Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the your social media tips so that you can: * Connect with your readers and get to know them * Let them get to know you * Build your network * Create your author platform — Today’s Tip #6: Share — Share what? Share yourself, your humanity, your vulnerability, a slice of your daily life? Why? Because we all want to connect with each other, feel each other’s humanity, belong and be loved.

Welcome to our weekly installment on how to create your indie author success! This week I have a guest post from an award-winning author, Suzanne Tyrpak. Her latest book, Vestal Virgin, a historical thriller set in Ancient Rome is available on Amazon and other online retailers.
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Sometimes we just need to shut up and listen to our fellow authors and most importantly listen to our readers.

Hot off the presses! I recently asked my friends at the Indie Authors Unite on Facebook (and their site) what their #1 marketing tip was. Here’s what they had to say!

Many authors think that social media is like traditional advertising, all shouting at ya’ . But it’s not. Social media is social, which means authors succeed at it when we listen and give back. If you just listen deeply to your audience and talk about the things that are important to them then you will be included in their tribe and they will want to buy your book.

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…

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…

If you knew you could increase your chances of getting a book deal, but it would take 1-3 years, would you do it? That’s the questions I asked myself as I started to read Christina Katz’ Get Know Before the Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths To Grow An Author Platform.

You may think that writing a nonfiction bestseller is hard. But actually, a nonfiction bestseller is easy to create and sell, but not simple. If you just put into place a few key aspects, then you will have a book your audience can’t wait to buy.

You may think that marketing your books is a scary prospect, but actually marketing is essential to your career as an author. And if you uncover your style of marketing, then ultimately you will sell more books.

It you’re a published novelists, I’d like to get your input for an article I’m writing for The National Networker and other venues. We all read in our genre, pay attention to what has recently sold via PublishersWeekly.com. What other strategies do you use to determine what will sell? Do tell! Email me directly by Sunday 11/8 and I will send you my questionnaire.Thanks! http://thenationalnetworkerweblog.blogspot.com/

 
This post is a first in a series on online resources for writers. I used an online resources to cull my material: LinkedIn, as well as my own research. Some of you may wonder what LinkedIn is. It’s a online network for professionals. More details here.
 
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