Approaching friends, relatives and associates is one of the FASTEST and often easiest way to get reviews just after you hit the publish button. Why are you so reluctant to ASK your friends for a review? I know you are shy and are reluctant to ask your friends for a review … but just DO […]
Why Did I Choose To Focus On Paranormal Romance For My First Self-Published Novel?
Why Did I Choose To Focus On Paranormal Romance For My First Self-Published Novel? I’ve had a string of conversations about writing since I took my first leap into self-publishing. One question that often comes up is why I chose to focus on paranormal romance. I just don’t look like the type of person who […]
Your Book’s Interior Design And Formatting
Many authors don’t even think about the interior design and formatting of their books. Yet it is critically important to your readers, AND to the sales of your books. Formatting refers to the way you enter paragraph and line breaks, indents, spaces, and punctuation marks. It includes the typefaces you use as well as how […]
How To Use Publisher Rocket To Sell More Books
Boost Sales with Publisher Rocket Are you looking for ways to boost your book earnings and save time on data research? Publisher Rocket can help solve your problems and increase your book earnings with fast, effective keyword searches. This fantastic tool is designed to help self-publishers build a solid and profitable book business based on […]
Marketing, Exposure and Sales
Today I got a message from one of my customers. I could hear the “pain” underlying her questions simply because I too have experienced (and still do experience) that same level of pain and frustration. I think that in my correspondence with her I had been blithering on and on about exposure. So she […]
How To SELL Your Book Using The “Look Inside” Feature
Are you using Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature to the Max? Are you using it to sell your book? Are you using it to grab readers names for your list, or send them to your website? Smart book marketers use the “look inside” feature to: encourage readers to hit the BUY button show potential buyers what […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Amazon Reviewers
Amazon Reviewers LOVE posting reviews! There are thousands of Amazon reviewers who regularly post reviews! These are people who not only buy and read books, they are the readers who actually spend the time to REVIEW the books they’ve read. These Amazon Reviewers absolutely LOVE posting reviews. Some of them post dozens of reviews, some […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Author Groups
Author Groups or Circles Author groups or “circles” are small to large gatherings of “like minded individuals,” including in-person and on-line author help groups, readers groups, small support groups and masterminds. Joining or CREATING a group well before you need reviews is mandatory. It is totally unacceptable to join a group one day and ask […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Purchase Reviews
Yes, you can purchase reviews. Yes it is OK according to Amazon! If you are prepared to purchase reviews there are a growing number of companies that will help you. They stick to Amazon’s rules so you are safe. I have my ears covered and am hiding under my desk. Many of you are […]
The one thing that is sure to kill sales is BAD GRAMMAR and TYPOS
Take a look at these scathing reviews. 2-star review The concept was excellent. The execution fell through on many levels. He kept using there instead of their. I had to stop reading. . 1-star review Wish I had opened this book sooner, I would have asked for my money back. Very poor English usage. Even […]