Once again, thanks to Shelli Johannes-Wells for another post in her continuing series on marketing for authors!
Let’s say you have sold a book that comes out next summer.
Now, what do you do?
Nothing right? I mean, your publisher will handle all the marketing and publicity.
Wrong.
Did you know about 10% of authors get about 80% of [...]
As promised, I am now closed to queries for the holidays. I’ll reopen on January 9th.
If you recently sent a query and have not yet received a response, I’ll be getting caught up in the next few days.Please wait until the 9th to resend any queries you think might have gotten lost in [...]
Once again, let’s welcome back Shelli Johannes-Wells for our continuing series on marketing for authors!
A lot of people ask me about building an online platform. I personally don’t like the words marketing, networking, or platform. But they are buzzwords in this industry that gets people talking.
So first, what is a platform?
Your platform communicates your specific [...]
Welcome back to Shelli Johannes-Wells, who’s continuing her series on marketing. Enjoy!
For today, let’s start with your basic branding. Branding begins way before you sell a book.
What is branding? To me, branding is the thing that sets you apart from the rest. It is a personal statement about you.
We, as people, all have [...]
As is my usual procedure, I’ll be closing to queries over the holidays so that I can spend time getting caught up on reading I’ve already requested, and so that I don’t come back to work in 2012 with a backlog already in place. With that said, the final day to send your query [...]
