by Caitlin Muir | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog Posts, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Platform Building Tips, Social Media Tips, Speaking, Twitter, Viral Marketing, Website Tips, Writing Tips
Fresh out of ideas on how to help your writing take off? You’re in luck. We’ve compiled a list of 89 book marketing ideas that will change your life, build your brand, and sell your book. There’s something for everyone on the list. Best of all, the...
by Thomas Umstattd | Nov 4, 2013 | Blog Posts, News, Podcasting
Are you a novelist? Do you want to sell more of your books? If yes, we think you’ll love this brand new Podcast. It’s a Podcast on marketing designed specifically for novelists. For novelists who love marketing and even more so for novelists who would love the need...
by Chad Allen | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog Posts, Platform Building Tips, Writing Tips
If you’re a writer, it’s fair to assume you’d like to write a bestseller. In my 12-plus years of experience as an editor for a major publisher, bestseller status is the Holy Grail of the writing trade, and it’s not just an ego thing. Hitting the bestseller lists is an...
by Caitlin Muir | May 16, 2013 | Blog Posts, How To, Platform Building Tips, Reviews, Social Media Tips, Technology, Twitter
FollowerWonk is a wonderful little tool released by the brilliant minds at SEOMoz that will help you connect with the right people on Twitter. Rand Fishkin did a great presentation on FollowerWonk for SEOs. I highly recommend watching it, even if your eyes glaze over...
by Caitlin Muir | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog Posts, Blogging Tips, How To, Platform Building Tips, Productivity, Website Tips, Writing Tips
A few weeks ago, I was depressed about the Author Media blog. Nothing seemed to be going right. Or right enough. You know how it goes – that awful artistic angst. It’s nothing you can put your finger on, but just a nagging feeling that you aren’t...
by Thomas Umstattd | Apr 15, 2013 | Blog Posts, Productivity, Website Tips
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify | RSS | MoreConstant Contact used to be the most popular solution for author newsletters. But is it the best? Here are 7 reasons why I prefer Mail...
by Caitlin Muir | Apr 8, 2013 | Blog Posts, Productivity, Social Media Tips, Twitter, Viral Marketing
I don’t know anyone who grew up wanting to be a host on an infomercial but Twitter has turned many authors into a mutation of the Sham-WOW guy. That’s right. Sham-WOW. There’s a fine line between promoting your work and selling your brand (okay, and...
by Caitlin Muir | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog Posts, Blogging Tips, Platform Building Tips, Writing Tips
Finding something to blog about can be hard. Writer’s block can be a serious condition that cripples authors. It doesn’t have to be that way. Especially when you are working on other writing projects and every ounce of your creative juices have already...
by Caitlin Muir | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog Posts, News
We just updated our MyBookTable Kickstarter page with exciting news. Thanks to so many members of the author and tech communities, we are proud to announce that… MyBookTable is fully funded! Many of you have stepped up to the plate and helped us fund...
by Caitlin Muir | Mar 7, 2013 | Blog Posts, News, Platform Building Tips
It’s time to get ready for conference season. Thousands of writers will descend on a handful of writer’s conferences this year. Only a few will walk away with a book deal. To stand out, you must transform into a lean, mean, agent-winning machine….but...
by Caitlin Muir | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog Posts, Platform Building Tips, Productivity, Social Media Tips, Twitter, Viral Marketing
Twitter isn’t going anywhere. The sad thing is, most authors are ignoring it. They can’t afford to. A few authors like CS Lakin and Mary DeMuth are doing an incredible job of using the network to connect with readers, industry leaders, and even publishers....
by Caitlin Muir | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Posts, Blogging Tips, How To
Last year, we showed you how to schedule your posts in WordPress. We wanted to help you save time in the blogging process. Then something happened. WordPress upgraded to version 3.5. Authors were left scrambling, trying to figure out how to use the new system. ...
by Caitlin Muir | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Posts, Platform Building Tips, Speaking
In It’s a Wonderful Life, everyone loved George Bailey, the ultimate hometown hero–but George didn’t realize it. He felt intimidated by his friends who had gone out of Bedford Falls and made names for themselves. George wasn’t inferior to them. He just thought...
by Caitlin Muir | Feb 21, 2013 | Blog Posts, Social Media Tips, Website Tips
Buying a new website can be tricky. No two websites are identical, nor are two web companies the same. Everyone has a different approach to how they build websites and each of them is convinced they are the best. While we’d love to build your professional author...
by Kristen Lamb | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Posts, Blogging Tips, Platform Building Tips, Social Media Tips, Writing Tips
There are a lot of different approaches to social media, but WANA is very different. By teaching you to think ecologically, you will be far more adaptable and thus, more successful. I believe that if you give a writer a marketing gimmick, she’ll sell a few books...
