The BLOG Tour de Force
To tour or not to tour? That is my question as I pursue lucrative marketing strategies to pimp my book.
If anyone has already undertaken a virtual venture, I cordially invite you to relate your experiences to illuminate the path for kindred Indie authors, myself included.
Lost in a blog fog of ignorance as to how this social marketing strategy actually benefits an Indie author from all the buzz generated by a promotional venue, I navigated the nebulous haze to find out as much as I could.
Push came to shove for me to get serious about scheduling a virtual blog tour immediately following the release of my Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel, AN ENLIGHTENING QUICHE (Sept. 20, 2016):
myBook.to/AnEQuiche
Why? Because, a Mel Brooks “high anxiety” set in after I sent out 26 press releases to local newspapers representing communities in my native state of Rhode Island, the smallest state in area, but the second most densely populated of the fifty US states. My resource for procuring a list comprised of newspaper titles, editors, email addresses, telephone numbers, and street addresses was obtained from:
EasyMediaList.com
Not a single response to set up an interview with one of their own! While I will allow a few more days to pass and follow up with phone calls to each editor, it is not my style to pout, sulk, and lament—but to take the bull by the horns!
So, I’m packing my Media Kit with author necessities conducive for a successful tour: book cover photo, author photo, bio, blurb, excerpt, book trailer, book buy links, giveaway promo, etc.
Let the blog tour de force begin!
I’ve got my sights on two so far:
THE BOOK ENTHUSIAST - Author Services Menu:
http://www.bookenthusiastpromotions.c...
*My preference based on pricing and reputation: #1 Best Promotion Service at Preditors & Editors Poll 3 Years in a Row – PUMP UP YOUR BOOKS
Author Services Menu:
http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/author-...
I’m contemplating the One Month Book Blast which I’d like to schedule for November. As the holidays loom in our horizon, it’s high time to deck the blog tour halls with books. Fa la la la la la la la la!
If anyone has already undertaken a virtual venture, I cordially invite you to relate your experiences to illuminate the path for kindred Indie authors, myself included.
Lost in a blog fog of ignorance as to how this social marketing strategy actually benefits an Indie author from all the buzz generated by a promotional venue, I navigated the nebulous haze to find out as much as I could.
Push came to shove for me to get serious about scheduling a virtual blog tour immediately following the release of my Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel, AN ENLIGHTENING QUICHE (Sept. 20, 2016):
myBook.to/AnEQuiche
Why? Because, a Mel Brooks “high anxiety” set in after I sent out 26 press releases to local newspapers representing communities in my native state of Rhode Island, the smallest state in area, but the second most densely populated of the fifty US states. My resource for procuring a list comprised of newspaper titles, editors, email addresses, telephone numbers, and street addresses was obtained from:
EasyMediaList.com
Not a single response to set up an interview with one of their own! While I will allow a few more days to pass and follow up with phone calls to each editor, it is not my style to pout, sulk, and lament—but to take the bull by the horns!
So, I’m packing my Media Kit with author necessities conducive for a successful tour: book cover photo, author photo, bio, blurb, excerpt, book trailer, book buy links, giveaway promo, etc.
Let the blog tour de force begin!
I’ve got my sights on two so far:
THE BOOK ENTHUSIAST - Author Services Menu:
http://www.bookenthusiastpromotions.c...
*My preference based on pricing and reputation: #1 Best Promotion Service at Preditors & Editors Poll 3 Years in a Row – PUMP UP YOUR BOOKS
Author Services Menu:
http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/author-...
I’m contemplating the One Month Book Blast which I’d like to schedule for November. As the holidays loom in our horizon, it’s high time to deck the blog tour halls with books. Fa la la la la la la la la!
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