Author Career / book marketing / Book Promotion / social media for authors
by Beth Barany · Published February 21, 2011
Join us for this free teleseminar… February 28, 2011 5pm PST / 8pm EST Join Beth Barany, independent publishing consultant… The 3 Most Important Social Media Tips for Writers Join Beth Barany on her...
book marketing / Book Promotion / social media for authors
by Beth Barany · Published February 17, 2011 · Last modified March 15, 2011
Authors, writers, if you’re not having fun, why use social media? But don’t let the learning curve get in your way. Not knowing how to do something is no excuse! So dive into Twitter or Facebook or making video or podcasting. You’ll find out which one you like by trying it, by yes actually doing it!
book marketing / Book Promotion / Creativity Tools and Tips
by Beth Barany · Published February 16, 2011
With a little help from my writer friends, I asked them this Tuesday at a little before the end of the day: Writers! What is the #1 thing you love @ Twitter? The 1st 10 people to post by 11pm PST I will mention you + your tweet verbatim in my post!
book marketing / Book Promotion / book sales
by Beth Barany · Published February 1, 2011 · Last modified February 8, 2011
I’m inspired by Kristen Lamb to do a Twitter Tuesdays series. Today is #1! Today we’ll focus on something I got from Kristen’s book, We Are Not Alone: The Writer’s Guide to Social Media. (She’s going to think I’m a stalker! I can’t say enough nice and gushing things about her book!)
book marketing / Book Promotion / social media for authors
by Beth Barany · Published January 20, 2011
This Thursday marks the beginning of my social media for author tip series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the social media tips you hear rolling around out there so that...
From one of the contest organizers: Just thought I’d post a note for everyone who couldn’t make it to the meeting regarding the contests that Tina and I are both running. The details for...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published January 4, 2011 · Last modified August 15, 2024
Many authors think that book promotions are about giving away tchotchkes, like bookmarks, key rings, coffee mugs to get attention for their books. But actually, book promotions start with one the most powerful yet overlooked methods to promote your books: by what you actually say.
Author Career / Book Promotion / book sales / video
by Beth Barany · Published October 17, 2010 · Last modified April 23, 2015
I finally got the courage up to publicly post a video of me in front of the room. What is your number one concern around using social media as an author to promote your...
Prezi is a new online software tool that allows you to create seemingly three-dimensional presentations. “Create astonishing presentations live and on the web.” See a Prezi for yourself. I’ve set it up so it...
by Dana Lynn Smith Online networking can be a terrific book promotion tool, but there’s sometimes a fine line between letting your contacts know about your book and being overly promotional. If you’re too...
Book Promotion / book sales / publishing
by Beth Barany · Published September 28, 2010 · Last modified December 22, 2013
More and more romance authors are independently publishing on the Kindle. I sat down with two women from the San Francisco Romance Writers of America chapter to uncover more about this phenomenon and discover...
Guest post by Brian Jud. Reprinted by permission. You can sell more of your books if you can answer two questions honestly. First, how often do people think about your book? Second, how often...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published September 15, 2010 · Last modified September 17, 2010
The call to action in today’s 31 Days Blog Challenge is all about Sneeze pages. (Achhoo!) You know, Best Of and all that. Good for SEO, google love. So, I’m doing a Top 5...
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