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4 Simple Ways to Create a Book Bonus to Boost Book Marketing Results

Wordpreneur — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:05:22 +0000

By Ronda Del Boccio For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. When you’re writing your book, it’s important to give the reader a compelling reason to come to your website. Saying “visit my website for more information” with a link just won’t cut it. Everyone’s too busy to visit without a goal. [...] Related posts:

Using Videos to Promote Your Brand

Wordpreneur — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:52 +0000

By Yolanda M Johnson-Bryant For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. Websites, social media, email marketing, and mobile marketing are great ways for authors to promote their work. An even better way is by using the power of video. If you had the option either to listen to an audio of your [...] Related posts:

Publishing with iBooks Author – An Introduction to Creating Ebooks for the iPad

Eldon Sarte — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:34:41 +0000

Here’s a freebie from O’Reilly you’ll want to get, like, right now. By Nellie McKesson and Adam Witwer, this 70-page ebook is available at absolutely no charge in three formats: ePub, Mobi and PDF. Here’s the product description: iBooks Author is the first tool of its kind. Never before have publishers, authors, and content creators [...] Related posts:

5 Critical Tips to Help You Sell More Kindle eBooks

Wordpreneur — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:04 +0000

By Paul Gram For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. The Amazon Kindle is huge these days and it seems like everybody wants to learn how to sell books on them. The good news is you can do amazingly well and make quite a bit of money selling your ebooks on the [...] Related posts:

10 Keys to Selling Magazine and Web Articles… FREE!

Wordpreneur — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:05:04 +0000

You’d be nuts not to buy Dana Cassell’s 10 Keys to Selling Magazine and Web Articles at its regular price… but considering that it’s absolutely positively and totally free no strings attached today and tomorrow, even having mental health issues isn’t a good enough excuse not to go get a copy right now for your [...] Related posts:

Wordpreneur Reader 02.17.2012

Wordpreneur — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:05:22 +0000

Here is this week’s installment of the Wordpreneur Reader, with links to articles elsewhere I found informative and useful. Enjoy, go forth and learn, Grasshopper! Alex Epstein Uses Facebook Album To Release Book (eBookNewser) — “The Israeli author published 88 pieces of ‘micro-fiction’ as images in a Facebook album to create what he is calling a [...] Related posts:

Why Book Editors Reject Fiction Proposals

Wordpreneur — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:03 +0000

By Adrienne DeWolfe For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. As a book writing coach, I answer that question a lot when folks want to know how to become an author. As strange as it may seem, even good book writing gets rejected sometimes. In the Western genre, for instance, the bottom [...] Related posts:

5 Reasons to Publish an Amazon Kindle eBook

Wordpreneur — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:28:12 +0000

By Priya Shah For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. It has never been easier for writers to publish their books than today. As a writer yourself, all you have to do is visit Amazon’s Kindle platform, to easily write and publish your potential bestselling Kindle ebook. Besides being so easy to [...] Related posts:

Self-Publishing – How it’s Creating Millionaire Self-Published Authors

Wordpreneur — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:59:41 +0000

By Ruth Barringham For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. Not too long ago, it was so difficult to become a published author. Why? Because printed books were the only kinds of books available. And not only that — these books were produced in print runs of tens of thousands of copies [...] Related posts:

Self-Publishing – Not for Sissies!

Wordpreneur — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:25:01 +0000

By Lyz Russo For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. “I’m going to write myself to freedom.” Overworked and stressed, with two babies and a child wobbling badly in school, teaching music by day and doing microscopy for leukemia cases in the nights between 8pm and 12am, that decision came from the [...] Related posts:

Wordpreneur Reader 02.10.2012

Wordpreneur — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:05:58 +0000

Here is this week’s installment of the Wordpreneur Reader, with links to articles elsewhere I found informative and useful. Enjoy, go forth and learn, Grasshopper! Advertisers’ Free Ride May End On Facebook (WSJ) — “When the social network filed for its initial public offering on Wednesday, the spotlight shifted from the site’s exponential user growth [...] Related posts:

10 Keys to Selling Magazine and Web Articles

Wordpreneur — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:11:57 +0000

My friend Dana K. Cassell, recently released another installment to her “Keys to …” series of ebooks for the Amazon Kindle. No question that her 10 Keys to Selling Magazine and Web Articles is a Wordpreneur no-brainer must-read. The all-important question, of course, is: “Who’s Dana?” OK, here’s just part of what her Amazon auther [...] Related posts:

Writing a Conference Proposal: 5 Tips for Busy Book Authors

Wordpreneur — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:05:58 +0000

By Harriet Hodgson For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. Organizations have their own conferences and proposal guidelines. While these proposal forms contain similar points, you may come across some less common ones. Last week I wrote several conference proposals and I enjoyed the experience. Writing the proposals made me clarify my [...] No related posts.

Content Marketing: How to Generate More Qualified Traffic Through Blogging

Wordpreneur — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:54:47 +0000

By Sean R. Mize For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. Content marketing or the process of giving free information online is now the most powerful traffic generation technique. You can do this through article marketing, by giving out free seminars, by invading forums, etc. In this article, I wish to talk [...] Related posts:

How to Create a Buzz About Your New eBook

Wordpreneur — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:04 +0000

By Kathryn Lively For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. If there is anything I have learned in my many years of professional writing, it’s that a writer must also take the time to work as a marketer — even if you have hired a PR firm to handle your book promotion. [...] No related posts.

Marketing Copy With Conscience: How to Write a Winning Sales Page, Ethically

Wordpreneur — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:01:30 +0000

By Marcia Yudkin For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. You’ve finally completed your product, and now it’s time to sell it. But let’s say you arrive at the copywriting task with a host of concerns about how to present your offering honestly, without deceptive tricks and without distasteful hype. Use this [...] Related posts:

Wordpreneur Reader 02.03.2011

Wordpreneur — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:05:39 +0000

Here is this week’s installment of the Wordpreneur Reader, with links to articles elsewhere I found informative and useful. Enjoy, go forth and learn, Grasshopper! 5 Ways Writers Can Break Out of the Tired Old Social Media Box (Copyblogger) — “Sure, you’re already blogging, and on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, and more. Great… But I’m [...] Related posts:

How to Get People to Actually Open Your Emails

Wordpreneur — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:16:13 +0000

By Rachel Hert For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. Research was thinking the other day of all the lists I’ve opted into. Every day my email is hammered with offers, tips, and that One Big Secret that supposedly will make you rich. Here’s my secret: I never open a single one. [...] Related posts:

To Sell Books You Must Be a Self-Promoter, Whether You Like It or Not

Wordpreneur — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:02 +0000

By Harriet Hodgson For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. It’s winter in Minnesota, an ideal time to write, and I am snug in my office. As I am writing I think about book marketing. I am a bit uncomfortable with the idea, but know I must be a self-promoter. I need [...] Related posts:

Market Your Short Story: Make it Short

Wordpreneur — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:05:06 +0000

By Savanna Lujan For more info on becoming a Wordpreneur contributor, click here. One of the best ways to market a short story is by making it short. Short roughly translates to 3,000 words or less, or 10 pages double-spaced. For some writers, this might seem difficult. However, there are some inherent benefits. If a [...] Related posts: