Every author needs to tackle book marketing and promotion at some point. I know that I began promoting my new book, How to Blog a Book, with workshops, teleseminars, and a blog long I had a completed manuscript. Thatâs how I landed the book deal. And now I market it the same way but have added in media appearances, conferences…
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Sound Bites for Authors
For the next nine days of Write Nonfiction in November, youâve got to wear your writerâs hat while you work on your writing projects. But when you read this final series of blog posts, you must put on your business hat. I know thatâs not something writers like to do, but itâs a necessary part of become a successful writerâa…
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Websites, Blogs & Content Management Systems: Which One is Right for You?
Every writer needs a website. And they need that website long before their book is released and they want an Internet location from which to promote and sell it. They need a website prior to ever approaching an agent or publisher or releasing a self-published book. Itâs the place where you create your brand and where you promote yourself as…
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How to Have a Successful Blog Without It Taking Over Your Life
Iâve always thought blogging seemed a natural activity for writers. After all, it involves writing. Blogging also allows writers to become self-publishers and to get their writing read. Plus, for aspiring and published authors it provides an easy promotional tool because it doesnât require doing anything very different than they already do. They simply need to write. Yet, to my…
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10 Tips for Prepping Your Manuscript: A Self-Publishers’ Checklist
If you want to self-publish your book, completing the manuscript constitutes only the first step. Then you need to take that (hopefully) professionally edited piece of work and have it turned into a book. That means you must have it designed (hopefully) by a professional designer and then printed. I say âhopefullyâ because all too many indie authors fail to…
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