How to Find Your Audience Online by @nblackburn01

Kerry Gans asked, [share ]“How can an author find an online audience?” [/share]Today, I am going to not only discuss the basics that we all know about, but I am going also going to talk about some sites that authors may not be familiar with: Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram, which are considered to be soft…

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Make Your #KDPSelect Days A Success: 12 Top Tips!

 Make Your #KDPSelect Days A Success: 12 Top Tips!   I just finished a three-day free Amazon promotion of my second book, The Mancode: Exposed. How did it go?   It’s still going! Here are some numbers:   Three days, over 10,000 free downloads Mancode: Exposed overall paid ranking prior to promo: #25,000ish. Mancode: Exposed…

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TOP 5 LESSONS FROM BOOKEXPO AMERICA 2012 (BEA12)

TOP 5 LESSONS FROM BOOKEXPO AMERICA 2012 (BEA12)    I’m just home from #BEA12 (Book Expo America 2012) in New York City and I’d like to share with you a few insights and observations (beside the fact that their WiFi sucked):   1)   WHY INDIES MATTER was the first panel discussion I attended, hosted by…

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VISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA YOU SHOULD BE USING NOW

VISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA YOU SHOULD BE USING NOW   I was lucky enough to be one of the 600+ people who attended the first (I’m sure to be annual) #OCSMS aka Orange County Social Media Summit this past Friday (see RachelintheOC.com blog for details).   I’d like to focus on some of the cool stuff…

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