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What’s the 3-Step Process to Marketing Your Book?
What’s the 3-Step Process to Marketing Your Book? I’m often asked, ‘When is the ideal time to start marketing my book?’ It’s a good question, but let’s go a bit... read more
Top Tips To Creating A Dynamic Twitter Account
People ask me lots of questions each day about how best to use Twitter for selling their books. You can probably guess my answer: DON’T. The hard sell never works... read more
What Is Monday Blogs and Does It Work?
’Looking at millions of retweets and millions of non-retweeted ‘normal’ tweets, I found that non-retweets tended to contain more self-referential language than retweets. Not only does self-reference not lead to... read more
Interview with Lorna Suzuki, Indie Author of Movie-Optioned ‘The Imago Chronicles’
I am honored to have bestselling indie author Lorna Suzuki here today! She’s not only a terrific author, her books have been optioned and are currently being made into a... read more
Invest In Your Book For Successful Sales
Invest In Your Book For Successful Sales First, do no harm. Or…sell a terrible book. Okay, I’m not a doctor nor do I play one on TV. However, I am... read more
How NOT To Sell Your Book On Twitter!
When I was a pharma rep (for fifteen years but recovered now, thank you), we would joke with each other about making ‘radio’ calls. Calls so quick, the same song... read more
3 Tips To Help You Contact Book Reviewers
3 Tips To Help You Contact Book Reviewers! Despite multiple articles on this topic, I still see authors every day begging, pleading, and spamming their books to people on social... read more
Why Product is the Most Important Part of Your Platform
Why Product Is The Most Important Part Of Your Platform In my last article, I discussed an overview of the four Ps of marketing and how this applies to authors:... read more
4 Top Tips for Creating A Spectacular Author Platform
2What is this platform thingy people keep talking about? Why do people use this term? Many authors are thoroughly confused by how to start marketing their work (whether it’s a... read more
10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Being An Author
When I first started writing my author blog (about four and a half years ago), I had NO idea the extent of marketing I would have to do once I... read more
Why Live-Only Interaction on Social Media Doesn’t Work
People who only live tweet are steadfast that the Twitter Police will arrest you if you don’t only interact live. Okay, kidding…kinda. Yet many of these people are quite zealous... read more
9 Twitter Basics You May Not Know
6How long have you been on Twitter? I’ve been on Twitter for, well, going on four years now. From the beginning, I sensed the enormous marketing potential with the platform,... read more
The Top 6 Social Media Mobile Apps You Need Now
As someone who not only manages my own seven Twitter streams (my author @RachelintheOC, my business @BadRedheadMedia, four promo sites, and @MondayBlogs*), plus several other clients, I’ve had to find... read more
4 Top Tips To Help You Understand KDP Select
1Are you an author who is trying to decide whether to do KDP Select, or who has done it with unsatisfactory results? I want to share my experiences with you.... read more
The #1 Secret To Help You Sell More Books Is…
The #1 Secret To Help You Sell More Books Is… Got your attention? Good! Because I have more than one secret. Don’t be too disappointed, okay? (There are actually six... read more
