Now, you’re really cookin’; possibly dedicating more time marketing your work than you spent writing it!
That’s the reality, if you want folks to know about you and your book.
No More Lounging Around; Get Marketing!
So…it’s time to put some major effort into your virtual presence; fortunately, it’s pretty easy but takes time.
CLUE 5:
Wow the Web:
• Add a signature line to your emails, which includes your book title & links to booksellers
• Create an entertaining & informative web site, using your book’s cover, blurb, a book excerpt, your biography, book reviews, links to booksellers, etc.,
• Blog your head off (You can do this yourself for free using blogging software like WordPress or Blogger. Amazingly, it’s not that hard nor that technical.)
• Build your blog content for a few months (posting at least twice a week) and then list your blog with directories, like Technorati, Blogarama and dmoz
• Attend online chat rooms and social networking sites, like Facebook, Myspace and GoodReads, as well as other sites that are related to your book; for example, mystery authors frequent Crimespace
• Join specialty list serve groups; again, mystery authors love DorothyL
• Share links with other web sites.
If all this is a bit beyond you, don’t fret. At the very least, set up a blog.
It’s simple, it’s free and it can act as your website, your sounding board and your networking hub.
The simplicity, power and capabilities of blogging software have been a revelation for me so I urge you to get posting.
Only a couple of clues left…
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