Tips, Tricks & Tools for Free Publicity
All seats have been claimed for today's free webinar on "The Indie Author's Guide to Creating a Killer Media Kit" from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
If you want to attend the free training but haven't registered, I can pretty much still guarantee a seat for you. … [Read more...]
You send an email pitch to a freelance writer who writes about the same topic as your new book. He tells you he's interested and asks you to send the PDF version along with your digital Media Kit.
You're elated and can hardly wait to read the article.
But he's working … [Read more...]
Setting up a business online is the easy part.
Attracting thousand of fans and giving them time to know, like and trust you takes patience and perseverance.
I know. I've been doing this for almost 20 years.
And there's always a … [Read more...]
One of the big mistakes authors make dooms their books to failure even before they're finished writing.
They have no clear picture of the target market.
They spend months writing, more time editing, rewriting and proofing, and they call me when they're ready to launch … [Read more...]
In marketing-speak, it's called social proof. Translated, it means, "Buy this product. Right now. Or you'll be sorry."
For authors, social proof includes book blurbs, endorsements and testimonials, three important types of marketing copy.
You find them … [Read more...]
Every time I've spoken at one of book shepherd Judith Briles' events for authors, I return home with one of her pithy phrases ringing in my ears.
On our Publishing at Sea cruise to the Caribbean last year, she said … [Read more...]
Authors who are thinking they might need a literary agent can hear many of their questions answered during a free call tomorrow, July 24, 2014.
Edward Vilga, author of the best-selling novel Downward Dog, will interview his literary … [Read more...]
When sci-fi novelist Chris Kennedy writes an ebook, he names characters in his novels after real people, many of them his fans.
He calls the characters "Redshirts," a term that originated with the Star Trek TV series. … [Read more...]
One of the ways I keep a diversified business running smoothly is to have carefully-crafted responses to common questions and news items pre-writtten.
Years ago, this would have meant a series of separate documents on my computer, but now it takes just … [Read more...]
In the old days, if a journalist wrote a news article or opinion column that you believed was inaccurate or unfair, you had only three options:
Write a letter to the editor or column responding to it, and hope they print it. Ask for a face-to-face meeting with an editor and the writer. Cancel your subscription, an option that does … [Read more...]Copyright © 2024 The Publicity Hound ™ · PublicityHound.com
