Increase Your Book Sales… Before Your Write Your Book
Is it possible? Well, anything is possible? The real question is: Are you willing to take the risk? It’s risky to look outward at the Other and ask: What do you want?
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
Brainstorm Your Way to Success
I was looking back in my Writer’s Fun Zone archives and was surprised to see I’ve never written a post on brainstorming. Free writing exercises, yes. Inspiration, yes, but never brainstorming, specifically. Why is that? I assume, perhaps wrongly so, all writers know how to brainstorm. Deeper than that, I have mixed feelings about visual brainstorming…
What is GetGlue.com?
What is GetGlue? GetGlue is a service that helps you find your next favorite movie, book, music album or other every day thing (here’s a list of supported categories). GetGlue shows you things that you’ll like based on your personal tastes, what your friends like, and what’s most popular on GetGlue.
Writing Advice from Novelist, Lee Child
A video interview of Novelist, Lee Child. What do you think of his advice?
Happy Birthday Buckyballs! Story Prompt
Science is beautiful. “Interactive Google doodle marks 25 years since discovery of buckminsterfullerene C60, or the buckyball.”
This Week in Book Marketing and Publishing
Today, I’m instituting a new tradition here at Writer’s Fun Zone, and will list some of the best resources I’ve found on book marketing and publishing. Ideally, this will be a weekly post, but nature and the gods may have other ideas. For now, it’s an idea I’m rolling with…
Authors, a 31 Day Blogging Challenge to Increase Sales
Yesterday I started a 31-day challenge to write on my blog every day. Inspired by a friend and colleague at Our Little Books Publishing, and supported by the 31 Day Blog Challenge, and based on Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project.
How to find your readers online
Many authors think it’s enough to get their book into the hands of their publisher, and the publisher will do the rest. But actually, in today’s market, it’s essential that the author understand how to engage their audience directly. Once you know who your audience is…
To Market or Not To Market: The Double-Edged Sword of Self-Promotion
Thanks to Fabienne Fredrickson and her newsletter, Client Attraction, for this article. Authors, To be successful in our careers we must be constantly promoting. The Bestselling Authors Success mindset starts with educating yourself with experts at your side.
What is the Writer’s Fun Zone?
What is the Writer’s Fun Zone? A place to play with writing… my writing. Your writing. A place to explore what book writing, book marketing and book selling are all about. A place where mistakes and failures are welcome words, where you can ask for and receive support — it’s a place of your making.
Market and Sell Your Book Now
You may think that marketing and selling your books is a scary prospect, but actually marketing and selling is essential to your career as an author. And if you uncover your style of marketing and selling, then ultimately you will sell more books. Active in several online social networks, Beth has sold books and gotten new clients from her interactions on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. But it wasn’t always this way…
12 Ways to Create a Mailing List that Will Sell Books
Reprinted from “The Book Marketing Expert newsletter,” a free ezine offering book promotion and publicity tips and techniques. http://www.amarketingexpert.com We’ve all heard this: capture email addresses on your website so you can market to...
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