7 Twenty-minute Book Marketing Tips That Will Sell Books
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Book promotion can often get stuck at the end of our "to do" list because it seems to take up so much time, but book marketing services aren't always necessary. There are dozens of ways to complete some of your book marketing tasks in less than twenty minutes. Whether you have chosen to self publish or have been published with a traditional publisher, add these book marketing ideas up and they can make a significant difference in selling your book.
[1] Did you know your autograph is desired? Go to the Autographed by Author web site at www.autographedbyauthor.com! You just sign up for $29.95 ($19.95 for each additional book) and then this web site will send their visitors to your own web site to buy an autographed book directly from you. Autographed by Author has a great page rank in search engines so it will likely bring you additional customers. Many people don't understand how to sell books on the internet in unique ways. This is a great way to start.
[2] Make sure your book(s) at Amazon.com are tagged appropriately so you don't have to ask "How and where can I sell my books?" Go to your book's Amazon page and scroll down to "Tags customers associate with this product" and add your own tags, listing any keywords customers may use to find you. Don't forget that your tags should include the problems people are searching by. Instead of tagging your book "marriage tips" or "relationship expert" understand that people are searching for phrases like "avoiding divorce" or "cheating spouse." Pretty soon you're niche will make you a professional at how to sell books on Amazon.
[3] Don't steal pens-leave them! Carry a heap of pens in your purse, briefcase or car with your books information and web site. When you go into stores, pull one out to sign something your credit card slips and then leave it behind. Joining a book marketing network can help you think of book marketing ideas out of the box.
[4] Sign up for Google Alerts at www.google.com/alerts on any topics you should be kept up to date on. Particularly, be sure to take note of sites that are blogging about your topic and then go and comment on their postings, while introducing yourself. If you write articles on the subject they post on, let them know where they can get your articles and that they are welcome to reprint them. This is a great way to sell books online.
[5] Do you have an excellent quote in your book that people are going to highlight? Let's hope you have at least a few nuggets! Submit your quotes to quotation databases. Just Google "submit quote" or "submit quotation." You can also submit on at About.com's web site at http://quotations.about.com/library/bl/blform-Quote-Suggest.htm
[6] So you know what books are being talked about on National Public Radio and various syndicated book related radio shows? Go to http://www.npr.org/programs/ and listen to NPR shows. And you can see a daily listing of books that have been featured on NPR at http://www.npr.org/books/index.html. See http://news.bookweb.org/mediaguide/673.html to see what authors have future events scheduled on NPR. And don't forget to scrutinize what NPR says about how to pitch to their show here: http://www.npr.org/about/pitch .
[7] Call your readers! You can send out a voice broadcast to people for just $.12 per call. With VoiceShot Outbound http://www.voiceshot.com you even get the first 200 delivered calls for free. This is a great way to connect with people on your mailing list and even cheaper than mail. Have you ever received a phone call from your favorite author? I haven't, but it would catch my attention!
Whenever book marketing brainstorm comes to you that you don't have time to follow through on immediately bookmark the web site or write it down. When you have chunks of free time start working through your list and soon your promotional efforts will efforts will sell your books!
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