FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: So you took the plunge, and you have a new audio book coming out soon. How do you promote it and get the word out? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer NAScottME: A friend of mine recently recommended that I try Story Origin for an assist to my marketing efforts, but I know little about it. Have you used it? What does it do? Does it help? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ruff Bear: Some people post daily in book promotion and reader groups. Others only post to promote when something is happening (new book, cover reveal, sale, etc.). Many groups allow unlimited or one-a-day posting, while QSF and a few others have a day of the week set aside for promotions. Is posting to FB groups worthwhile? How do you get noticed when so many others are doing the same thing? How do posts to groups measure up compared to posts to your personal or author’s pages? To other social media channels (Twitter, … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tami Veldura: “What marketing efforts do you pursue for your brand/backlist beyond a book release?” It’s a great question. Many of us do blog tours for the initial release. But once that’s over, do you just figure your book is done and move on to the next one? Or do you have a strategy for building sales after the initial few weeks? Join the chat
This one’s for our writers. So you’ve slaved away at your computer through sunny days and dark nights. You’ve completed your opus magnum – or at least another short story, and you’ve sent it out into the world. A publisher picked it up, and it’s gonna be on the shelves next month. Now what? As the many writers in this group know, it’s not enough just to write a good story – you also have to sell yourself, something that many of us introverted writers are inherently uncomfortable with. So here are my questions today. How much time do you … Read more