Hello Readers!
How many times have you heard a writer talk about how they’ve always been a writer? How many times have you heard writers say they wrote their first book because they had to, they couldn’t not?
How many times have you heard a writer talk about how they always wanted to get into marketing and promotion?
Sure, some writers are natural marketers and promoters. In fact, writing is a major part of marketing. But, it’s not romance writing, and for many of us, it’s a necessary chore we have to learn how to do.
We have to do it. We can’t not do it.
Luckily, we’ve got chapter members who have taken the time to figure out what kind of promotion and marketing has worked for them. Here are some highlights.
Which of these tips work for you? What have you tried? What will you try?
Let us know!
Promotion, Part 2: Poking Holes at Pinterest?
~ By Sherri Hansen
* Read Part 1, Marketing The Old Fashioned Way, here.
The general rule of social media is, do what you enjoy. I love Pinterest! I think of it as a big file cabinet with color-coded folders for fun things – except that I don’t have to dig through a bunch […]
~ By Sherri Hansen
So you’ve written a wonderful book. Friends and family who’ve read it rave about how good it is. Now all you have to do is to figure out how to get it into the hands of the hundreds and thousands of other people who you know would enjoy it.
Marketing your […]
~ By Heather M. Miles
I started my writing career with the idea that I would write a series. Pretty ambitious but it was what I enjoyed reading, so why not start with what makes me happy. I had my idea laid out and began the process of writing. I found out quickly that I […]
~ By Nancy Fraser
Should an author promote themselves? Or, should they lean toward promoting their books? Is there a happy medium? Different publishers have different ideas and so do authors. The big push seems to be in promoting yourself as a person, using that personal connection to build up readers. Let’s take a closer look […]