Twitter is more than random 140 characters, it is a powerful marketing platform that offers a variety of targeting and tracking tools for the writer and author.
Author Platform: What is it and Why do you Need it
Learn the difference between the Author Platform, where you present the news and reviews about the author, and your Book Platform.
Using the Author Page to Your Benefit
Taking advantage of the free author page for improved search engine rankings. Every author wants more readers and more sales and improving your search engine exposure is one way to achive your goals. Author Pages are offered by online retails stores such as Amazon, Goodreads and Barnes & Noble. They are easy to setup, offer a link from a popular and well-ranked site to your blog, and they are fre*e. Author Pages are a tool every writer should take advantage of.
Author SEO: Gleaning Keywords from your Manuscript
Finding keywords and applying SEO can be overwhelming for an Author. Good News! Everything you need to market your book is already in your manuscript.
Finding Author Success: Discovering and Uncovering the Marketing Power Within Your Manuscript
If you don’t look at your writing as a business, and treat is as a business, then you won’t succeed as an author. Just as you plotted your book – the characters, language and plot twists – you need to plot your goals for author success.
Kindle Formatting: Word to Kindle
When I was writing my Ebook Formatting Kit, I tried several conversion methods, all worked to varying degrees. I kept trying and distilling the process until I came up with the most effective method (so far). However, the process is still daunting to many, so I have resurrected an older method for converting a Word […]
So, What’s Your Book About…in 25 Words, Please
If you thought writing a synopsis was hard – try distilling your pitch down to 25 words before you even approach a literary agent or publisher. People are busy, and you only have a few seconds to grab their attention. Your words have to pack a punch that tells the genre, the target readership and the storyline — ALL in 25 little words.
Creating a Daily Time Schedule Routine
The difficulty of every young writer is balancing an academic and social life with a writing life. Create an achievable daily time schedule.
Secret to Author SEO
Authors have enough on their plate than to worry about author seo, right? Well, here’s an easy to use tip that will improve your book visiblity.