If you're a published author (or soon to be), you know that marketing is terribly important to the success of your book. You're fortunate to live in a time when everyone - well, almost - is at your fingertips. Use all of the virtual tools at your disposal, talk to people, ask for help, be an evangelist for your work! Read this guest post by Elle Newmark, author of The Unholy Book of Mischief at Don't Hang Up, and you'll see what I mean.
One of the benefits of my career is meeting amazing people. I had the supreme joy of talking on the phone with Ellen Meister yesterday morning. She is the author of Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA, and has a new book, The Smart One, being released in August.
I was invited to her launch party, but I can't go, as it's in New York, and I am in Minnesota. However, a freelance writer friend of mine lives close to where the party will be held, so she will be attending in my stead.
I spend a lot of time networking, looking for marketing/promotion ideas and leads. When I have the opportunity to connect people, I do it. I see it as networking Karma. Plus, it's just plain fun!
June should be a fun and exciting month! Three authors will be touring their books with Blog Stop Book Tours.
I have some terrific bloggers lined up to review the books, and hopefully the authors will be available for comment and questions.
I will also be interviewed by Erika Geiss on her radio show Cyber Savvy. And, in the same week, I'll be an exhibitor at the WAH Expo where I'll be talking about Blog Stop and book marketing and promoting.
Back in the old days, people would take their wagons or buggies out for a Sunday drive. They would drop by to see their neighbors. If the neighbors weren't home, the visitors would leave a calling card. Calling cards were the precursor to business cards. I discovered, yesterday, that there is a web version of the calling/business card now.
According to Entrecard.com, " Entrecard is the first and only free exchange network for 125x125 ads. Through this revolutionary platform, you can advertise your own 125x125 Entrecard on any blog in the network, for free, for a number of days.
You pay for this advertising with Entrecard Credits, that you earn for free by networking (a.k.a. visiting blogs and dropping your card for other bloggers)."
I signed up yesterday afternoon, and saw an immediate jump in traffic to my blog. Plus, I was introduced to new and great looking blogs I never would have found on my own.
Check it out, and drop me a card.
