Posts by Rachel Thompson
Why Writing Your Truth Is an Effective Marketing Strategy by Guest @JackieCioffa
What Is An Effective Marketing Strategy Anyway? When Bad Redhead Media’s Rachel Thompson reached out to me to write a post about promoting and marketing my books, my immediate thought was is she kidding? I have been an avid follower and fan of Rachel for nearly a decade, trying to emulate her badass self-publishing skills…
Read MoreThis Is How to Sell Your Book in 20 Seconds by Guest Sharon Goldinger
Could You Sell Your Book in Twenty Seconds? Picture this: You’re in an elevator, your book cupped in your hand, the title clearly visible to the other person in the elevator. While riding from floor 1 to floor 19, she asks, “What is From Fat to Fit about? You respond: “You’ll be inspired by the…
Read MoreThis Is How to Use Harder Working Links to Sell More Books by Guest @GeniusLink
Do you know what harder working links are and how they can help you with your marketing and even sales? As an author, you hear about a lot of great ways to maximize your income from your published work. Unfortunately, most advice around implementing new, or optimizing existing revenue is somewhat time intensive and often…
Read MoreHow to Make Time for Book Promotion by guest @PaulineWiles
Making Time For Book Promotion As authors today, we’re compelled to juggle more tasks and responsibilities than ever before. Given the colossal effort you’ve invested in writing and publishing your book, you know you’d be crazy not to dedicate some energy to promoting it. But with all that’s going on in your life, how do…
Read MoreWriters: Did You Win? Find Out Now! (#NaNoProMo Week One)
Did You Win Anything This Week? #NaNoProMo (National Novel Promotion Month) 2019 is off to a blazing start this year, with hundreds of commenters, shares, lots of interaction and fun. Most importantly, what have you learned that you didn’t know before, writers? Let’s review our expert’s posts from this last week and announce who won…
Read MoreThree Reasons Why Branding Shouldn’t Make You Lose Your Mind by Guest @CStreetlights
If you’re like me you were probably resistant to the ideas of “branding” or “building your brand.” A lot of writers are – no judgment here. In fact, tell me if any of this sounds familiar: “I don’t want to become fake to my readers.” “I don’t want to become just a logo who writes…
Read More20 Quick Book Marketing Ideas You Can Do Now! by guest @MixtusMedia
If there is one common thread that runs through every author it’s this: we don’t have enough time! For writing, for book marketing, for any of it (whatever it is). Sometimes when we see a huge task ahead of us, like book marketing, we tend to focus on it as a whole. And that can…
Read MoreThis Is How To Get Easy Author Publicity by guest @SmartAuthors
As a self-published author have you ever sighed with envy as you watch another author – most probably trade published – chat about their book on the sofa of a popular TV show? Or maybe you’ve been listening to a podcast or radio show and realized that someone else is getting book publicity you can…
Read MorePitching: What You Need To Know Now by guest @bramsayauthor
Welcome to #NaNoProMo 2019! Let’s talk about your pitch today. The publishing world is a struggle. With agents receiving multiple submissions from multiple authors, it is easy for your manuscript to get lost in the author’s proverbial nightmare: the “slush pile.” As a publishing company and as professional book reviewers who request a pitch, often…
Read MoreA Novel Way of Speaking: Just For Writers by guest @PaulGeigerSpeak
Most authors will admit they write a lot better than they speak. (I happen to write the same way I speak – but I’m only developing one character here.) Most people, in general, don’t even like the sound of their own voice. Couple that with a little nervousness when being interviewed about your book and…
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