So, you have completed and published your first book. Congratulations! Now the next couple of steps are as important as the content. You must have a plan, so book promotion and publicity market your book. Unless you have been published by a known company, a ground roots marketing approach can achieve getting you the exposure that you need to start selling copies.
If have any creative challenges when it comes to promotion, you can get help online. However, be cautious. There are many companies that offer seminars and other ways to market your creation. However, you may find that they are more interested in you buying their books than them helping you promote yours. Many of the methods that have been successful are really just common sense marketing and can done on your own. Just take the time to be prepared to do them.
Although the most passive marketing concept is using the Internet, if you are computer savvy, you can launch a blog or a website to promote your book. Getting people to find you then becomes the difficult task and optimizing search engines to promote any particular site can get expensive. If you know someone that can help you here, you can get some outstanding exposure and you are obviously marketing to a very large audience.
A more localized marketing plan, a plan that you can replicate, is truly guerrilla marketing, but can give you immediate feedback and sales, plus you get to meet your readers. There are some simple methods to do this, so it is important that you do as many things as you can to get your name, face and book, into the public eye.
If you live in a small town, you may need to take a short road trip. Find as many bookstores as you can and contact them. Explain the topic of your publication, why you have written it and how you think it will assist or interest readers. You will likely find several stores that will allow you to promote a book signing event. Most stores are interested in any ways to get customers to come in and with the proper marketing, in this process, you may get to do some live performances, in the form of a discussion group, to explain why they should buy your book. You will need fliers, posters and copies of the book, so get prepared and head out to the shops.
Local Networking meetings can be a great place to promote your book. Most of the people there are self employed and have an interest in supporting others in the same field. Be sure to have fliers and business cards to pass out and be sure to speak with everyone there. You may find someone that has contacts with the media, which can also help you get to the larger audiences.
Most cities have daily or at least weekly Networking meetings. These are gatherings of local business people that are being creative in marketing their companies. At many of these meetings a guest will be chosen to be the featured company, so you may be able to present yourself to a sizable group of people, just by explaining that you have written a book and wish to get it in front of the buying public. In some cases, you may meet someone that has ties to the media and can assist you in getting to the right people to get you some media attention.
Lastly, if you are not a gregarious person and find these suggestions a tad scary, you can resort to just using the Internet. You can start a blog or launch a website to promote you and the book, but this can be more costly, time consuming and still will not guarantee that people find you. Unless you have been published by a known publishing house, your personal contact will be the most successful to get your product into circulation. Just as when you composed your work of art, spend some quality time to promote it. You will find that personal contact will be a great way to get you selling copies, meeting the readers and earning money, while sharing your experiences. - 29954
If have any creative challenges when it comes to promotion, you can get help online. However, be cautious. There are many companies that offer seminars and other ways to market your creation. However, you may find that they are more interested in you buying their books than them helping you promote yours. Many of the methods that have been successful are really just common sense marketing and can done on your own. Just take the time to be prepared to do them.
Although the most passive marketing concept is using the Internet, if you are computer savvy, you can launch a blog or a website to promote your book. Getting people to find you then becomes the difficult task and optimizing search engines to promote any particular site can get expensive. If you know someone that can help you here, you can get some outstanding exposure and you are obviously marketing to a very large audience.
A more localized marketing plan, a plan that you can replicate, is truly guerrilla marketing, but can give you immediate feedback and sales, plus you get to meet your readers. There are some simple methods to do this, so it is important that you do as many things as you can to get your name, face and book, into the public eye.
If you live in a small town, you may need to take a short road trip. Find as many bookstores as you can and contact them. Explain the topic of your publication, why you have written it and how you think it will assist or interest readers. You will likely find several stores that will allow you to promote a book signing event. Most stores are interested in any ways to get customers to come in and with the proper marketing, in this process, you may get to do some live performances, in the form of a discussion group, to explain why they should buy your book. You will need fliers, posters and copies of the book, so get prepared and head out to the shops.
Local Networking meetings can be a great place to promote your book. Most of the people there are self employed and have an interest in supporting others in the same field. Be sure to have fliers and business cards to pass out and be sure to speak with everyone there. You may find someone that has contacts with the media, which can also help you get to the larger audiences.
Most cities have daily or at least weekly Networking meetings. These are gatherings of local business people that are being creative in marketing their companies. At many of these meetings a guest will be chosen to be the featured company, so you may be able to present yourself to a sizable group of people, just by explaining that you have written a book and wish to get it in front of the buying public. In some cases, you may meet someone that has ties to the media and can assist you in getting to the right people to get you some media attention.
Lastly, if you are not a gregarious person and find these suggestions a tad scary, you can resort to just using the Internet. You can start a blog or launch a website to promote you and the book, but this can be more costly, time consuming and still will not guarantee that people find you. Unless you have been published by a known publishing house, your personal contact will be the most successful to get your product into circulation. Just as when you composed your work of art, spend some quality time to promote it. You will find that personal contact will be a great way to get you selling copies, meeting the readers and earning money, while sharing your experiences. - 29954
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