Posts by Rachel Thompson
What’s A Publishing Imprint And How Did I Get One?
So here I was, all excited that Broken Places finally, finally released (yay!), and I’m in the down and dirty trenches of doing the marketing and setting up the blog tour and connecting with folks on social and blah blah boring stuff you’re already falling asleep, when I get an out of the blue message…
Read MoreTop 5 Considerations When Choosing How to Publish Your Book by guest @Booktrope CMO @ksearsbooks
Top Five Considerations when choosing how to publish your book Please welcome Katherine Fye Sears, CMO of my publisher, Booktrope, and kickass marketing chick, here to explain the three types of publishing (self, traditional, and hybrid), and the top five considerations of each. I encourage you to read and then pick her brain in comments!…
Read MoreThe Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide w @JFBookman
Today we have something a little different. I was honored to be included in The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide by Joel Friedlander and Betty Kelly Sargent and am pleased to have Joel here to answer a few questions about the guide. RT: Hi Joel, welcome to BadRedhead Media, it’s great to have you here today. Can you introduce…
Read MoreWhy Silence Is Sometimes The Best Answer
Racism. Misogyny. Threats and bullying. Sometimes we wonder: why are we on social media at all? We’ve all heard the stories or been targets ourselves of online bullying, trolls, threats, and even stalkers. Is it worth putting ourselves out there if this is what we end up with? I don’t know. I have my days…
Read MoreBuild Relationships With Readers, Don’t Stalk Them #HaleNo
I’m not here to talk about whether what author Kathryn Hale (who sought out a book blogger, to the point of showing up on her doorstep!) did is right, wrong, weird, or stalkerish and potentially illegal (okay, I personally would never ever ever do what she did, but that’s just me). I’m here to talk about…
Read MoreThe Publishing Plan by guest Jessica West (@West1Jess)
Please welcome back author and editor Jessica West to the blog today as she shares about the publishing process and how authors should plan for it. I read a great many articles about outlining a book versus flying by the seat of your pants, and they all make some great points, no matter which side…
Read MoreWant to Make it as an Author? You’ll Need Branding and Social Media by guest Jessica West (@West1Jess)
Please welcome author and editor Jessica West to the blog today as she shares about branding and social media, the must have tools for author success. I run across a new article nearly every day where a writer complains about or derisively laughs at a friend/co-worker/family member who says, “I’d write a book if I…
Read MoreThe Twitter Secret by guest @DanaLeipold
Today please help me welcome author and writing coach Dana Leipold to the blog as she shares her secret to Twitter success. My real life friends often ask me, “Why do you do that Twitter thing? I don’t get it.” At first, I didn’t get it either but now I see the power Twitter has…
Read MoreTo Build or Not to Build by guest Daryl Rothman (@drothmanwrites)
Please welcome my fellow Booktrope author and speaker Daryl Rothman to the blog as he shares about why authors should build their writer platform. I hear it less frequently, but I still hear it: I don’t need to mess with any of that stuff—that’s an agent’s job. Let me just write. The “stuff” in question…
Read MoreHow Do You Build An Audience Before You Have A Product? A Pre-Marketing Guide
*Updated December 2016* I asked my Facebook friends last week what confused them the most about author marketing and social media. So for the next several weeks, myself, and several esteemed guests will be answering those questions for you! Thank you to all who answered. Here’s the first question: Many aspiring authors or bloggers…
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