Tag: promotion

Make Money Blogging–Review

ByRachel August 31, 2009 3 Comments
I subscribe to Daniel Scocco's Daily Blog Tips site, which provides a wealth of information on everything bloggish. He recently published an e-book called MAKE MONEY BLOGGING which I downloaded free as a subscriber. As blogging for a living isn't my exact goal, I didn't expect the book to be of much interest; I assumed it would focus on advertising and financial strategies. But I was pleasantly...

Author Pics

ByRachel August 12, 2009 0 Comments
Got a round of pictures taken today for my web site. I needed a head shot to use for my site and as my profile pictures on Facebook, Twitter and other things. Hopefully the site and the picture will be up soon! I never knew taking pictures outdoors could be so complicated. We had trouble from sun, shadows, tombstones, wind, and a twig that wanted to poke my eyes out. For those who weren't here...

And the winner is…….

ByRachel July 27, 2009 1 Comment
Thanks to everyone who voted for my query letter hook! The winner is a hybrid combination of sentences 2 and 4, with a hint of 3. "Sixteen-year-old Flynn thinks learning about her dead parents is a dream come true—until she’s asked to live up to their legacy by leading the army to war." I appreciated that you guys took time to actually analyze why you liked or didn't like each sentence....

Cold-Calling Bookstores

ByRachel July 16, 2009 0 Comments
My stint of highly experimental book promotion tactics continued today as I began the first round of cold-calling bookstores to ask about hot-selling titles in YA fantasy. I called exactly nine stores and got a host of responses from the inventory staff/managers, ranging from a twenty-minute conversation to a curt declaration that "Vampires are big, and that's all I can tell you." Yes, vampires...

Book Marketing for the Adventurous Soul: Tip #1 Planting the Seeds of Book Signings

ByRachel July 14, 2009 3 Comments
As I launch into this adventure of (hopefully) publishing, the subjects of book marketing and author promotion are ever in my mind. It's a fact that authors must self-promote books, and that's hard in a world over-saturated with media promotions and advertisements. The savvy author gets creative, and that's what I intend to do with these highly experimental and as-yet-untested ideas. Will they...