Published on August 5, 2022
book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media

90% of top brands use Instagram as a top marketing tool. Use these tools and you, too, could be trending!
Published on July 14, 2022
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Imagine Christopher’s surprise when he tried to run an ad on Facebook for his books, and received the following response…
Published on May 20, 2022
author, book marketing, Censorship, ghostwriting, Networking, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, storytelling, traditional publishing, worst book proposals and query letters, writing career advice

The publisher would probably LOVE to share the truth with the author, but he/she will not for very valid reasons.
Published on January 21, 2022
book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, social media

Have you started your journey with video marketing yet?
Published on October 21, 2021
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My email was (horrors!) insulting and the dastardly diva sure showed me! She wrote back, saying she was…
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)…
Published on July 29, 2021
book signing advice, Networking, promoting your writing, social media, writing career advice

People are waiting to discover your book. You just have to reach out…and reply.
Published on July 8, 2021
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What exactly could you do with your writing with an extra 365 hours over the course of a year?
Published on June 24, 2021
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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…
Published on May 13, 2021
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Whether you like social media influencers or not (I do not), the allure of their numbers of followers has not been ignored by marketing firms…