Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Marketing”
Note from Nick: This is a guest post from Kathy Golden. Eliminate the need for readers to search all over cyberspace to find your books. The rapidity with which information is shared on and garnered from the internet has divested practically every searcher of patience. Searchers want information available at the click of a link or the tap of a …
I am often asked what my favorite “writing tools” are. Sometimes people mean “favorite app” (Scrivener) or just simply “what do I write with?” (MacBook Pro) To answer these questions, and possibly provide you with some cool apps, services, and tools you may have never heard of, I present this list of writing tools that I’ve had personal experience with and …
Are you wondering how to launch a book? Maybe you’ve just finished your first novel, or a memoir, or a non-fiction tome based on your expertise. Either way, the question of how to launch a book properly is one I get asked many times a week. Many authors, actually, never ask me directly how to launch a book, but instead as …
Should you give your book away for free? Ah, the big question. I received yet another email yesterday from a nice person asking this very question. They have two (almost three) self-published novels for sale on Amazon, and the question was phrased as, “I don’t understand why I would give my book away for free, since it doesn’t generate a lot …
What is Your Twitter Marketing Strategy? Note from Nick: this is a guest post from Matthew Yeoman. If you don’t have a twitter marketing strategy, or you don’t think your twitter marketing strategy is going to pay off, read this post! Many businesses and brands can obviously benefit from a Twitter marketing strategy. You, however, are a writer, an artist! You’re certainly …
If you’re like me, you see the value in scheduling things on a calendar. If you’re really like me, you are a little lazy, and will easily let something go undone because you didn’t schedule it ahead of time. I’ve used every combination of planners, editorial calendars, scheduling assistants, and more, and while many are useful, none are exactly what I need. Every …
It’s time, again, to do another survey. Last year, I ran a short survey and sent it out to my mailing subscribers. It went well — over 100 responses in all, but I think we can do much better this year. I used the information collected to answer a few key questions: Who’s reading the blog/updates? Why are they interested …
…Is that you get to be in full control of the process. You get the final say in cover design, editing, formatting, layout, and everything else related to your book’s release. Don’t like the back cover font? Change it. Don’t care for the way your author image appears on the back flap? Change it. Finally, you get to control an entire …
An anonymous reader writes in: Hi Nick, If you had $500 and could only go with Amazon/Amazon KDP, Smashwords, Bookbaby or Lulu which would you choose and why. (And yes the money includes prof. edits and cover art, interior formatting). Thanks for this. Wow. $500? To produce an entire, full-length book? GREAT question. Most of us are DIY-ers who are trying to …
