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Book promotion that works! If you want to promote your free ebook then tell...

Book promotion is an imprecise science, which is why I’m delighted to have actually succeeded at something! I had great success with my free promotional day on Amazon. 3000 people downloaded Shirley...

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WordPress for writers: Build an author website with WordPress (Part Two)

  To read about how WordPress can help writers,  see Part One! In my experience, fiction authors are hesitant to sell. That’s okay, as long as they do it anyway. (Tweet this instantly!) I’m not going...

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Shirley Link is FREE on Kindle 5/16 and 5/17

Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest, the third book in my Middle-Grade Mystery series, is out. But the real good news is that today and tomorrow it is FRREEEEEeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee …. So go to Amazon...

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How to set up Goodreads giveaways for your book

Goodreads giveaways are a wonderful way for authors to reach potential readers. Why? Because when you give away your book on Goodreads, you’re placing all of your hard work in the hands of someone who...

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Why is Twitter the best tool to find your target audience? This picture tells...

ou hear the one about the two authors who walk into a bar? One has a mailing list. The other one has zip. Nada. Mailing List: “I saw that tweet about your book sale the other day.” Zip Nada: “Yeah. I...

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8 tips to write an effective book description

We need to eat. Forget it. We need to go pee. We won’t. We need to sleep. Yeah, right. Writers go from one discomfort and life-draining behavior to another when we work on our stories. But then comes...

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How to write an author bio that sells books

Isn’t it fun to write about yourself? Wouldn’t you love to make a career out of coming up with new ways to talk about how interesting you are? Me neither. Can author bios sell books? If you believe...

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Promote your book on 30 sites in 15 minutes 

As usual, I’m at my standing desk doing squats (poorly). I’m in the throes of marketing bliss as I find ways to promote my book. I check on the sales of my book Shirley Link & The Black Cat....

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Choose the best genre for your book on Amazon

Cheat sheet. Use it once you’ve read the rest of this post!   n my last post, I covered the general rules of choosing the right genre for your book. I spoke briefly about Amazon’s categories. I’ll go...

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8 tips for a powerful book description (video)

Welcome to the first in a series of video tutorials! The series will cover best practices for today’s author. I don’t want the information to be useful to one type of writer or another. I don’t care if...

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Find keywords that smell terrific. Because they’re your book’s perfume!

What are keywords? They’re the words you use to describe your book. Sometimes you’ll hear them called keyword phrases, but that just means keywords that are more than one word long. For example, “hero”...

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What’s your Digital ID?

  NOTE: In the coming months I’m going to write about how we present ourselves online. Digital ID, as I call it, is the sum of: The services you use. The networks you join. The digital tools you depend...

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How to price your ebook

How to price your ebook can be a tough decision. Which is surprising since there aren’t many standard price points to choose from! $.99 – $9.99 That can be broken down in fifty cent increments or one...

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Add your book to Goodreads

I’m not sure why Goodreads hides their “Add a New Book” page from us. Are they afraid of some kind of literary hack? Or an avalanche of white papers? A storm of porn? Whatever the reason, just try to...

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Social media tactics: Avoid the Twitter time-suck

I did it. I finally did it. I’ve been on Twitter since 2007, which means, well, I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about tweeting since 2007. Oh, I have a lot to say. I have a lot to share. I always...

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The basics of social media

The basics of social media fluctuate around the edges. Use your real voice, be useful and go heavy on images when you can.  But if you look at the list below you’ll see some essentials that are harder...

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Will writers need to become media producers to survive?

My cousin is a musician. He’s worked his entire professional life amidst notes; touring with a successful band for years, producing several fantastic CDs and teaching. When iTunes slammed into the...

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How to promote a tweet according to Twitter

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with Twitter. One day I think I understand it and the next day it’s filled with some faux outrage (faux-rage?) thingy that makes me want to turn the world off....

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Using Facebook to find friends of friends to buy your book

This is either a “No duh, Ben” post or a […]

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Join John Logsdon and me every week for the author podcast, You Should Be...

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Humor author John Logsdon and I are having a blast with our new author podcast! It’s called You Should Be Writing! (With the exclamation point! Just because!) We’re up to episode 14...

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