Not Sure Where or How to Start Promoting? Tools to get you started
When you’re just starting out as an author (whether it’s self-published or through a publisher), even the idea of marketing can be overwhelming. You can find a lot of ideas just by using your favorite search engine, but all that information can be overwhelming.You want to get your name out, but you don’t want to come across as pushy or desperate. There is a middle ground. And here are some tools that you can use to get yourself organized and ready to go.
One way to help you get off on the right foot is by reading Social Boom. This book will get you started with how to do social media correctly and how to use it to the best of your advantage without annoying your followers. I can’t recommend this book highly enough, especially if you”re looking to target your market through Twitter.
Next, download your copy of Author Blueprint 2.0 here. Joanna Penn has done a fantastic job getting any author up and running. I’ve downloaded it and am using it. You might want to consider taking some time to read the articles, listen to some of the podcasts, and watch some of the videos at Joanna’s site. The information is priceless.
Subscribe to (and read) The Savvy Book Marketer. Take some time each day to reach through the articles as well. This site has a wealth of information.
Bookmark this site: Bookmarket.com. It is owned by John Kremer. Follow him at Twitter @JohnKremer and pay attention to his tweets. He has a lot of free information on his site, and he also puts out a marketing newsletter with more information than you can get by spending an hour researching the internet yourself.
Set up a simple marketing plan that doesn’t overwhelm you. The Peak pages has a great one here.
Just remember that you can’t follow every single piece of advice, and there is no guarantee that what Jane Doe did to sell 10,000 copies will work for you. What’s most important is to find what does work for you and what you can do without getting overwhelmed. Educating yourself is always the first step.
