How to Best Prepare for Book Marketing by Guest @CaballoFrances

I still haven’t totally figured out social media. I know how to use the platforms, but I don’t know how to best use them. Would love to win the giveaway! Like many other things in my life, I can use all the help I can get!

Great post! I’ve worked hard on alot of the steps listed, but I know I could do better on some of them. I’d be most grateful for a ‘check up.’ I especially appreciate the tip about book covers. Thank you very much!

Very interested in how a social media audit works. I don’t get instagram at all and am sure I’m barely scratching surface of Pinterest!

I am trying to hard to better my online presence!

Whew! Some great advice here. Every time I think I have my ducks in a row, I find that at least 2 or 3 wandered off and didn’t get counted. Thanks for sharing the tips and links!

Thanks for a comprehensive, helpful article. Like many new authors, I find the issue of promotion confusing and, at times, overwhelming. It’s particularly difficult with my current project, since my upcoming novel is very different from anything I’ve written previously.

A year ago, I was a screenwriter developing sitcoms. All the people sharing their stories of sexual assault triggered a horrible memory-the rape and murder of a fifteen-year-old girl I knew. I decided to write a novel. My story deals with the rape and murder of a teenage girl but is otherwise fictitious. I’m donating from the proceeds to organizations that help rape survivors and their
families.

I appreciate the links provided in your article and will look into your course to evaluate your online presence. Thanks for helping me to find and reach the audience for this story.

Sincerely,
Dana Lemaster

Writing Community,

Trust me when I tell you this is the golden goose, chicken or hen egg prize. If you don’t read Frances Caballo’s guest post from today (day 13) of #NaNoProMo and respond from your heart, shame on you. Frances provides an in-depth social media audit that will benefit you in ways you cannot imagine.

Frances,

As usual, you provide very beneficial information. I hope that those who read your guest post and see the potential prize they could win respond, begging for your social media audit.

Sincerely,
Donna

I’m not yet published, but understand the importance of working on my platform before I publish – thanks to the advices from wise ladies like Frances and Rachel 🙂 I’d love to win the giveaway to know what aspects need a tune-up!

Excellent post – especially your first point. I constantly find people wanting to know how to better market their books, but their Amazon book description doesn’t sell the book’s concept, or their Look Inside shows substandard writing.

After doing this writing and social media things for more than a while now I like to think I’ve got things at least going on the right track. Then I read things like this and I am 2nd guessing myself.

One of my biggest problems is reaching actual readers on social media. I can connect and interact with writers all day long but getting direct to potential readers is a tough one; at least for me. I used to do this reasonably well with online book tours but they are also something I struggle with now. I know a few years ago they (book tours) were all the rage and worked very well but I’m hearing about less and less quality results now. Honestly, I felt I made more headway as an author by being a stop on other authors tours rather than heading my own.

Building an email list is something I just can’t even figure out in a workable way. I know we are supposed to have one but I’m failing big time at this step. Yes I have a newsletter but I’ve been stuck basically at the same amount of subscribers (around 50) for nearly two years now.