Recently, I’ve received an influx of invites on Facebook from people who enjoy showing off their body parts.
Typically, I just ignore them until they go away. While I’m not a prude, I’m also not interested in networking with folks who cannot have some sense of decorum in a network I use for both personal and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'book marketing'
The Breasts Don’t Have It
March 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing
Tags:author marketing·book marketing·drunken facebook photos·profile photos·public photos·Social Networking
How to Find Your Audience
January 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · How To, Marketing, Online Marketing
In the comments section of How to Streamline in 2010, Market My Novel reader Beth Barany wrote:
Great advice, Angela! I wonder how you go about finding the right reader networks for your genre. I write YA fantasy, as yet unpubbed. What do you recommend? I want to be ready to build a reader network when [...]
Tags:angela wilson·book marketing·book pr·how to find your audience·market my novel·marketing my novel
Selling Yourself First By Gale Laure
November 18th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Marketing, guest blog
Gale Laure/Evolution of a Sad Woman
So you want to be an author. You have a wonderful novel that you have written. Your heart and soul went into this work. It is unique. You have been told it is quite good. So what is next?
You have to sell [...]
Tags:book marketing·evolution of a sad woman·gale laure·market my novel·Online Marketing·traditional marketing
Traditional, Online Marketing Key to Novel Success by James Diehl
November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing, guest blog
James Diehl/World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware
When it comes to promoting a new project, I like to use a lot of the new techniques available today, including Web-based press releases, blogging and online video. But I also use traditional methods like press releases, newspaper interviews, book signings and sending information out [...]
Tags:book marketing·james diehl·market my novel·Online Marketing·traditional marketing
If Only: A Short Guide to Time Management by Carol Buchanan
October 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · guest blog, time management
Carol Buchanan
Ever been caught in the “if onlys”? If only you had more time you could write a novel. If only you didn’t have to clean the house, wash the dog, or change the oil in the car.
If only we had more time. Guess what? Everyone has all the time there is. 24 X [...]
Tags:angela wilson·book marketing·carol buchanan·market my novel·marketing my novel·time management
Grasping the Wind
October 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blogs, guest blog
Book Reviewer Linkup Meme
John Ottinger’s Grasping the Wind blog offers an incredible resource for speculative fiction, horror and fantasy authors searching for sites that will review their work. Today, Ottinger shares how his blog started.
In 2004, at the prompting of a friend, I began a little blog called Grasping for the Wind. After some time [...]
Tags:angela wilson·book marketing·book review list·fantasy·horror·market my novel·science fiction
Got Promotions Suggestions? Help This Author with Marketing
October 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Marketing
Recently, YA author Brenda Estacio commented at Market My Novel:
During my experience in getting Gateway To DreamWorld published, I learned a lot about the real world hidden behind the publishing scene. I once believed that the publisher handled all the marketing after the book was released.
Now I am totally lost in what to do to [...]
Tags:angela wilson·book marketing·brenda estacio·market my novel·self publishing
Will Giving Away a MacBook Increase Sales? by Michelle Gagnon
October 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · guest blog
Michelle Gagnon
I promoted my last book release by holding a drawing for a Kindle reader. People called me a fool. Even my agent expressed concern that I was overdoing it, that there was no guarantee that a big ticket giveaway would translate into sales.
Perhaps. After all, the old marketing adage is that fifty percent of [...]
Be Kind to Your Publicist
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Publicity
What does it take to get your publicist to work for you? Cookies. Yummy, delicious, sugary treats.
Think that’s a fluke? Think again.
Susan Schwartzman of Susan Schwartzman Public Relations offers a terrific look at how a box of cookies saved her day – and got an author some major publicity – at Your Shelf Life.
Tags:book marketing·book publicists·market my novel·susah schwartzman




