Yesterday I started a 31-day challenge to write on my blog every day. Inspired by a friend and colleague at Our Little Books Publishing, and supported by the 31 Day Blog Challenge, and based on Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project.
Challenge for me: I like posting well-baked posts. But writing every day means I’ll post lighter, smaller posts. I’ll have to let go or this perfect picture I have about posting.
Benefit: I’m pushing myself out of my comfort zone, which, okay, I’ll admit, I like… Fun for me is taking that stretch a bit at a time.
Why I’m doing this challenge: to see if I can notch my numbers up. I checked in with Alexa.com, I have my Google Analytics that arrive into my inbox every Monday. I’ll let you know the results in 30 days!
Question: What if you blogged every day with the intention of getting more visitors, having more conversations, and increasing your sales? Authors, what would that be like for you?
Join me in the adventure!
Tags: 30-day challenge, blogging, increase sales
Categories: Writing Technology, book sales
Many authors think it’s enough to get their book into the hands of their publisher, and the publisher will do the rest. But actually, in today’s market, it’s essential that the author understand how to engage their audience directly. Once you know who your audience is and how they want to be communicated to, you’ll be able to connect with them in just the right ways so that your sales numbers will increase.
Thanks to Fabienne Fredrickson and her newsletter, Client Attraction, for this article. Authors, To be successful in our careers we must be constantly promoting. The Bestselling Authors Success mindset starts with educating yourself with experts at your side.
What is the Writer’s Fun Zone? A place to play with writing… my writing. Your writing. A place to explore what book writing, book marketing and book selling are all about. A place where mistakes and failures are welcome words, where you can ask for and receive support — it’s a place of your making.
You may think that marketing and selling your books is a scary prospect, but actually marketing and selling is essential to your career as an author. And if you uncover your style of marketing and selling, then ultimately you will sell more books. Active in several online social networks, Beth has sold books and gotten new clients from her interactions on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. But it wasn’t always this way…
Reprinted from “The Book Marketing Expert newsletter,” a free ezine offering book promotion and publicity tips and techniques. http://www.amarketingexpert.com
We’ve all heard this: capture email addresses on your website so you can market to them again. So we capture email addresses and then we wonder what to do with them. What if you [...]
If you’re an aspiring author, ready to increase your credibility,
then you may be curious about… How to Be a Bestselling Author Workshop, Sat, Aug 21, 9am-6pm
Authors, are you searching for ways to become more visible to your readers? Do you want to stay a step ahead of the crowd in terms of cool technology? Or are you just in love with the idea of getting more eyeballs on your books? Then, check out Amazon’s new publishing program, Kindle Publishing for Blogs.
Now — I haven’t tried Scribd yet… But I’m intrigued, mostly because of this story, “How One Author Is Using Scribd to Find Readers” by Jane Friedman. What do you think about Scribd?
August 9 through September 6, 2010 Social Networking for Unpublished and Published Authors A Month-long Online Writing Workshop through the Red River Romance Writers, an RWA Chapter. Check the Red River Romance Writers site for all the sign up details. Sign up by August 5, 2010.
Just writing the title of this post made me cringe. Yet… Marketing and sales is the lifeblood of an author. Isn’t it? Most authors think that it’s just enough to write the d**m book, and make it the best they can — marketing and sales be d**mned. Or maybe they know they can move 2,000 books, but not the 10,000 in 2 weeks that will guarantee them a spot on the bestsellers list. (Um, there are no guarantees about that place on the bestsellers list. Go here for what it takes to really crack the bestsellers list.) Or maybe the thought of marketing and selling their books makes them run fast and far in the opposite direction.
In literary agent, Janet Reid’s post, she shares in a fun and concise way why writers are on Twitter.
Reposted here, she says:
It’s where your readers are.
And you want to hear what they are saying
to wit:
I received a lovely surprise last week. After announcing that I had received book four in Jeff Somers series [...]
August 2010 — Bring Magic into Your Fiction: How Fairytales and Folktales Can Enhance Your Story
Presented by Beth Barany
Dates: August 5-27
Deadline: August 2
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Course Description:
“Once upon a time there was magical woman who loved fairy tales. But alas, the evil monster had eaten every tale in the land. And thus, the magical woman [...]
Often thought leaders think that their message is cool enough to be published in a book, but actually a book is a conversation that you have with other books in your field. So, what’s a thought leader to do?
Have you ever thought about writing a book but don’t know where to begin? Have you published a book but have no idea how to market it?
“Of all the animal species, humans are the biggest players of all.”–The Promise of Play by Dr. Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan
What is fun for you? Often artists think of the moments when they are totally lost in their art, where the sense of self disappears, and what only exists is the creative thing itself: [...]
One of my clients recently asked about the return on investment for his book. He’s self-publishing his book to support his coaching and speaking career. His book is in the category of investing. I don’t want to say more than that right now. We’re still in the development phase. Since [...]
September 2nd, 2010 | by Beth Barany
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