Book Marketing Stories

Chicken Soup for the Soul

To Sell More Books, Show Don’t Tell

Here is an excerpt from an email book promotion I received a few years back that did not get my click-through to buy the book. This book “is a remarkable testimony to the strength and perseverance of the human spirit. This true story will pull at the heartstrings of every American, and readers from everywhere.” Now, that […]

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Interviews: How to Create Relationships with Key Media People

Would you like to know an effective way to create a real relationship with a top-tier media contact? It’s really quite simple. Just follow what Darrell Gurney, the Career Guy, did back in 2008. What was he doing? He was inviting top media people to answer questions via free teleseminars with his clients. In one teleseminar, he […]

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Book Marketing Q&A: Search Engine Optimization

Book Author Question Our book review website is way down in the search engine rankings for key terms such as “book review,” “get book reviews,” and “reviews of books.” I can’t even find us under those — must be way, way down. John’s Book Marketing Answer After talking with the author, I found out that their website […]

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Persistence: What You Have Control Over

When you are writing a book, you have lots of control over the content, style, and format of your book, but once you start to market, you lose a lot of control. You can’t force media to feature you. You can’t force bookstores to put your book on their shelves. You can’t force readers to […]

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