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Me me me me me … it’s all about me! by Annmarie Miles
Welcome Annmarie Miles once again for another month with the Writer’s Fun Zone. In today’s article she shares with us that being a little bit narcissistic as an author is okay. It’s all about me!...
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Giveaways are a fun book marketing tool
Beth Barany, excited about her July 2014 giveaways! That’s me excited about the giveaways I’m running right now! More about giveaways and how they can help you market and sell your books below. Here at...
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So You Want to Run a Virtual Book Tour
Lots of authors I talk to wonder if a blog tour or virtual book tour is right for them. They wonder if they should run their own tour, or hire someone. They wonder if it’s even worth it to run a...
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Promote Your Christmas Romance: Sign up here
Who here has written a Christmas romance?! Either this year or in past years. I’m writing a series of blog posts featuring romance with a Christmas theme. I’m running a fun series the FOUR Fridays...
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What is a Facebook Party and Why Would You Want One? by Beth Barany
Over the last six months or so I have seen authors use Facebook parties to promote their novels. I have participated in several of these parties too, and found them a really fun way to connect with new...
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Audio on Twitter Tips for Authors, Hi Novelists!
This is a Bonus Track I promised my Twitter followers on Twitter tips for reaching 11K followers. I’m the author of Twitter for Authors: Book Marketing Strategies for Shy Writers. Check out the free...
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Hook Your Reader Contest for Novelists (May 2015)
Hello Fiction Writer! If you’ve started talking about your novel at all, whether your manuscript isn’t finished yet or you’re an already published author, then you may have experienced the struggle of...
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How to Get Book Reviews (or How to Run Your Own Book Review Campaign) by Beth...
Thanks for grabbing your gift: Review Campaign Tracking Template. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out how to get your gift here. New! The HOMESTUDY/SELF-STUDY course is up now! “How to...
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On Live Event Launches for Your Book with Beth Barany and Tracee Lydia Garner
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, Tracee Lydia Garner and I chatted about live events to launch your novel, including theme, costs, who to invite, and where to host the event. We also...
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“How to Get Book Reviews” Course Registration Closes Tonight
Registration closes tonight night, Friday, March 11, 9pm Pacific/12midnight Eastern for the our “How to Get Book Reviews” 2-week course (March 14-28, 2016). In this course we will cover how to get...
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12 Book Marketing Basics with Beth Barany #askaWritingCoach
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week I shared 12 book marketing tips and some underlying presuppositions, an overview of many of the topics I’ll cover in my upcoming Branding and...
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Book Launches for Novelists with @Beth_Barany #askaWritingCoach
In my live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I shared book launch tips for self-publishing novelists. I answered questions and shared resources. And as I do each week, I gave away prizes to those...
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The What, Why, How of Book Launches and Campaigns
Your book is ready to be published or will be soon — in the next three or six or twelve months. Actually you can’t start too early thinking about and planning your book launch. The day you release your...
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Free eBook! Self Promo Stories by Authors, Fun Strategies to Sell Books
I joined together with over a dozen authors recently for a fun book of self promo stories for authors, and we are giving this book away for free! Click here to grab your copy on Smashwords. It will...
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Top 7 Media Relations Mistakes by Mickie Kennedy
Reprinted by the kind permission of Mickie Kennedy. You may not be ready to search out media for your book promotions. Even so, check out these tips so you can work well with the media, whether they be...
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Goodie for you! Get the Free “Grow Your Audience!” ebook here!
Welcome to Writer’s Fun Zone blog, produced by Beth Barany, Creativity Coach for Writers and co-founder of Barany School of Fiction. We help genre fiction writers write market and publish their books...
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Are there other giveaway tools like Rafflecopter? Yes! by @Beth_Barany
As you may already know, giveaways are a great way to build an email list, drive traffic to your blog, give away books, and build awareness for your author brand. (Yes, you have an author brand. Want...
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Market Your Novel From Your Core Values by Beth Barany
You can market your novel from your Core Values. Read on for some ideas on how. *** To effectively market your novels, it’s important to know what kind of books you write and what core value you...
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How to Play the (M)ad Game: Amazon Ads by Keri Kruspe
A down and dirty way to use Amazon Ads Let’s welcome back monthly columnist Keri Kruspe as she shares with us “How to Play the (M)ad Game: Amazon Ads.” Enjoy! *** As I stated in my previous article, I...
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Get Book Reviews for Your Novel: Your Book Can Always Find New Audiences by...
The number one way readers learn about books is word of mouth. In this Internet day and age, that is still true. Yet, book reviews still hold enormous sway over readers, whether they’re browsing for...
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