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Why This Newsletter Can Save You Thousands of Dollars! by @sugarbeatbc
Did you know that a headline like the one above could put you in contravention of the CAN-SPAM act and result in a fine of $16,000.00 per offense? For those of you scratching your head and wondering what the CAN-SPAM act is and why you should care….read on… What You’re Doing Wrong and Might…
Read MoreHow to Fix Your Disorganized Writing Life by @KW_Writes
Please welcome guest Kelly Wilson, author of Caskets From Costco, an amazing memoir published by the Gravity Imprint I direct for Booktrope Publishing. Kelly is an abuse survivor, mom, and gifted comic. Learn more about Caskets From Costco and about Kelly below. To say that my writing life was disorganized would be the grossest understatement…
Read MoreThe Reasons You Need To Be Participating in the Free 30-Day @BadRedheadMedia Book Marketing Challenge
Whew, we made it — completed almost the first week of the Free 30-day Book Marketing Challenge! Are you still with me? If you haven’t joined us yet, here are the reasons why you need to: We’ve covered quite a lot! tons of Twitter tips, targeting readers, optimizing your bios, pinning, verbing engagement vs quantity…
Read MoreThis is Why Your Books Aren’t Selling: 4 Ways To Improve Now
*updated 2017 Your Books Aren’t Selling “My sales are awful, and I’ve done everything. I give up.” I heard this from three authors this week, and it’s not an uncommon sentiment right now. As a bestseller author, former imprint director, book manager and book marketing consultant, my first questions are always: What do you mean…
Read MoreHow to Create an Author Facebook Event by @MelissaFlicks
Fabulous guest post by Author Assistant Melissa Flickinger! Read and learn! On any given day, thousands of people receive multiple invites to Facebook events. Just this week alone, I was invited to over twenty Book Release Day events! And in 2015, I hosted plenty of them myself. Here are a few things I’ve learned on setting…
Read MoreHere’s How to Write The Ultimate Guest Post via @BadRedheadMedia
I write many guest posts and articles which are shared on big-name sites like Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Feminine Collective, and IndieReader.com. This didn’t happen because I tripped over these sites — it happened because I’ve been writing professionally about social media, branding, and book marketing since 2009, I submitted my work repeatedly (and faced…
Read MorePowerful Free Book Marketing and Business Help On the Go by @K8Tilton
Susan is driving home from work and hits the worst traffic of the month; now a half an hour drive suddenly becomes a two-hour drive. But despair Susan does not, because with this extra time she can catch up on the latest podcasts she’s subscribed too. Mike works from home as a full-time author, but…
Read MoreSolve Your Book Marketing Problems Right Now!
In case you missed my last few posts on book marketing, I’ve collected them for you here. NOW is a great time to get your act together for the holidays, the week after, and the first few weeks of January, when people have gift cards, new Kindles and iPads, eReaders of all kinds, and time…
Read MoreWhat IS a Target Audience? What You Need to Know by @K8Tilton
Jerry Gentry asked, “How do you get a handle on your target audience? Not what you think it is, but what it is in reality? Is it people who leave reviews, follow you blog, send you million dollar checks?” Good question, Jerry. Let’s first take a look at what a target audience IS. Dictionary.com defines…
Read MoreBook Marketing Tips You Need To Know Now! Part One
I did a webinar a few days ago for my publisher, Booktrope, about book marketing tips. The biggest question authors have is this: how can I market my books without spamming “Buy my book!” constantly on Twitter, Facebook and other channels? It’s a valid question, because as readers ourselves, we feel the bombardment fatigue. As…
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