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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /srv/users/sandra/apps/sandra/public/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Raise your hand if you really want to stop thinking about book marketing and just write your next book.<\/p>\n
Without even seeing you, I know that many (if not most) authors reading this have their hands up. You could\u00a0be suffering from book marketing overwhelm.<\/p>\n
Even novice authors discover quickly that it’s not enough to just write a book. If you\u00a0want people to read it, those readers\u00a0have to know about it. Getting your book title in front of the right people<\/a> takes time, knowledge, and effort.<\/p>\n You have to be using social media effectively.<\/p>\n You need publicity <\/a>— free exposure in the news media.<\/p>\n You need to plan and execute a virtual book tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n You need reader reviews<\/a>. And then more reader reviews.<\/p>\n You need to be a podcaster.<\/p>\n You need to be a blogger<\/a>.<\/p>\n And this is just a start. There’s so much you “need” to do to promote your book.<\/p>\n Or is there?<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you really need to be doing all of this? Do you need to do any of it? Can you just do some of it?<\/p>\n <\/a>Here’s an unexpected\u00a0idea: How about picking just one tactic and mastering it?<\/p>\n Let’s be honest. You don’t have time to do all of this. You might have a full-time job or personal responsibilities that barely leave you enough time for writing, let alone book marketing.<\/p>\n So give yourself permission to spend a little time upfront learning which tactic appears to be a good fit for:<\/p>\n If you’re\u00a0shy, for example, you don’t\u00a0need to master public speaking simply because it’s a good way to reach your\u00a0audience.\u00a0Guest blogging might be a better option for you, especially if you love to write.<\/p>\n If you “don’t get” Twitter, don’t use Twitter. It’s that simple. Even if you figure it out, if you don’t like it, using it will be a chore, not a pleasure.<\/p>\n But what would<\/em> be a pleasure? And could that tactic help you reach the right people? If so, learn how to do that one thing better than anyone else.<\/p>\n To make sure you’re not wasting your time, use a simple tracking system to help you monitor and evaluate your results. Customize the\u00a0sample Excel tracking file in “Social media data tracking for authors in 4 easy steps<\/a>” so that it tracks what you’re measuring.<\/p>\n Give yourself permission to experiment to find which tactic is the best fit for you, then spend your time on that approach, tuning out the rest (no matter what you hear from others).<\/p>\n That will give you more time to write that next book — the one that will help you build an audience for that one, the one before it, and the books to come.<\/p>\n What do you think of this idea? Would you like to master just one book marketing tactic, not all of them? Let us know in a comment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/a><\/p>\n Raise your hand if you really want to stop thinking about book marketing and just write your next book.<\/p>\n Without even seeing you, I know that many (if not most) authors reading this have their hands up. You could\u00a0be suffering from book marketing overwhelm.<\/p>\n Even novice authors discover quickly that it’s not enough to just write a book. If you\u00a0want people to read it, those readers\u00a0have to know about it. Getting your book title in front of the right people<\/a> takes time, knowledge, and effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11,12],"tags":[43,603,142],"class_list":["post-7213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tactics","category-tools","tag-book-marketing","tag-focus","tag-time-management"],"yoast_head":"\nYou have to . . .<\/h3>\n
Pick just one<\/h3>\n
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More books lead to more readers<\/h3>\n