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Wrangling Advertising

Ah… advertising. What a hideous beast of fallibility that eats nothing but money and occasionally defecates a spike in sales. How on earth are you supposed to wrangle such a creature? Honestly, take tentative steps until you find something that works for you. I’ve spoken before about the basics of advertising but it never ceases to amaze me how many people don’t do these things. Start there because it helps prepare you… Read More

Category: Advertising, My Books, Social Media Tags: #advertising, #ebooks, #marketing, #selling, #Writerscafe, #Writerslife, #writingcommunity

Wolf at the Door

I’m having a rant. Want to know why? Because people are being bullied. Being threatened. Being made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the #WritingCommunity. I wish this wasn’t the first time I’ve spoken about how I’ve seen or been guilted in the #WritingCommunity about what I do with my Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages, but I’d be a damn liar. Anyone who’s followed me would know I have… Read More

Category: Social Media Tags: #authors, #blackmail, #book, #books, #bullied, #bullying, #community, #dreams, #ebook, #F4F, #followers, #indieauthors, #marketing, #Publishers, #reading, #selfpub, #SocialMedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing

Beyond Beginners Marketing

I was recently speaking to a friend about what else she could do beyond the basics of getting her marketing plan ready, and what it was to actually have one. There were things I knew, information I’d learned over the years that I’d kept to myself. Another Twitter user asked for some pointers, completely separate, and I thought about sharing my secretes with them too, before I asked myself why the hell… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #ebook, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #marketing, #reviews, #success, #writingcommunity, indie, writerslife, writing

The Elusive Review…

You may as well admit it. When it comes to wanting a review authors can be like Voldemort, stalking through the Forbidden Forest looking for the elusive unicorn, the magic number of fifty reviews to start spiking on Amazon’s algorithms. Its hard to get them, and there are a host of reasons why; you’re self pub, you just published, you didn’t have your marketing done quite right and if… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #bookreviews, #books, #indieauthor, #marketing, #reviewing, #reviews, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #writingcommunity, writing

Book Marketing

I am going to preface this by stating I don’t have all the answers. There is a lot of information out there that doesn’t tell you certain things, like signing up with certain marketing companies doesn’t work unless you write their genre, or your book isn’t ready, or you write a series. And most of all as an indie author, I made a lot of mistakes I am hoping to show… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #bookmarketing, #books, #ebook, #indieauthors, #marketing, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing