Posts Tagged ‘book launch’
Author Spotlight interview with Helen Rowe
I can normally spot a good idea a mile off. If you can hook me in within the first few sentences, then you’ve probably got a really great book on your hands. I applied this logic in July 2021. At the time, I was a judge for the Page Turner Awards. I was presented with…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 12 – Amazon launch]
On Tuesday (when I was 9 days away from my Amazon launch), I received the email that no author wants to receive. It said “I think we need to push back your launch date…” After Tracy, my business manager scraped me off the ceiling and calmed me down, we created a plan B should we…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 11 – ARC]
Do you want to read a copy of Book Marketing Made Simple before it’s launched? If so, sign up and join our street team, as the ARC (Advance Review Copy) of the book is available from today! All we ask for in return is for you to share the details of the book with your…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 9 – Business Book Bites podcast]
It’s week 9 in my video blog leading up to the launch, which is 27 days away. And it’s been 9 days since I recorded the last one, so there’s lots going on! There are 4 things I talk about in this week’s video. The book and the planner – which have now arrived! The…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 7 – Collaborations]
Too many people overcomplicate the book writing process. They think it’s all on them to write and market their book. Of course, they can get a book coach or a book mentor to help them, but what I mean in this context is developing collaborations. It’s certainly been one of the secrets to my success…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 5 – pre-launch book marketing]
Too many people hold back from writing their books because they can’t see how they can reap the rewards until their book is published. And then they get excited when I tell them about the possibilities and how pre-launch book marketing fits in! Others see writing as a big task that’s all on them. And…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book [week 4 – the sum of small efforts]
Robert Collier said “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out”. It’s the quote that came to me earlier this week and you could apply this philosophy to the process of writing or marketing your book. I’d like to start with a reality check. Although I have set aside some…
Read MoreHow to successfully launch a book! [week 1]
I am getting ready to launch a second edition of Book Marketing Made Simple in September. Although the fundamentals of marketing haven’t changed, the world has! And I invite you to look over my shoulder and be a fly on the wall as I launch it. You can watch this short video to find out…
Read MoreInterview with Sally Kay, author of Reflexology Lymph Drainage
On a mission to share her work and research into reflexology lymph drainage, Sally Kay decided to write a book. It started off in fits and starts, and it took seven years of dreaming before her book came to fruition. She was struggling with her beliefs, feared putting it out there and worried that her…
Read MoreInterview with Lindsay Maclean, author of Speak Up & Be Heard
I could relate to Lindsay Maclean when she told me about her childhood. Like me, she was shy. Her school reports said she was “a very nervous child”. But also, like me, she didn’t let this hold her back. With support from her teachers, she started to develop her confidence. After university, she joined a…
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