My mentor Sylvia Hubbard inspired this post today. On LinkedIn she shared the link to her blog post about her second quarter goals. https://sylviahubbard.com/2024/04/01/2nd-quarter-goals-video-coming-soon-but-here-they-are-written-down-what-do-you-need-from-me-syllit-writerslife/ I created goals for this year, but I’ve never thought about posting them on my blog. I believe this is a great way to stay accountable by sharing them with everyone. It’s a good way to stay consistent and it’s also a record to document what I’ve tried to do and
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This month inside the Building Your Readership Newsletter I’m sharing about the Book Promotion Infrastructure so I thought I’d also share the videos I did. This is Part 3.
Content Marketing – Share valuable content related to your book’s themes, characters, or research on your blog and social media. First, I want to say thank you for taking time to read this newsletter so you can start building your infrastructure. My hope for you is these newsletters will help you improve your book promotion. Now let’s talk about content marketing. Content marketing isn’t for everyone but if you are using online promotion, it’s a
This month inside the Building Your Readership Newsletter I’m sharing about the Book Promotion Infrastructure so I thought I’d also share the videos I did. This is Part 2.
This month inside the Building Your Readership Newsletter I’m sharing about the Book Promotion Infrastructure so I thought I’d also share the videos I did. This is Part 1.
7 Steps To A Book Promotion Plan When I wrote my book Building Online Relationships – One Reader At A Time. I didn’t have the title of Book Promotion Strategist. I was an author who wanted to sell copies of my book. I sat down and wrote things I wanted to do for my book. I wanted to do something each month for the rest of the year. I will be honest and say I
Readers – Who are your readers and where do they hang out for buying books? Whenever I have a virtual tea session with an author, my first question is, who is your book for? Most of them reply for everyone. We would love for our book to be for everyone, but most times it’s not. Your book is written for a specific reader. When you figure out who your specific reader is it will make
First, I want to say thank for taking time out of your day to read this newsletter. If you subscribed so you don’t miss an issue, I’m happy for you because you are on your way to building your book promotion infrastructure. Let’s talk about book covers and blurbs. They are important to your book promotion infrastructure because they are the two tools you will probably use the most when you promote your book. You want
Last weekend a woman on TikTok broke the internet with her 50 video series about her and husband. What fascinated me about the videos is how many people were watching them and how many shared the link telling other to go watch them. You know the promotion strategist jumped on that because there were lessons to learn. Check Out The Video I Did On TikTok. Did you watch the videos? Did you share to your
When I work with writers, they ask me which social media platform should I be on? I ask them which platform has your readers? Most times they can’t answer that question. You need to know where your readers are hanging out online if you plan on using social media platforms. It makes know sense to be on Facebook if your readers love Instagram. Social media isn’t about you and what you like. It’s about building
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