Book Marketing Stories

Why Speak? How to Create a $1,000,000 Speech

Learn how to create a million dollar speech. Learn why you should speak if you want to promote your book, promote your services, and have fun doing it. Why You Should Speak! People need and want your message, your smarts, your expertise, and your inspiration. You can meet amazing people. You can solve problems and […]

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Blogging Is an Incredible Platform for Book Authors

Check out this video I did with Corbett Barr a few years ago. Most of the info is still valuable to any book author who wants to establish an effective online presence for selling their books. Listen in on How to Start a Blog That Matters: Blogging Is an Incredible Platform for Book Authors who […]

YouTube vs. Pinterest: The Showdown

Question: What’s your opinion on using YouTube videos for marketing a book and website versus Pinterest? To me, Pinterest is much easier but YouTube seems promising for providing traffic longer. John’s Answer: Personally, I think these two social networks are the two best social media for helping authors sell books, get traffic, and build relationships. YouTube […]

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Placing Your Book Covers into Incredible Settings

Using a neat little website (placeit.net), you can place your book covers (or other product images or website images) into interesting settings: presentation settings, mobile phones, computers, t-shirts, even fashionable videos. Check out these two images I created with PlaceIt.net. As you can see above, the image is free to use with no advertising. That […]