What happens when you ask questions…
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I love asking questions! I’ve been asking questions of folks that sign up to my newsletter for the last few months, and because life keeps getting in the way, it’s taken me a bit of time to consolidate the questions to date and start to make a plan.
My ultimate goal is to be as helpful as I can be. I’ve often said that many of my blog posts are born from questions that I’m asked directly or subjects that I deal with repeatedly with my work with authors. As you can well imagine, when I was putting together this list, there were a lot of repeats. Some of the repeats I have left in place to show some the variety of emphases people have; others I took out as they were identical.
I consider this list my marching orders for the next few months. As you can well imagine, some of these subject areas are more time consuming than others, and some might be turned into future books.
For now, read through the list below and see if you want to add anything.
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– Finding a step by step way to set up marketing
– Networking
– Author platform
– How to build an effective author platform without spending thousands and getting overwhelmed
– Visibility
– Building a simple website
– What to do once the book is ready for publishing
– Best program to write on
– Publishing A – Z
– What is “going wide” and is it worth it
– Getting the book in the hands of readers.
– Marketing
– Learning to format
– Understand how social media can market my book
– Marketing – Getting reviews
– Blurbs
– List-building
– Learning to format a picture book
– Getting money to complete publishing
– Learning how to put what is in my head, onto a computer screen.
– Marketing, marketing, and earning money
– Revisions, marketing, learning new technology
– Writing them, then formatting them–since I’ve self-published.
– Finding a publishing company that is willing to publish stories that won’t fit easily into just one category.
– Affordable proof-reading
– Time Management with respect to finding time to write and finding time to promote
– Spreading the word, the excitement, and the curiosity to advance sales and author recognition.
– Marketing… I’m always happy to learn more about strategies that take little time but make my books more visible
– Gain publicity
– Where the hell do I start? There is so much out there on how to get noticed, but it all seems overwhelming or contradictory.
– Format for picture books
– How to reach more people (marketing) with a minuscule budget.
– Learning how to use social media better in order to find work and better promote myself and my work
– Help me sort through US or UK publishing companies, the translations of my books might have a chance with. I know the German market (mostly), but am struggling with foreign markets, especially since the rules are slightly different (the US market dealing more with literary agents than the German market does, but also being more “forgiving” when it comes to self-publishing).
– Teach people how to be virtual author assistants with an emphasis in social media and customer service. Huge untapped market, every established author I know wants one.
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Thanks for reading todays post. Feel free to add to the list using the comments or sending me a contact note. As I wind down the school year and make plans for work to accomplish this summer – my eyes are on updating my current books and perhaps work on putting together more YouTube videos and perhaps a course. To keep up to date, subscribe to this blog or subscribe to my newsletter.
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