Book Marketing Tips – Increase Your Author Visibility – Sell More Books!
Marketing Tips: After extensive research, trial, error, and long-time experience, Artisan Book Reviews has discovered the most effective ways to market your books, create an online presence, and connect authors with readers worldwide.
In this article, we provide authors with the very best ways, to implement immediately, to increase book sales, author visibility and build their brand and platform as a published author. Read on for great author and book marketing tips.
Create a Complete “Author Platform” Which Must Include:
Keep Your Website Up-to-Date, Visually Appealing and User Friendly
Note: Do not bog your website/blog down with other authors books or reviews. This will distract from your own particular work and books. The only exception to this rule is if you are collaborating with another author, and sharing your books on one another’s sites.
Participate in Social Media Regularly – Marketing Tips
Social media is vital to gaining a following of readers that will look forward to hearing about and buying your books. You can have discussions with them about books and hook them on your books. Twitter , Facebook Instagram LinkedIn and Pinterest are all social media platforms which authors should promote themselves on.
Have a Complete Amazon Author Page-Book Marketing Tips
Your Goodreads Author Page – Run Plenty of Giveaways
Reach Out to Book Clubs: Offer to Speak and Share about Your Book
Get as Many Great Reviews For Your Book as Possible
Excellent quality book reviews are vital to selling more books. Utilize free and paid reviewers to maximize your efforts and receive the best quality professional and marketable book reviews that will increase your book sales substantially. Always ask your book reviewer to kindly post their review on Amazon and Goodreads.
Enter as Many Book Award Contests that Are Available
Book Marketing & Promotion – Book Marketing Tips
Marketing and promoting your book is one of the most difficult parts of increasing your book sales and author visibility.
We recommend that authors should hire a book marketing professional to achieve the best results to substantially increase book sales, and connect with readers and the book industry professionals worldwide
To increase your book sales and author visibility., check out Artisan Book Reviews and Chick Lit Cafe, as well as Kids Lit Book Cafe for your children’s books. All have a large readership base with hundreds of thousands of followers across the board. They review and promote numerous books and authors of all genres. They utilize many readers and book related websites, book news magazines and media sites to market qualified authors books on. They will get your book out there, and it will be well worth the cost effective price. They get results. Be sure to read their author testimonials.
For a full list of where you can enter book contests, find free and paid book reviews, free author interviews, and find book marketers, please contact us through our “contact form” to request your free list of resources for authors.
Yes, creating an author platform takes time and work. But, in the end you will definitely reap the benefits by becoming visible as a published author, spotlighting yourself and your books and ultimately selling more.
Note: This article is for the sole purpose of helping authors to promote themselves and their books and to achieve success in their writing careers.
About the author:
Article Contributed by Ella James
Editor/Social Media and Book Marketing Specialist/Book Reviewer
USC Berkeley
Degree Field of Study: Marketing, Journalism, Business Management
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