I am continuing the series on media training and marketing for authors which is adapted from my media training course for small businesses and charities. Authors are small businesses with a product that needs marketing to obtain sales. Once you start thinking of yourself as a business it tends to focus your mind differently.
Gathering at the right waterholes.
Have you ever been to one of those parties where it appears that everyone is speaking a foreign language or where everyone is talking about something that is completely unknown to you? I have. When my husband was offered his job in Spain, he went ahead for the first three or so years, and I would go over every six weeks for five days. His company directors generously took us out to the Madrid hotspots in the first few visits, and in those days I didn’t understand a word of Spanish (still not great even after fifteen years of living there!).
However, I would nod and smile and get David to translate direct questions, and the waiters would usually bring me a menu with a translation (although sometimes this was not necessarily helpful, and as in Spain, some parts of the animal are relished when deep fried, I would rather have remained in ignorance!).
My point is I was completely and utterly out of my comfort zone, embarrased to open my mouth with my newly acquired Spanglais leading me to rely a little bit too heavily on the comforting notes of a good Rioja.
I use this snippet to demonstrate the way many authors that I have come into contact feel when it comes to marketing themselves and their books. I mentioned in an earlier post that I almost had to drag authors into the radio studio, kicking and screaming to do an interview.
Let us be clear.
If you want what is termed ‘Traditional’ publishing, and more importantly readers, to take you seriously, you have to get over yourselves. You are in the Indie publishing business, and as with all businesses that have spent time in research and development, beta testing, human trials and production process, you need to sell your product with the same amount of commitment and effort.
At this point I must just add a note of caution.… going back to the party analogy….. there is something worse than not being able to understand what everyone else is saying… and that is being sat next to the bore. You know the one who never stops talking about themselves and their job, life, family, travels, successes and latest medical problem. Every time you try to get a word in to change the subject, they are back again with something else about their latest run in with their boss and how they won a bronze medal for life-saving at age ten.
What do you normally do? Usually if you cannot move seats, you turn to the person on your other side and completely ignore them for the rest of the meal.
And this is what usually happens on social media to authors who only ever promote themselves and their books. There are ways to mute those who follow you on the various social media platform, and whilst I am a paid up member of the Indie author movement, and love promoting other authors, I will hit that mute button if you fill my timeline with several self-promoting posts each day and sometimes several times a day. .
You should absolutely promote your work from time to time, but I tell you what is the most effective way to market yourself and your books, and that is sharing another author’s work.
- Every time you promote another author you are promoting yourself and therefore your books.
- Each time your reblog another author’s posts and share your space with them you are bringing future readers of your books into your place of business.
- Every time you retweet another author’s tweet it appears in your timeline and brings future readers of your books into your place of business.
- Everytime you share another author’s post on Facebook you are bringing potential readers into your place of business.
I think by now you have gathered that I consider your blog, website and social media platforms as your place of business and important watering holes where you can meet other authors and potential readers.
Exclusive watering holes for like minded writers and readers.
These are the number one watering holes where authors and readers gather and exchange information about books. However, you can split off from these main watering holes and make an even more effective impact by joining groups where your specific genre is appreciated and sort after. Let me give you some examples.
Romance Reader Group on Facebook with 15, 229 members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/romancereaders/
Horror & Paranormal readers and writers 2,000 members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HorrorandParanormalAuthorsandReaders/
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Fans, Artists, Readers, Writers, Filmmakers & Cosplayers 16,500 members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/543825505643770/
Google +
You get the idea. These are the specialist watering holes and most platforms have similar groups to check out. I suggest that next time you are on social media that you search for your particular genre on non-fiction subject and find yourself an exclusive spa to hang out on.
Why you need an Amazon Author Page, especially if you have more than one book on the largest watering hole for books and readers. (You need three actually, one for your country of origin and then one on Amazon US and UK)
One of my frustrations as a book promoter, is to find that an author has two or more books scattered across Amazon. I don’t just feature one book, I will also include the other books and a link to buy them all. So whilst I will link to the specific book I am showcasing, I need to send potential readers to a central point where they can view all the books, and click on each one to view and buy.
This is a fundamental advertising and selling element of marketing your books.
Remember you are in business, and if you were selling shoes, or paint or lipsticks you would not have them spread up and down the highstreet, and make your potential customers hunt for them. The Amazon author page is another of your places of business and needs to have a good shopfront and be kept up to date.
You need a decent photograph, as however shy you might be, unless you are on the run from the FBI, your readers would like to see you and that personal touch can help you sell books.
Obviously you need to think carefully about the photograph you put up there if you want to be taken seriously as a writer. This does not involve you spending hundreds of pounds or dollars, getting a professional photographer to do a portfolio. These days even camera phones take excellent shots and I suggest you take a look at the profile photos of some of the authors you follow and find what catches your eye.
Thinking you can get away with a 20 year old, fuzzy round the edge photograph and get away with it is also not helpful. Especially if you gather round some of the real life watering holes I will be featuring next week.
It is not conceit, but good marketing to present a professional if relaxed face to the world and your potential customers. And even for the guys a little makeup does wonders as does a little photoshopping!! Also you need a high resolution photograph to begin with so when it is shrunk down it does not blur.
Your bio beneath your photograph will be viewed by potential readers, and do not forget it is an example of your writing, and as such it is part of your marketing drive. Get someone else to read before you post and take your time over it. People buy People first.. trust me I was a telesales trainer! Your photograph and bio is part of your marketing package, and since this is your business and not your hobby, you do need to give this careful thought.
At the end of your bio you can add you blog link and one or two social media links so that potential readers can connect. On my Amazon author page… my twitter feed also shows and if you choose this option do remember that potential readers are going to be seeing what you really think about Trump, the human race and your neighbours tom cat!
If you would like to know how to set up your Amazon author page here is a link you will find useful: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/help?topicID=200620850
Amazon takes money from you to sell your books. They are the shop but you own a retail unit in the complex and need to make sure you make the most of it.
One of the other major watering holes for readers and writers is Goodreads.
Personally I have tried a number of sites that promise to feature your books and there are some paid sites that will promote your books. However, I tend to stick to social media, Amazon, social media and Goodreads. One of the reasons being is TIME.
I try to spend at least an hour or so a week keeping my own promotions going even if that means tidying up my author pages (as a book sells they move it in your line of books on the page and in the process your bio photo can disappear and you have to log on to Author Central and reclick it). With Goodreads I am still working my way through connecting with those that follow me on my blog and social media. It is quite a slow process but well worth it. I need to do better so whilst I am encouraging you to make the most of this combined platform... I am also giving myself a good talking to.
Here is my Goodreads page if you are there and would like to connect: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7979187.Sally_Cronin
This brings me onto the subject of reviews which are hugely important as they are the word of mouth that is always the best tool in a sales person’s tool box.
This is a post that I wrote earlier in the year and I have now included the page requesting a review at the back of my last two ebooks and my print versions:
Recently a post by a blogger caused quite a sensation when she declared that ALL reviews for Indie books were left by friends and family and were not worth taking into consideration. She also said that most of the Indie books that she read were rubbish.
Fine, we are all entitled to our opinion however, having been an avid reader for the last 60 years I have paid good money for books that were so called ‘traditionally’ published and were dreadful.
There are great, good and awful books from both sides of this publishing divide, but unlike the days when you walked into a bookstore and only had the cover and blurb to go on, (unless you stood there brazenly and read the first chapter under the glare of a shop assistant) you can now read the first chapter or most of it before you buy.
In fact if you go to my latest book What’s in a Name Volume Two you can read three of the 17 stories before you buy the book. As most of us now have our books in both print and ebook format there is absolutely no reason why you would buy a book without checking it out first. https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Name-Stories-Life-Romance-ebook/dp/B0748MLZ1W (I did say that you should promote your books when the opportunity arose!)
So next time you are promoting your book.. don’t forget to include with your link to Amazon, a reminder that readers check out the first chapter or initial stories etc for FREE before they buy.
Which brings me back to Goodreads. Because readers are also members of Goodreads they often leave reviews there rather than on Amazon, especially if they have bought in a bookstore.
- Amazon and I have been having conversations for some time on the fact that reviews from one country are not shown on other countries accounts for your books. It looks like if you make a bit of a commotion they will put your reviews from the US onto the UK account and other Amazon franchises with a note that it was first posted on the other account. But at least readers in the UK going in to buy a book with only two reviews can see there are another 10 from the US.. 12 reviews have to be better than 2 any day.
- If you ask readers to review and that they be kind enough to put onto Goodreads too, it means that whichever country they put the Amazon review you will have them all together on Goodreads. This brings them together and gives the reader a wider range of review to judge your book on.
- If you are not on Goodreads yet then do create an author’s page… attach your books and make sure that when you are promoting your book you add your Goodreads links as well as other bookstores.
- When I do a promotion for another author, I am now giving the link to the author page on Goodreads so don’t miss out and get that in place as soon as possible.
- Make sure that when you are promoting your books to put the Goodread links so that readers can see more reviews and they can link directly to Amazon from there.
Blogworld is probably the largest watering hole of them all. With millions of bloggers on WordPress alone it can take time to establish your community of writers and readers.
It is also an amazing opportunity to show off your writing skills. If a reader likes your post, or short story, they are more inclined to buy your books.
Branding your blog.
My blog is Smorgasbord Invitation and my avatar is Sally G. Cronin. I always put Smorgasbord in the title, and when it is Googled it comes up as Smorgasbord and Sally G. Cronin together. When the posts go into the reader, anyone who follows the blog can immediately see that it is a new post from my blog.
Originally I set up my blog to be a magazine style drop in centre, covering a number of subjects such as health, humour, music and posts on general interest, hence the name Smorasbord. I then began to post book and author promotions and in addition to the Smorgasbord brand, in mid 2016, I added Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore as my second level branding. I did that so there was a consistent promotional platform for authors appearing on Google, and when it comes up in a search, it always has the authors names attached in the first line. That is good for me too, because I can use that vehicle to promote my own books from time to time.
As I scroll down my reader which contains the posts of all the blogs that I follow there are only a handful of posts with something in the headline to brand it. One of two bloggers are recognisable such as Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge (Colleen Chesebro) or Sue Vincent – Daily Echo Photo Prompt (Sue Vincent is part of the blog name) and other popular bloggers.
If you do not have a consistent name in your post titles such as your blog name or your own name then you will find it hard to establish your brand.
Many authors have a website too, which is easier to brand with their name, but if they do not have a blog attached and only post about their books, they will not get the traffic through need to sell them.(Unless they are J.K.Rowling).
So – the formula is – You in the headlines or an identifyer that turns into a brand name + Blog – Creating news in various formats to encourage readers to enter your place of business and once there to take a look around, particularly at your books.
After four years people ask me why I am not going to a paid platform on WordPress where I could have much more functionality. The answer is that I keep it simple. I am posting four or five times a day and I don’t need all the bells and whistles. I want a clean post that people can read and then take action. Head over to Amazon to buy a book, drop into another bloggers posts to look around, leave a comment and share.
I don’t want to make that process complicated, which is why I do not ask for name, email or website before someone leaves their comment. I want that process to be automatic. I don’t like leaving my email on other blogs, and since I do not send out emails to those who follow me I have no need for theirs. I also do not have any notifications turned on for emails. I used to get 200 + emails a day and I spent more time with those than I did with my own writing and author promotion. I have a system that I use via my social media sites and LinkedIn.. and I usually get around quite a few each day to read, like and share.
I also recommend that people do not have notifications for my blog since I post so much, instead I rely on them seeing Smorgasbord or Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore in their reader or they have got into the habit of popping in to my Smorgasbord Weekly Round up where all the posts are laid out and they can pick and choose which ones they read.
Clean colours, simple text with appropriate illustrations and don’t worry too much about the recommendation about not using coloured font… one or two will brighten up your post.
This is your place of business – put a sign over the door – your name or the brand name you have chosen and use it for all your posts – Smorgasbord Health, Smorgasbord Pet Health, Smorgasbord Laughter Academy, Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore New on the Shelves etc, etc. Keep those readers coming through the doors and once in you must have your mechandise on display..
Menus are there to guide your readers to your profile page, your books, your health posts, your guest posts, your challenges. They are there to tempt your readers into dipping into your archives when they find a subject that they enjoy. Monthly archives down the side of your blog are fine, but much easier for a reader to view your menu with subject titles and click on William Price King – A Man and his music, My Books and Reviews, Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore and my most visited page in my menu… About Sally G. Cronin where readers can find my bio and my books and even see my tweets in live time.
There are many more aspects to your blog that you can turn to your business advantage as an author and even though as a blogger on the Free platform you cannot actually take money directly, you can certainly link to all the places who will take money for your books!
That is just some of the online watering holes available and I have not covered some of the other platforms, as to be honest I spend more than enough time on the four that I use primarily, and managing the several posts a day on my blog. But there is plenty of information here in blog world on establishing yourself on social media, and you only have to Google a question to get some very helpful information.
Next time off line watering holes… OMG.. meeting your readers face to face!
You can find the other posts in this series in this directory in the menu: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/smorgasbord-media-training-for-authors/
Thanks for dropping and I would love your feedback as always.. Thanks Sally
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http://mallie1025@wordpress.com/ Excellent promo tips for writers about to publish.
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Sally, this is one of the best articles on publishing that I have read yet. Just in time too, as I am about to self-publish my third book and am quite terrified and techno deficient. This is going into my files to re read and is reblogged at http://mallie1025@wordpress.com/ Thanks!!!
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Delighted you found useful Micki.. and look forward to promoting your next book when you have published.. it is daunting but exciting at the same time.. hugs ♥
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The information in this series is invaluable, Sally, and greatly appreciated. Thank you so much ♥♥
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Thank you Tina.. every author who puts their heart and soul into their writing should be celebrating that to the max.. ♥♥
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Another excellent article, by Sally, on the topic many authors avoid / ignore / flee from, or, just get plain wrong 😀
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Thanks Chris… I hope I was not too tough… hugs xxx
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Nope – you were politely spot on, Sally 😃❤️
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Thanks ♥♥
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A fabulously inspiring post Sally. I feel happy being with WordPress and not self hosted. I have seen blogging friends go self hosted and lose out on regular likes and comments. 🌼
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Thanks Brigid .. there is an upside but it does take more maintenance and usually there is another layer between you and wordpress. xxx
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Good stuff!!! (I think I’ll have to steal Danny’s moniker for you. I believe “Sexy” is out of line. I might get sued for sexual harassment … not by you, but someone is sure to come to your defense). So, what a great post, Ms. Spicy.
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hahaha.. glad you found it interesting.. and at my age being called “Sexy” is a badge of honour.. hugs x
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Excellent information. All writers should take heed.
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Thank you Darlene.. glad you think so.. hugs x
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Excellent information. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Eugenia.. glad you enjoyed.. xxx
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Fantastic, Sally! Fantastic! Thank you. 🙂
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Thanks Natalie..hugs xx
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A brilliant post, Sally, with so much valuable advice….It just consists of good, common sense advice ..Thank you so much, you are an invaluable help to all of us writers …Reblogged xxx
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Thanks for sharing Carol.. I am going to put in a pdf at the end of the series and give away free…xxxx
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That’s a great idea, Sally, it will be so useful to many people xxx
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A great marketing post from Sally who just inspires me to be better at what I do..she has the biggest heart and definitely knows her business and is always happy to share it with us all…Thank you, Sally xxx
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So much good advice here, Sally I do love your analogies, they really help to make the info stick! 🙂
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Thanks Judy… glad you find useful. hugs xxxx
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Yes. I really do. 🙂
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Excellent as always Sally – good tip I’d not thought of – adding the Goodreads link in places. will do that in future.
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Great Lucinda.. thank you.. xx
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One thing you mentioned that I have hesitated about is re-blogging other blogs. I get most of the ones I subscribe to delivered to my inbox on a Monday morning and those that go below the fold (ie I have to click to see the remainder of them I tend to ignore, so they are not seen 😦 – it’s all a question of time – so I keep mine to 2 a week and only v occasionally re-blog. Think this is a mistake?
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To be honest it depends how much you blog Lucinda.. If people have a reblog button and you have enjoyed their post then by reblogging you are bringing good content to your own blog without too much effort. I think that two a day is perfectly reasonable especially if you think your readers would enjoy and go and check the other blogger out. It is a win for you and for the other blogger and it tends to be reciprocal. Certainly when the posts are about subjects you usually feature of other people’s books. hugs
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This is valuable info, Sally! Thanks for sharing. I’ve joined some of the groups listed and will look into other links. Thanks, again!
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Great Traci.. look forward to hearing how you get on.. hugs xxx
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The trouble is finding the time but I know I’ll need to if I want to succeed. Reaching out is going to be the most important thing I can do. I can’t get emails signups to work right on my blog but I think maybe I don’t need them to. My blog will be my email and my social media. Rather than flood people’s emails with more, I think that would be a better alternative.
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I think so Traci.. I don’t have any email notifications for blogs I follow – and I follow 2000.. I still manage to find the ones that I enjoy just fine! hugs xxx
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I actually keep up by notifications for blogs by email. It’s easier for me to know when everyone posts. I go through each when I can. Wow, 2000, I’m not sure how many I go through but I get about 500 a week. Well, so I guess that’s my answer: 500.
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Good luck…..and you are great at passing them on to us Traci and you are another source of new bloggers and I hold you partly responsible for my time browsing! hugs xx
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Lol, I hope the time is well spent! I’ve been scrambling these last couple weeks and it looks to be heading that way for another couple more.
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I know the feeling.. onwards and upwards Traci.. hugs xx
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You give me so much to think about, Sally. As a first time author I am excited and terrified at the same time – this is a new venture and my husband constantly reminds me that I am not only an author but a business woman. Part of my conflict in releasing a book, is my lack of desire to be ‘in business’ but I must accept this if my book enjoys any success. I have hesitated to promote other author’s work on my Facebook page because it seems like FB will put me into a time out if they think I’m trying to sell something and then I’m barraged with requests to take out a FB ad. Have you found this to be true for you?
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I promote other author’s work all the time Molly on Facebook and have had not problems and my own for that matter. But I think it is how you phrase it too when it comes to your own book. If you flood people’s timelines 10 times a day with a Come Buy me message you are likely to be blocked by some.. that sends a trigger to FB to block you. If you are sharing from another author’s FB page it is not going to flag. For your own, after your announcement that it is available you can then share posts from your own blog and others via the FB button. Of course I will do a new book promotion for you and will share across my social media and next week I am covering physical waterholes and also virtual book launches that avoid repetitive posts of the same content and spread the launch over several weeks to extend the initial honeymoon period. You have put a great deal of time, effort and writing into producing the book and at the end of the day it deserves to be read. I am happy to help in any way that I can. hugs Sally
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You are awesome, Sally. Thanks for the tips and I’ll be going back to your series for more information. I don’t like to be deluged with people trying to sell me their book even if it destined to be a Pulitzer Prize winner, so I definitely won’t do that. If anything I’ll probably need to nudge myself to do more promotion rather than less.
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Great and once you have a firm date we can do a pre-release promo.. keep in touch. hugs xx
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Thanks, Sally. I do try and share reviews on Amazon.com and co.uk, and if it’s a book in Spanish by a Spanish writer, in Amazon.es too, but I have also e-mailed kdp about that fact. I remember a writer, who unfortunately has passed away since, who was from Mexico and had quite a number of reviews on Amazon.com and Amazon.es, but once they opened the Mexico store, she lost them all and they did not appear there… Goodreads is not always friendly to authors, so I tend to use my reader hat there. I’ve found Book likes.com much friendlier…http://booklikes.com/
Thanks!
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Thanks for the link and recommendation Olga.. Another opportunity for people to discover platforms that suit them best. How awful that she lost all her reviews.. it is good to see more accounts carrying the reviews from other sites but it will take time to do for all authors.. hugs xx
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Wow. Super duper article Sal. You’ve covered most of the bases here which watering holes to hang out at. You can bet I’ll be reblogging this later. ❤
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Thank you Debby so much.. I am doing the real world watering holes next and I have put my money where my mouth is and signed up for Christmas fairs… haha jingle bells….♥♥
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Wow Sal. That sounds like a lot ‘o’ fun! 🙂 ❤
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Excellent article Sally… Truly useful, great tips…
Sharing/ Spreading the word, right now… happy rest of your sunday 😀
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Thank you very much Aquileana.. I do appreciate that.. hugs xx
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What a wonderful informative post, Sally! You covered everything here on all counts. Thanks for reminding me of the importance of keeping up to date on all social media. At times it is quite difficult to keep up with every one of them. I do my best. Hugs xx
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I know Janice.. it is time consuming but your books benefit from it.. hugs xxxx♥
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Sally where we’re you when I was learning all this the hard way? Thank you kindly for the mention. I’m saving this post because I have some things to spiff up. Thanks for the tips. Many hugs! ❤️
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Glad you found useful Colleen and your posts always stand out from the crowd.. hugs ♥
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Sally, thank you. I’ve learned tons from you and your informative posts. You are the best! ❤
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These posts are a godsend to us, Sally, thank you. Your expertise and advice from years of blogging and marketing really help. Thank you. xxx
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glad you found useful Adele.. and thank you for sharing.. hugs xxx
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Hugs to you too, Sally. xxx
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Dear Sally. It has been a few days and I have not commented. The reason is I find these articles so informative and instructive (the difference is informative tells you what to do: instructive tells you how to do it.) that I like to read them 2 or 3 times to get as much as I can out of them. And I also like to read them when I have cleared the emails for the day so I don’t feel under pressure to jump ahead. All I can say about handling this series of articles in this way are that they repay me in leaps and bounds.You present a fantastic mix of insight and common sense in a refreshing straight forward way. Each article gives me lots to think about and explore. I am also squirreling them away, bookmarked, for future reference. I’m really not business minded so this is like one to one tuition for me from a mentor I deeply respect. So thanks a million. Hugs. Px
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I did think about making the posts shorter but there is so much to include that I guessed that people would bookmark or copy and read at their leisure. So many people, including family regard what we do as a hobby, even the taxman still does and I hate that expression as do I the expression self-employed as it also implies that nobody else wants us. But if you are in business that is an entirely different perspective. You put hours into your blog posts and work at your short stories and novels with the same dedication. We may not have multi-million pound organisations but every aspect of what we do requires managing. I am going to put this into a pdf and give away free and hope it will help give people the confidence to put it out there. hugs xx
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I absolutely agree with you Sally. And with regards to your posts please please do not change a thing. You are right we are all busy. Often I read a helpful post only to realise because of my lack of background knowledge I need to read more to understand some of the basic terms. With your posts they are whole and complete and I never glaze over half way through because you are losing me. They are really idiot proof and believe this idiot… THAT IS A COMPLIMENT!
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Thanks Paul.. you keep me going.. hugs xxx
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Wonderful advice Sally.. and I certainly have a few blogging friends now to call upon for such advice.. 😀
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Glad you found interesting Sue.. and we have an amazing community. hugsxx
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We do indeed xxx
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I missed this Sally and grateful Debby recently posted this. Over the summer I was doing a monthly review of fellow bloggers’ self-published books and making sure to post the review on Amazon and GoodReads. I’ve had to cut back on this process but I do try to review books on those sites. As usual, really great stuff here, Sally!
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Fantastic Terri.. and that is a great project. I am trying to do likewise and am working my way through books as fast as I can.. my hour after lunch is ring-fenced.. hugs xx
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I envy your sense of organization, Sally. Thanks for these wonderful links and advice. 🙂
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Great post, Sally, and I came away with a couple to-do items. I’m still trying to figure out how to manage my time with a busy blog so that I can be more active on other platforms as well as have time to write. This series of posts is incredibly helpful. Thank you!
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I appreciate that thank you Diana. We do what we can but tempting though it is I have avoided joining some of the new platforms this year until they are more developed and user friendly. Also apart from time there is the matter of duplication. If everyone who follows you on facebook is also on Twitter or Pinterest you may be spending time on giving the same message to the same crowd. hugsxxx
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That’s a great point about the overlap. I hadn’t thought of that.
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Sally! You’ve outdone yourself with this one. I’ll have to return to this post later in the week to read it in full, particularly the part about Goodreads. I want to take my time looking over it and fully absorb your useful tips. Thank you, as an author and blogger!
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Thank you Christy.. glad you sound useful. There are other platforms out there but it is best to start with one or two and establish them before joining another.. and checking to see if you are selling to the same audience.. hugs xxx
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What a great post! I’m starting to set my blog/website, etc up for my book release in 2019, so I’m definitely going to bookmark this page 😀 Thanks!
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Glad you found useful Julie and look forward to hearing about your new book. When you do set your blog up let me know so that I can introduce you to my crowd over here. best wishes Sally
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Pop on over to facetsofamuse.com
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And I’d love to meet your crowd 😀
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Great Julie.
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Thanks, Sally. This is very useful information. Some I will begin to implement immediately.
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Glad you found useful Norah.. thank you ..xx
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🙂 ❤
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Hello Sally! These are invaluable tips for authors. Thank for providing this important information. Sharing all over! 😉
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Thank you Vashti.. very kind.. hugs xx
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Reblogged this on deanieblog.
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Thanks for sharing Deanie..hugs xx
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Anytime, Sally. it’s a great article.
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Reblogged this on K. D. Dowdall and commented:
I just read the first Chapter of Sally’s Media Training Manual (it’s free) and I thought it was great, especially for new indie authors, like me. I have asked Sally for a copy!
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Thanks again for sharing..
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Sally, thank you for sharing this great Media Training manual. I emailed you asking for a copy and I reblogged your post that is on Chris’ blog! Karen 🙂
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Thanks for sharing Karen and I will get one off to you..
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Very useful and insightful post, Sally. Thanks for creating it. Smorgasbord must be a full-time occupation for you and you are doing a mighty good job providing helpful information and promoting other authors! I often wonder (for myself as well) “Is there time for anything else in life when being a writer and or blogger?” 🙂
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Thanks Liesbet.. it is a full time occupation but I have worked since I was 14 and it has become a bit of a habit.. they will carry me out with some sort of writing device attached! hugs
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Haha. I’m trying to imagine that scene…
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This is precisely what I’ve been looking for.
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Great and hope you find useful Robert.. best wishes Sally
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Oh I do!
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Reblogged this on Art by Rob Goldstein and commented:
If you’re a writer looking for direction read this post by Sally Cronin.
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Thank you for sharing Robert… very kind.. Happy New Year… Sally
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Great post, thank you! The thing I found the most helpful was the link to the fantasy and sci-fi ‘waterhole’ on Facebook. I’m one of the few people on earth who do not enjoy being on Facebook, but I discovered that this particular waterhole you mentioned has a website, and on that website is a forum, and I LOVE forums. 😀
So thanks again, and may you have a safe a joyous New Year.
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Delighted you found useful and that you found your way to a watering hole that works for you… have a wonderful 2018…best wishes Sally
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Thanks, Sally. And the very best of 2018 to you too. 🙂
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