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Tag: Motivation
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Book Promoting Key #9: Hone your Pitch
The pitch informs journalists why they should pick up and promote your book. A well-articulated pitch states what makes you and your novel distinctive. Send review copies to all the periodicals that review books in your genre.
Book Promoting Key #8: Start a Newsletter
Start a newsletter. Encourage visitors to subscribe on your website and send out a newsletter periodically. Keep in mind, the newsletter is not just a platform to plug your book, but to share thought-provoking content.
Book Promoting Key #6: Contribute to Online Forums
Every field has online forums that people interested in your subject read. Sign up to join the fun and contribute to these forums.
Book Promoting Key #4: Start a Blog
Jot a few hundred words each day of beneficial, encouraging information on topics in your arena.
Book Promoting Key #3: A Media Kit
Here a few musts your kit should include:
• Professionally printed business cards with the book cover on one side and your contact information on the other side. Invest in your product and yourself, do not print them on your home printer.
• A bio.
• A press release.
• A head shot.
Copyright © 2015 by Diane Morasco
Book Promoting Key #2: Create Online Videos
Make a series of videos speaking about significant topics in your arena. Remember to always put the title and URL in the credits and on the bottom of the video screen. And now for the fun part, embed the videos on your website and post on video sharing sites.
Copyright © 2015 by Diane Morasco
Book Promoting Key #1: Start Early
The most prevailing and vital steps you can take toward promoting your book begin long before the actual release of the book. Start building a network of supporters and reviewers.
Copyright © 2015 by Diane Morasco
Develop an Optimistic Attitude!
Think of book promotion as weaving a story. The tale you are telling is why you penned your novel and how it can benefit others.
If you can develop a confident attitude about book promotion, individuals will pick up on it. Some writers have an aversion with the task of marketing. Unfortunately, their approach seems to be, “I’m an author. Selling is the publisher’s job. Regrettably, unless you are James Patterson, the publisher probably won’t have the finances to promote your book. In a nutshell, if you don’t market your book, no one else will. Now, let’s get moving on promoting your hard work and see your dream come to fruition!
Copyright © 2015 by Diane Morasco
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