If youāve been following me for a while, you know that when it comes to blogging Iāve been singing the same song for a long time. The song has simple lyrics: Blog often and consistently if you want to get any traction in the search engine results pages. But thereās a time to press the gas pedal gas and produce…
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Most writers donāt want to become speakers. Thatās not surprising since many writers are introverts, and Americans tend to fear public speaking more than death. However, speaking provides a powerful path to successful authorship. Thatās why I want to challenge you to become a speaker as well as a writer. Itās not as difficult as you think. Most successful nonfiction…
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It’s not enough to just write a good book. Today, authors need help promoting their work after launch. In this guest post, Sandra Beckwith (@sandrabeckwith) from Build Book Buzz shares five places you can create the all-important community necessary to help your books sell well.Ā An author in a Facebook group I belong to recently complained that she was having…
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āSelf-publishing is easy. Writing is hard.ā I hear these statements all the time, but I think someone got these beliefs backward. For writers, writing is easy. Self-publishing can be hard. You see, writers write. Thatās what they doāor you do. Yes, sometimes you get stuck or donāt feel inspired or good enough to write, but, in general, you can write….
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Writers often miss annual promotional opportunities. In today’s guest post,Ā Carolyn Howard-Johnson (@FrugalBookPromo), The Frugal Book Promoter, shares her strategy for using holidays an seasonal events to sell more books and make more money as a writer. Have you heard ofĀ The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans? It was originally self-published. Evans believed in himself (and his book) when big…
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