How to Tweet Your Booksales Up, or Like or Plus them there.
Social Media is touted by many as the way Indie Authors can get fast recognition and booksales. They’re part-right, only. Social media is just tool out of your tool box – and we are in a the middle of the car race, having to fix your engine without slowing down. So hang on…
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Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Forums, all that stuff is good to build your personal brand and so, an audience which adores your writing and will buy anything and everything you write and publish. (We’re leaving YouTube out of the mix for now – it’s a broader subject in a different direction altogether.)
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This one is an overview. Consider it with other sources. He does know about financing things, but doesn’t know about selling books on Amazon.
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How to Write & Publish an eBook and Sell It for Profit
Looking to write an ebook about something you’re passionate about? Read this guide to publishing and selling your ebook to get started now. -
Here’s the 80/20 rule for you (which I violate all the time with my researching.) 20% of your day for writing, 80% of your day for marketing. From what I’ve seen, this seems an accurate line in the sand. Figure out when you are most inspired, and write then – otherwise, network away…
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Blogging, Social Networking, Answering Emails – Hey, when do I get the time to write?
Are you blogging? How often? Once a week, 3 times a week, every day? Are you on social media? What ones? Are you posting every hour? Once… -
A few key posts on using Twitter, which seems a ubiquitous part of book marketing via social media. (As much as I distrust anyone who quotes numbers as GRQ, that article seems to pan out. Caveat Emptor.)
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Richard.Stephenson.Author: Indie Author’s Guide To Twitter
When I started writing Collapse at the end of February, I did painstaking research on how to promote the book to the masses. Most of that… -
0 – 4000 in a Snap! How to Build a Quality Twitter Following FAST
If you’re an author (or anyone else!) learning the social media ropes, your goal is probably to build alliances, draw readership to your … -
Blurberati BlogHow to Promote Your Self-Published Book on Twitter ” Blurberati Blog
Being a self-published author means doing a bit of self-promotion to get the word out around your book. Fortunately, social media makes t… -
Creating Fan Pages: The rising war of FB vs. Google+ fan pages. I prefer Google, FWIW.
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Creating a Facebook Page to Promote Your Book, 6 Easy Steps
Given that the number of active users on Facebook reached the 500 million mark in July 2010, most likely you already have a Facebook acco… -
Create Google Plus Fanpage – Google+
Best Tips & Tutorials on How to Create Google Plus Fanpage! – Best Updates, Tutorials & Tips on Google News & How to Create… -
Google+ Brand Pages vs. Facebook Fan Pages
Nov 8, 2011 … Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You’ll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks f… -
How to create a Google plus fan page
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Building audiences I’ve curated about before – and this is a key reference which is applicable.
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Writing: How To Build A Targeted Audience Using Social Media | Heidi Cohen
Social media provides writers, including book authors, journalists, bloggers and others, with an opportunity to build a targeted audience… -
How to Build a Referral Engine That Works
Producing a remarkable product is good marketing, but even the best products need help in spreading the word. All the hit movies know the… -
15 Social Media Mistakes that are Strangling Your Success : @ProBlogger
While it’s not new, I’m often surprised by the way bloggers use-and mis-use-social media. Each of us has our own blogging journey, and we… -
Social Media Trends for Writers to Publish and Promote Books
The world of writing has undergone, and continues to undergo, massive shifts – from the way books are published and presented to readers … -
And some classic work from venerable Lulu and Taleist:
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Lulu Blog ” How To: Market a Self-Published Book
As an independent author, dozens of companies, sites and services will offer to show you how to market your self-published book – for one… -
How to promote your ebook – Taleist
The question of how to promote your ebook is the biggest one for any self-publishing author after they’ve finally answered the question o… -
More overall references on your marketing, which add well to what we’ve already covered.
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Why social media isn’t the magic bullet for self-epublished authors
“Authors – become a success through building an ‘internet platform’!”. For almost five years we’ve been subjected to the same message. At… -
Replay 2012 | How To Sell Self-Published Books: Read This First
It’s that time of year again, and I’m not only dragging out the Stuff I Found While Procrastinating Online Gift Guides, but also replayin… -
Marketing “Musts” for Your Self-Published Book: Look Sharp and Get Social / Alta Graphics Blog | Alta Graphics
You’ve written your book… now, how to get it into the (paying) hands of people besides your friends and family? With the availability o… -
And some promo from the Twitterverse.
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eBook Promotion Weekly is out!paper.li/Maria_Savva/134428… -
Excellent promotion from BBB. The Sleeping Night is free for the next two days! amazon.com/The-Sleeping-Nig… -
You may have missed the free promotion, but you can still Gift Dark Flower discounted for a nice stocking stuffer. amazon.com/Dark-Flower-Gift… -
And my own 2 cents about the subject:
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Social Network Marketing – A Midwest Journal
Social Network Marketing: Social Media Science is dedicated to the science of online social media as it applies to gaining visibility f… -
Robert worstell, Writer, editor, artist, visionary, idea sponsor at …
View all of Robert Worstell’s Presentations. … Leveraging Social Networks for Results … 4 years ago, 16461 views; Crucial Conve… -
Dr. Robert C. Worstell’s Books and Publications Spotlight
Dr. Robert C. Worstell’s Books Author Spotlight. Log In ยท Sign Up …
