Replaced by simple marketing savvy, the era of the undiscovered novelist is over. Most self-published books go unnoticed, allowing room for the outward facing best-selling novel published by Random House, Houghton Mifflin, or other major publishing houses. Though, every once in a while, a book goes from self-publishing disaster to publishing marvel. For most people, [...]
Over the last couple of years, SEO Bridges has served a two-fold purpose. To generate income and to be a marketing engine for myself and my writing. When I started writing my novel, an author friend suggested I begin marketing. I had wanted to start a business, and I figured starting a business that allowed [...]
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#QR#Codes connect print media to digital media by allowing smart phone users to scan them like bar codes that send them to a Web page. When programming them, consider your audience’s whereabouts and needs. They’re most likely not at home or near a computer. They’re probably at a bookstore, library, book reading, or coffeehouse. QR [...]
Here are a few great videos on how to get your idea from thought to the bookstore shelf and into potential readers hands. The first video will give you some great insight as to the overall book marketing process, the second will give non-fiction authors a great outline for writing a book proposal, and the [...]
#PubTip #Book#Marketing Check out this video featuring Vanessa Lowry of Apex Book Manufacturing on the importance of your book cover design. Lowry draws on the advice of best-selling authors Martha Beck and Seth Godin. She also gives new authors , particularly those who plan to self-publish, tips for working with a graphic designer and any [...]
#Facebook #fan#pages #Marketing Zuck doesn’t just want Facebook (FB) to be a another social networking site; he wants it to be the way people interact with the World Wide Web. Today, I found a couple of videos on FB marketing. The first is a great video for authors that will help you understand the demographics [...]
Here are some videos on book marketing by American Marketing Experts. Penny Sansevieri gives some great advice on building your audience organically, the importance of using Google Alerts to monitor yourself and your site, figuring out who your audience is, knowing what your audience wants, the importance of branding yourself, and more. Each video offers a [...]
