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Holiday Book Marketing to End Your Year Merry and Bright
Time for honesty: have you started your holiday shopping yet? Have you made your list of who you’re buying gifts for, or who you’ll be celebrating the holidays with, and checked it twice? It’s hard to believe, but the holidays are going to be here before we know it; we’re already two months out from … Read More
All-Year Festivity: Sell More Books with Holiday Marketing Tips
The holidays aren’t just a time for family gatherings, gift giving and memory making. It’s not just a season of heart-shaped candies, creepy costumes and twinkly lights adorning homes and shops. While holidays do offer opportunities for a change of pace, for authors, it also offers an opportunity to boost book sales. Marketing isn’t reserved … Read More
Whose Story is it, Anyway?
Story is everything (and in everything). We think in stories. We remember through stories. We contemplate how to fix a problem through stories we’ve been told. We innovate through stories we create. Whether we know it or not, stories are the backbone of our lives. As authors, we know the power of stories. I mean, … Read More
Harnessing the Power of AI for Authors
There is fear in the unknown, and I’m not just talking about the prickly feelings and goosebumps you get when you walk in a graveyard at night or peek out a window from a skyscraper. That fear is legit, no question about it. No one wants to bring a ghost home as a souvenir or … Read More
Conquer the Conference: Marketing Tips for Authors and Vendors to Shine at Events
You’ve heard the advice that the best way to sell a book is to write another. I whole-heartedly believe that to be true, and I’d love to add to that wisdom by noting the philosophy holds true for speaking engagements as well. After speaking at a writer’s conference a few months ago, I was approached … Read More
Your Visual Story Should Complement Your Written One
Photography holds a unique place in our lives. It not only captures moments and memories but also has the ability to emPower, inspire and communicate without words. And, while authors believe that their book’s hold the power of their message, it’s important to not neglect the visual story that should accompany it. I had the … Read More