Fiona Ingram's Blog, page 64
January 7, 2010
Get Your Game Plan Going
Top marketer Dana Lynn Smith has some good advice for writers embarking on their writing goals for 2010 in her Top Three New Year's Resolutions for Writers. If you're still dithering around (a bit like me) without a clear schedule in sight, she has three solid tips to offer (yes, just three) that will help you streamline and organize your writing schedule and ultimate goals.
Develop a solid book marketing plan. Don't just do a bit of this and that every now and again. You'll get results when...
Develop a solid book marketing plan. Don't just do a bit of this and that every now and again. You'll get results when...
January 6, 2010
Getting Passionate About Life & Purpose
The Savvy Book Marketer has some great advice for anyone starting new projects in 2010 and this is particuarly helpful for would-be writers contemplating turning their dream into a reality, or people who are dithering about what their goals really mean to them. Allison Maslan is the author of Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan To Launch Your Dreams Into Reality. Her advice will help you make your projects happen. Here are some of the topics she covers.
* Getting in touch with what really mat...
* Getting in touch with what really mat...
January 4, 2010
10 Reasons to Have a Blog
If you're new to blogging (like me) you may not think that having a blog is necessary. There are ten good reasons anyone can think of as to why they shouldn't bother with a blog - too much like hard work, already have so many other sites and social media options to update, etc. However, some words of advice from marketing guru Joanna Penn will give you ten reasons why you should have a blog, and why you should bother with one. Building your platform as a writer, building a following or an aud...
January 2, 2010
Best 2009 Marketing Tips Good for 2010
As every author knows, marketing is the key to getting your book out there. So many tips, articles, videos, information, guidelines ... the list is endless. However, Tony Eldridge has come up with a fantastic list of the Best of 2009 Marketing Tips that'll carry you into 2010, with great advice and info from marketing gurus such as Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Angela Wilson, Dana Lynn Smith, Joanna Penn, Jane Friedman and Penny Sansivieri, and many others. Read and enjoy, and don't forget to share...
January 1, 2010
It's 2010! Time for my Blog
It's the first day of the new year 2010, and D-Day for my blog. I've been procrastinating, putting it off, doing everything else I could imagine (including cleaning kitchen cupboards), just so as to avoid what everyone has been telling me I need to have this past year - a blog! Why? It seemed to be so difficult, harder I imagined than doing loads of really mind-boggling research. Behold the dinosaur has really got with the program. I have really enjoyed looking at other people's blogs and...
