Becoming a Kindle bestseller on Amazon can be accomplished in about thirty minutes a day, if you are willing to focus on creating an online marketing platform for yourself. I have now taken seven of my books to bestseller status on Amazon. This was purposeful on my part, and you can do the same thing […]
Marketing Your Book on the Internet
If you’re looking for ways to market your book online, look no further than your blog. By this I mean your hosted WordPress blog, one that you own and control. A recent post from author and book coach Judy Cullins reinforces this idea. Here is an excerpt from what she shared with her readers after […]
Finding Your Readers
This may seem like a strange question to ask. Isn’t your reading audience everywhere? Well, no they’re not. The more you can narrow down your target market the better. The reason is that when you’re creating content for your audience you want to have a specific person in mind so that you know who you’re […]
5 Kindle Book Promotion Tips
5 Tips on Promoting Your Kindle Books It can be scary putting yourself out there and publishing a book on Amazon’s free platform, Kindle. But nothing hurts more than having your book go live and seeing zero sales day after day. Many people spend so much time learning the ins and outs of Kindle publishing, […]
Groups and Forums for Authors
Interacting in Groups and Forums One simple way to market your book is to interact in groups and forums. This can help drive traffic to your website and boost the visibility of your work. But you don’t want to pick just any group or forum to participate in. You want to choose ones that will […]
Authors: Build Your Email List
Creating and Building Your Email List Imagine releasing your next book and being able to tell thousands of readers who love your work about it. Imagine being able to contact these readers anytime you want with news or updates about your books. With your own mailing list, this isn’t just a dream. It’s entirely possible. […]
Advertise Your Book on Reading Sites
How to Advertise Your Book on Reading Websites Social media advertising is one way to get the word out about your book. There are also a variety of reading websites and blogs where you can advertise your book. The advantage of using a reading website is the visitors are by nature readers. So you’re more […]
Promote Your Book With Giveaways
Using Giveaways to Promote Your Book A great way to promote your recently published book is to use giveaways. You offer participants the chance to win something and in exchange they perform a certain action, like subscribing to your newsletter. The advantage of a giveaway is it attracts lots of attention and can really help […]
Marketing Your Book
Some new authors believe if you write and publish a book, hungry readers will beat down your door to buy it. Unfortunately, that’s not true. Your book is competing with millions of others for the time and attention of your readers. So, you have to become proactive about selling your book. No one will buy […]