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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The SECRET to BOOK SALES



“Not all marketing people 

are writers, 

but all writers must learn 

to be marketers.”

- Joanne Kraft



Book sales: 

The Holy Grail of all writers.



Secret: 

You can't control what will 

catch on with readers, 

but you can control your content.



Make your story the most

riveting, touching, 

and self-affirming prose

you can.




Writing is the business of creating books 

and selling them to readers.



If we only do the one 

without trying our best 

to do the other,

we are rowing 

with only one oar.

We tend to go
in circles
when we do that!


Donna Reed ruined me 

by what to expect 
when entering a book store!




Why do I say that?



Don't let your failed expectations 

keep you from persisting

in your dream.



Success as an author is found in endurance. 



Writing is a marathon not a sprint.



Do something to market your book(s)
 each day

FOR THREE YEARS.



Yeah, three years.



Not getting the sales you want?

Non-persistence may be the culprit.



Vary your methods to keep them fresh

BUT IN THE 

EYES OF POTENTIAL READERS.



And, no, 

that does not mean 

YELL and TELL

 on Twitter!



Aren't you tired of checking 

your Tweetdeck only to

be hammered by crass brags 

about books by their authors?



THEN HOW?



Like with exercise, how to

make marketing a habit and effective

is to 

MAKE IT FUN

MAKE IT DIFFERENT.


Have a Blog?



No, don't daily hawk your book!!



Mama, make the bad people stop

misunderstanding me.



Write posts that are helpful, 

funny, and personal.



You have a side-bar.

Post your new books on it.


 You have blogging neighbors


Visit them.



No! 


Don't talk about your book!



Mama, the bad people are at it again!



Talk about them.



If they have problems, hurts, concerns,

talk about them.


 Hurting people usually need

 a listening, caring ear 

more than they need 

an answer to their problem ...



to feel understood and appreciated.


Do the same with Facebook.



Only a few will visit your blog in gratitude

and notice your books in the sidebar.



But if, at their own accord, they

DECIDE TO BUY ONE OF YOUR BOOKS,



they will more likely finish it

and LIKE IT.

Maybe even review it!


 And if they don't?



You will have made a friend.



How cool is that?



What do you do

about your

book marketing? 

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