We’re back to the marketing plan with this month’s topic being your Ideal Audience. Last month we tackled the dreaded budgeting for your marketing plan which gave some detailed pointers on setting a marketing budget. Now we’re moving on to find out just who that money should go towards promoting to. Let’s face it, some…
You’ve done it. You’re ready to start creating a plan to market your book. Yet, you don’t know where to start and the internet is confusing. I’ve been there. I get it. Now that you’re here, I’m ready to help you create your marketing plan without all of the confusing pieces. In this post, I’m…
Hi writers! Today I have an amazing and informative guest post for you by Rose Atkinson-Carter. Rose will be sharing with you some amazing tips for marketing your young adult book and when to start marketing. Let me tell you, this post is full of some great information. Without taking up anymore of your time,…
When you are ready to publish your book you will need to consider who will be interested in reading your book. By taking the time to identify your audience, you will be able to market with a purpose. But how do you identify your target audience? It’s something that takes some work, but I’m here…
Over the years, I have come across many people that have a clear disregard for book reviewers. Whether it be being disrespectful or impersonal, there are people that don’t understand that reviewers are people too. Which is why I’m discussing the book review tips on how you should NOT go about asking for book reviews….
You’ve written your book, started marketing, and now you want to run book giveaways to increase your readership? If that sounds like you then continue reading! As I discussed in my 10 Marketing Techniques for Indie Authors, giveaways are a good way to increase interest in your book. And although I went on a tangent,…
Here on Bound to Writing, I love indie authors! I’m an indie author myself and I have such admiration for what we all can accomplish. It is a lonely world. But together, we are stronger. Though when it comes to book marketing techniques, we can sometimes be at a loss of what to do. Let’s…
As an indie author, you have a vision for you book cover. The way that the cover design fits your book perfectly. The images you want to use. You can see it already sitting amongst all the other pretty books on your shelf. But what makes those other books so good? Well, that’s what this…
I could talk on and on about needing to write your book and blah blah blah, but we already know the basics. You can’t start a self-publishing journey without a book. It just won’t work out. Which would indeed make these self-publishing tips worthless. Now, let’s pretend you’ve already written your book and are readying…
Let’s set the scene. You’ve worked for days/months/years on your book. Paid for an editor and a cover designer. You’ve even created a marketing plan. Yet you’re still struggling for book reviews. It’s one thing to get people to buy your book, but to get them to make the extra effort to write up a…