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Smart Marketing Tips for Indie Authors

April 12, 2016

  • Create a website and keep it current.

  • Add a blog to your website and post quality stuff.

  • Give away professionally designed bookmarks.

  • Give away free print or electronic books.

  • Tap the power of social media, yet post carefully.

  • Create free talks that explain and expand your book.

  • Always carry a book and business cards with you.

  • Pay a professional reviewer/review service for a write-up.

  • Ask friends/colleagues to post reviews on Amazon.

  • Write free articles for national/regional magazines.

  • Build a relationship with local media and keep them informed.

  • Update your alma mater about your work.

  • Take at least one marketing step a day.

  • Track your progress in a book marketing log.

← Author's Metadata Scorecard: How Do You Rate?Keeping a Book Marketing Log →

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