For many, 2010 should be about streamlining. When it comes to online marketing, less is more – and much better for your sanity. Here are a few tips to get you started: Eliminate unnecessary social networks. Choose only those with broad appeal to readers in your genre. Remember, writing networks have fellow writers who don’t [...]
Entries from December 26th, 2009
How to Streamline in 2010
December 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Tags:author marketing·author promotions·book promotions·Online Marketing·streamline online activities
Are You a Spammer?
December 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I hate e-mail SPAM more than junk mail. It floods my Inbox with poetic nonsense, or "urgent" appeals and makes it nearly impossible to find legitimate messages. The worst SPAM is from companies I trust; I ask for one newsletter and get five emails a day. And have you also received the lovely SPAM messages [...]
Market My Novel 2009 Author Marketing Survey
December 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
With the end of 2009 drawing near, it’s a good time to reflect on marketing tactics – what worked, what didn’t, and how plans will change for 2010. This year, you can be part of the First Annual Market My Novel Author Marketing Survey. It’s just questions – most multiple choice – about social networks [...]
Tags:2009 book marketing survey·angela wilson·market my novel·marketing my novel
Authors Links to Bad Reviews
December 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I like Harry Connolly’s paranormal debut, Child of Fire – but not everyone did. Connolly links to reviews of his book at his blog – including the bad ones. Here is Connolly’s latest post on recent reviews. (I particularly like the one about Doritos.) Kudos to the author for taking the bad with good.
Publishers Delay eBooks
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal offered up a story yesterday about Harper Collins delaying the release of the electronic versions of hardcover books in the coming year. The most interesting quote is at the end: One veteran literary agent in New York, Nat Sobel, a partner at Sobel Weber Associates, has been trying to rally publishers [...]
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The Write Time by J.W. Nicklaus
December 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I set all that up because I have to be prepared to write. I work full-time, and depending on the time of year also have things I do with my son, so my time can be limited. My approach to making the best use of this time is a little unconventional, and it’s two-pronged: • [...]
Tags:Get Organized·how to write a novel·jw nicklaus·market my novel·time management for authors
Conversation with a Hacker
December 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
My personal Blogger account got hacked. It’s my own fault, of course, I rarely use it anymore and had wondered if I should just delete it. While trying to find information for how to deal with this, I came across an interesting post at TheNextWeb.com. The site was hacked and all that showed was a [...]
Facebook Changes Coming
December 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Facebook In a message posted this week, Facebook founder Matt Zuckerberg talks about more changes coming to the popular social networking site. Regional networks will disappear and privacy control settings will be changed. This is to better streamline sharing controls on the site, which are a bit clunky right now. Read his letter.
