Book Marketing Stories

Great Book Trailer, Book Cover Needs Work

Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. It features good images, great pacing, strong voiceover, and a great music soundtrack. It made me want to read his novel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/BiK_IVp909U&rel=0&w=640 Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. Click To Tweet Too bad his book […]

Continue Reading

The Product Launch King’s #1 Strategy for Creating Partnerships

In the video below, Jeff Walker, the Product Launch King, describes his #1 strategy for creating partnerships: content partnerships, mastermind partnerships, joint venture partnerships, affiliate partnerships. What’s the best way to create these relationships? Watch now: A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Walker shared the one-word secret to his million-dollar success: partnerships. But how do […]

Continue Reading

Pinterest Marketing: Redesigning Graphics for Pinterest

Here is an example of a quotegraphic that I took from Facebook and redesigned for maximum visibility on Pinterest. The short squat image is the one I discovered on Facebook. The tall thin graphic below that is the one I redesigned by cutting and pasting parts of the original image so it would be more […]

Continue Reading
take the smallest step

Take the Step: Move Forward on Your Book Marketing Plan

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take that step. This advice is so important for book authors. If you don’t take action (if you don’t take that step), your books won’t sell.   Take a small step every day: […]

Continue Reading