“Should I post my business videos to YouTube or to my own website?”
“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…”
promotional pitfalls
“Is my book being trolled on Amazon by someone I know?”
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?”
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?”
“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
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?”
“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?
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?!
Sadly, some authors will fall for this type of scam.
Should Writers/Journalists Let Facebook Host Their Websites and Newsletters? No. Here’s Why.
You can bet that the minute you post something that Facebook (or any of your readers for that matter) doesn’t like, you’re going to…
Can You REALLY Trust Your Secretary, Webmaster, or Publishing Consultant to “Sign” Your Publishing Agreement? – by Angela Hoy
An author recently asked his webmaster to complete a publishing contract on his behalf (which was, of course, not legally binding). What the author learned later, however, was quite disturbing…