promotional pitfalls

NEVER, EVER Buy THESE Book Promotion Products/Services. PERIOD.

Published on August 12, 2021 amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…

Social Media May Be Killing Your Writing Income! by TM Jacobs

Published on July 8, 2021 article ideas, author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media, write that book, writing career advice

What exactly could you do with your writing with an extra 365 hours over the course of a year?

“Should I post my business videos to YouTube or to my own website?”

Published on July 8, 2021 book marketing, Censorship, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls

“Should I my how-to videos on my own website or should I use YouTube. I know YouTube gets a lot more traffic than I ever will…”

“Is my book being trolled on Amazon by someone I know?”

Published on June 24, 2021 amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, Censorship, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing scams

If an author has any enemies (or suspected enemies), I recommend he or she remove those people from their social media friends’ lists, as well as their email lists long before marketing of a new book begins…

“Should I pay my publisher almost $3,000 to make my book returnable?”

Published on June 18, 2021 author scams, pod complaints, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Being told you have to buy insurance to close a book distribution deal? Sounds fishy because it is.

“Should my website’s URL be my name or my book’s title?”

Published on June 11, 2021 author, book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice

“What do you recommend for authors when they are creating a…”

6 Tips From Sales Professionals That Teach Writers How to Sell Themselves – by Lindsay Woolman

Published on June 2, 2021 book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice

A little sales knowledge can take a freelance writer a long way.

“Should I get rid of the paperback edition of my book since the hardcover makes more money?”

Published on April 23, 2021 author, book marketing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

“If I get rid of the paperback, people will buy the hardcover one instead and my profits will increase, right?”

Should You Pay to Appear on a Podcast?

Published on April 23, 2021 book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, storytelling, writing career advice

I was very interested in one podcast series but the narrator’s voice had a twangy tone that reminded me of a screechingly bad note on my guitar…

Are Authors REALLY This Desperate for Eyeballs?!

Published on April 7, 2021 author scams, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams

Sadly, some authors will fall for this type of scam.