us Facebook Groups & Blog Posts Comments on other websites effectively
    1. Search for FB groups that are active and participate in discussions
    2. Follow blogs about the literary world and comment about the topic not about yourself

 

  1. Build a strong Social media presense
    1. Be a resource
    2. Don’t digital flyer drop (just go around FB and post your ads in random readers groups)

*Suggested: used book marketing influencers at Fiverr.com to do this for you.

 

  1. Create Video
    1. Use your phone or a special DLS camera
    2. Insert a great thumbnail at the beginning of video (use canva.com free)
    3. Work on editing skills.
      1. Suggested: If you don’t have an Apple product, you can you Windows MovieMaker for free and should be loaded on all Windows based computers. If you have a Chromebook, you can use the youtube editing software or other apps available in their store. On your phone, you can buy the professional version of Vivavideo (only 2.99) and edit videos.
    4. Consider Paid Advertising on Social Media
      1. Go for the free first and only if you have tried one through nine above
      2. Buy Carolyn Howard Johnson’s book, The Frugal Promoter http://amzn.to/28WmRFG

 

  1. Buy Banner Ads on relevant sites
    1. Book Club and Book Reviewers often have small ads available for as low as $5 for monthly ads.
      1. Suggested for the free: Do Banner Exchanges especially for local events that are relevant to your book.

 

  1. Partner with Influential bloggers
    1. These are book bloggers that have popular sites about books in YOUR genre.

 

  1. Create an affiliate (or referral) program
    1. com – see example here: http://store.payloadz.com/details/1009799-ebooks-fiction-sex-weed.html (See the Share and Earn blue area to the right side)
    2. E-Junkie.com – see example here:
      1. http://www.e-junkie.com/hubbooks/product/510655.php#Social+Media+Deluxe+Package (At the bottom is an affiliate program link)

 

  1. Collaborate with other author in your genre
    1. Link exchanges, banner exchanges, blog exchanges, feature exchanges… the list can go on!

 

  1. Try Google Adword
    1. Use the free first!
    2. Try going for Google Analytics first, study what your ROI (return on investments) from one through fourteen) and then do your own ads in places that really work.

 

  1. Never stop learning!
    1. Feedly is your friend (download app and get the paid version).
    2. Follow expert blogs in your field

Here’s the video where I talk about these tips and more.

Questions? Do you have more tips? Links to share? Please comment below.

Don’t forget to like and share this post! Thanks in advance!

I also said I’d mention the radio show with CK Webb who is always looking for various genre of authors.

WebbWeaver Radio ck webb http://www.blogtalkradio.com/webbweaverbooks# http://webbweaver-zelda555.blogspot.com/ ckwebb73@gmail.com

 

The fiverr ad I mention is right here. She has a quick turnaround too.

 

https://twitter.com/ChloeDBookworm/status/746460711715540992

 

(even though she’s from Canada, we’ll still give her a chance) 🙂

By the way, these ideas were helped by this post I found on pinterest that I geared toward books

16ways2doublesalesinbiz

 

Questions? Do you have more tips? Links to share? Please comment below.

Don’t forget to like and share this post! Thanks in advance!

Watch “Finding Readers for Your Novel” on #HowToEbook

May 25, 2016 6:18 am / Leave a comment

Need readers? Great video to listen to and pick up information.

Have you found an out of the box way to find readers?

What are your strategies?

Please share in comments.

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