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5 Facebook Marketing Tips for Authors

Month after month, Facebook and Twitter are the top sources of traffic for my site (after the Big G and its search engine, of course). If we consider that I spend much less time on Facebook than Twitter (I usually … Continue reading

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Authorpreneurship 101: Shameless Self-Promotion vs. Shameful Self-Promotion

As I’ve mentioned before, selling your first 1,000 books or so is excruciating (unless you’re one of those rare authors who love marketing and think nothing of carrying a crate of your books around in the trunk of your car, … Continue reading

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3 Selling Tactics Authors Can Borrow from the Internet Marketing Gurus

Between the new wave of self-published authors and the traditional authors who are e-publishing their backlists, we have a whole slew of folks selling ebooks on their own now. More than ever, you have to think like a business person … Continue reading

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Book Promotion Basics — Useful Articles for New Authors

I promised myself I’d spend most of my computer time editing today, so I’m doing a “best of” type post for authors who haven’t been hanging around my blog, reading every single word for long (it’s okay…you didn’t know any … Continue reading

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6 Reasons You’re Not Selling a Zillion Books with Twitter

Do you keep hearing how great Twitter is for book promotion? Have you tried and failed to become rich and famous (or at least occasionally paid and mid-list) with social media, but it’s just not working out? It could be … Continue reading

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Book Marketing 101: Does Your Blog Have a “Pitch Line”?

A lot of agent- and publisher-hunting authors have a 15-second elevator pitch prepared for their novels. Should they ever corner an agent in the bathroom or have the opportunity to leap out at an editor from behind a potted ficus, … Continue reading

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