Excerpt from my book How To Promote and Market Your Book by Madi Preda
30 Book Marketing Tips:
I have included a variety of tips and I am sure that you will find something on the to do list that you can do to build your brand and sell your book.
1. Create a testimonial page on your website.
2. Offer advanced reading copies ARC.
3. Ask fans to post their reviews on your Facebook page.
4. Ask fans to post their reviews on Amazon.
5. Ask fans to post their reviews on Goodreads.
6. Offer bloggers advanced reading copies.
7. Set up a virtual book tour.
8. Create your street team.
9. Create seasonal videos: Mother’s day book, Summer Reads, Have Fun in the Sun, Autumn fall, Santa’s Book Recommendation, Spring-new reads, etc.
10. Register as an author on Amazon, Goodreads, AuthorsDen, Google Authorship.
11. Create a book trailer and short video clips.
12. Use key words, hashtags, and smart teasers for every single post.
13. Post a blog post as often as you can, not only about your book, but also include information about your work and offer support to others.
14. Write articles and short stories and publish them online.
15. Join writers’ conferences and writing contests.
16. Use Google, Pinterest, and Facebook Campaigns to get traffic for your website or blog and to gain more fans.
17. Create a newsletter and share the latest news with your subscribers.
18. Write and host guest posts.
19. Participate in forum discussions.
20. Create polls, such as: “Which character do you like the most? Why?”
21. Write freelance articles for newspaper and magazines in your target niche market.
22. Sell your books on your website.
23. Play the local writer, and start with small steps: local newspapers and magazines, local radio, sign up for local events.
24. Sell themed swags on your website or Facebook fan page.
25. Set up a launch party.
26. Donate a percentage or a create a limited time revenue for a noble cause.
27. Do a book reading for a group in your community.
28. Donate your books to libraries and community centers.
29. Become a HARO source and an influencer on LinkedIn groups.
30. Join a MeetUp group that includes writers and/or readers. If none exist, start one.
This one is extra 🙂
31. Write a Book The World Needs
Do you have any book marketing tips you’d like to add to the list? Think outside the box and make your own list.
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Thank you Rosie!
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Madi, Really good stuff. Thanks for the excerpt.
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Thank you for following my posts,John.
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Reblogged this on chrismcmullen and commented:
A good variety on this list. 🙂
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Thank you for re post Chris
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Thanks for making this list. 🙂
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Great tips! I love the one about creating and selling merchandise related to your book — I’m currently exploring that option right now 🙂
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🙂
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Great tips. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you for stopping by.
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Brilliant tips here! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for stopping by.:)
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Thanks for the great tips! Sharing… 🙂
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Thank you too Beth.
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I do most of these, some I need to look into. It’s hard to say what does and doesn’t work when I’ve only been marketing (not just writing) for a little less than a year now. Thanks for posting.
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That’s true, is hard to say what is working so that’s why we need to try as many strategies and avenues we can.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Madi
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Excellent guideposts, Madi.
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Thank you, glad you like it.
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Reblogged this on Sleepy Book Dragon and commented:
Well worth a read!
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I don’t believe there are enough hours in a day or in a year to do all this.
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The list could be even longer.Every author have to find what it’s fit best to his/her book and what it works for him/her.Thank you for visiting my blog.
All the best,
Madi Preda
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