When writing a book, you are creating a product that will need to be marketed in order to achieve sales. Whether you are planning to self-publish (where you will be doing all the marketing yourself) or to secure a publishing…
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Is Your Business Ready For 2020?
Where will your business be in 2020? Have you plans for expansion, more staff, greater turnover, more sales? I have to admit that while I create plans for the year ahead, I’m not so good at setting goals for five…
How Writers Can Get More From Facebook
Should writers use Facebook? Can writers benefit by using Facebook? Will it help them sell more books, build a community, increase brand awareness? I’ve recently come across a number of authors who are saying that Facebook, for them, has been…
Tagged with: authors, facebook tips, how to increase book sales, how to use facebook well, use facebook to sell more books, writers
Posted in Facebook, Self Publishing, Social Media Platforms, Tips, Writing
Posted in Facebook, Self Publishing, Social Media Platforms, Tips, Writing
10 Tips For Writers On Using Twitter Effectively
I’m a huge fan of twitter for so many reasons. The main reason is I see it as being extremely effective in terms of sales and for today’s post, I am going to concentrate on how authors can use twitter…
Tagged with: social media tips, tips for writers, Twitter tips, twitter tips for authors, writing tips
Posted in Blogs, Self Publishing, Social Media Platforms, Tips, Twitter, Writing
Posted in Blogs, Self Publishing, Social Media Platforms, Tips, Twitter, Writing
Do You Take Weekends Off From Social Media?
It’s ‘W’ in the #AtoZChallenge today. I admit I missed ‘V’. I had planned to do a post on verifying your Pinterest account but didn’t have time to write it up as it needed a lot of screenshots. I was…
Posted in Social Media Platforms, Tips
Why Self Publishing Authors Should Use Social Media
It’s the turn of “S” in the #AtoZChallenge. As many of you may know, I went on a self publishing adventure last year and included some of my learning experiences in this post: Tips for Self Publishing Your Book. One…
Making Newsworthy Content for Your Social Media
It is the turn of the letter ‘N’ in the #AtoZchallenge. Today’s topic is about being newsworthy. I don’t mean in the writing news articles sense but I am referring to your social media. How can you make your social…
Tagged with: how to increase your readership, how to make your blogs newsworthy
Posted in Blogs, Social Media Platforms, Tips
Posted in Blogs, Social Media Platforms, Tips
How Journalists Might Find You and Your Business
It’s J of the #AtoZChallenge and today I’m exploring how you can help Journalists to find you and your business via your social media. Social media isn’t just about improving the SEO of your website, engaging with potential customers, driving…
Tagged with: free press coverage, journalists, social media
Posted in Content Marketing, Press Coverage, Social Media Platforms, Tips
Posted in Content Marketing, Press Coverage, Social Media Platforms, Tips
Googling Your Own Name – What Do You Find?
It’s the turn of ‘G’ in the #AtoZChallenge and today I’m exploring the importance of ‘googling’ or searching for your own online existence in any of the search engines. Have you ever googled your own name? What did you find?…
Tagged with: getting to the first page of google, googling, importance of social media
Posted in Blogs, Content Marketing, E Commerce, Social Media Platforms
Posted in Blogs, Content Marketing, E Commerce, Social Media Platforms
What I’ve Learnt About Crowdfunding – Week 3
My crowdfunding project has been running for 3 weeks now with 2 weeks to go. It is on the Irish crowdfunding website FundIt which operates an ‘all or nothing’ principle which means that if a person’s target is not achieved,…
Tagged with: crowdfunding, how to run a crowdfunding campaign, irish farmerette, would you marry a farmer
Posted in Crowd Funding, Press Coverage, Social Media Platforms
Posted in Crowd Funding, Press Coverage, Social Media Platforms
