"Thanks to me following instructions in 8 hours, my website went from 182 page views in December to 444 in January, and February is at 647 average page views per day." Fran Veal - Author of Finding My Escape and Finding My Way Back
Sunday, February 16, 2014
FREE Jump Start Your Career Marketing Webinar Saturday Feb. 22nd, 2014 @ 2 pm EST
You're Invited to my FREE Book Marketing Webinar Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at 2 pm est. Register here: https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EA53DD86874B39
"Thanks to me following instructions in 8 hours, my website went from 182 page views in December to 444 in January, and February is at 647 average page views per day." Fran Veal - Author of Finding My Escape and Finding My Way Back
"Thanks to me following instructions in 8 hours, my website went from 182 page views in December to 444 in January, and February is at 647 average page views per day." Fran Veal - Author of Finding My Escape and Finding My Way Back
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Me, Hugh Howey, and Legacy John on AuthorEarnings....
This is a fantastic article with charts and statistics on the state of Publishing.
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Me, Hugh Howey, and Legacy John on AuthorEarnings....: Joe sez: Go and join the fun over at www.authorearnings.com if you want to see Hugh Howey blow the lid off of Amazon author earnings. To s...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The Magic of Book Sale Multiplication
Pricing is one of those things that keep us all in a state of confusion. What should we price at? How long should we keep it at that price? Pros? Cons? It's always something. I've taken the time to come up with a couple little charts that will help you plan your strategy. When it comes to paid advertising in order to make an good decision you should always consider the "buy out" of the ad meaning your break even point. Then I always suggest that you look for alternate ways to spend the budget to see what by comparison you can buy with your budget.
For example let's say a one time ad on a big and popular site costs $150 and you will have that exposure for one day....look to compare how many other places you could spread that money around and look at the potential exposure in traffic numbers/impressions etc. to see if your buy is a good one or if you can use your money in a better way. When you have a limited budget it's important to make sure that you do the "right" advertising at the "right" time.
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Here's to YOUR Success,
Tammie
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Just two more days to grab the #1 Amazon Bestselling 2014 Ultimate Author Marketing Planner while it's $1.99
Grab your copy of these two Amazon Bestsellers before it's to late and the price goes up. So, which should you buy?
If your floundering with your marketing and need a no-nonsense step-by-step tell you exactly what to do book, then start with the 8 Hours to Jump Start Your Career. It's filled with a simple 8 Hour plan to give you and your book the needed foundation from which all your other marketing endeavors can build. Building your book marketing on solid rock will give it the absolute best opportunity to gain you the type of visibility that will help you jump-start your marketing and sell more books.
If you're seasoned and want something that will help you begin to layer your marketing onto your foundation, start with 2014 Ultimate Author Planner it has all the tools you need to take your marketing to the next level. It includes a full Marketing directory as well as 77 pages of goal setting, tracking and planning sheets. The marketing primer is just what you need to stay motivated and begin to learn the why's behind some of the must dos.
If your floundering with your marketing and need a no-nonsense step-by-step tell you exactly what to do book, then start with the 8 Hours to Jump Start Your Career. It's filled with a simple 8 Hour plan to give you and your book the needed foundation from which all your other marketing endeavors can build. Building your book marketing on solid rock will give it the absolute best opportunity to gain you the type of visibility that will help you jump-start your marketing and sell more books.
If you're seasoned and want something that will help you begin to layer your marketing onto your foundation, start with 2014 Ultimate Author Planner it has all the tools you need to take your marketing to the next level. It includes a full Marketing directory as well as 77 pages of goal setting, tracking and planning sheets. The marketing primer is just what you need to stay motivated and begin to learn the why's behind some of the must dos.
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If you're serious about selling more books in 2014 grab them now. You won't be investing in gimics, instead you'll be investing in a proven plan for putting your marketing on a solid foundation that will yield dividends for months and years to come.
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If you're serious about selling more books in 2014 grab them now. You won't be investing in gimics, instead you'll be investing in a proven plan for putting your marketing on a solid foundation that will yield dividends for months and years to come.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Being Busy is no Excuse! Five ways you can make time for your Book Marketing and Sell More Books!
I'm a very busy person so when I hear authors complain about not having time to market it makes me roll my eyes. When you run your own business (I started my first at 17 just two weeks after high school graduation) and you are the only one you can depend on to get stuff done, you learn how to multi-task, you also learn to spend the time you have on the tasks that have the most potential to help you reach your goals.
As authors we waste a huge amount of time in the name of marketing. There are a few things in life that you just know you are going to have to do over and over again. I call them the vanishing tasks: Like cleaning the kitchen. You clean it and in fifteen minutes it can be messed up again and you start over. Washing clothes... you'll never be finished...you will always have to wash and dry clothes.
When it comes to marketing, you want to limit the amount of time that you spend on one-time wonders and concentrate on those tasks that you do once and benefit from again and again.
#1- SPEND MORE TIME DOING TASKS THAT OFFER LONG TERM RESULTS- Make sure your book is listed on all of the online directories and websites that offer authors free listings for themselves and their books. SPEND LESS TIME POSTING TO FACEBOOK GROUPS-IN FACT DON'T DO ANY MORE POSTING TO FACBOOK GROUPS (BOOK PROMOS) UNTIL YOU ARE SET UP WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES.
#2-GROUP LIKE TASKS TOGETHER- DEDICATED AN HOUR TO DO TWEETS, FACEBOOK PROMO POSTS ETC. BUILD UP A BANK OF THESE SORT OF THINGS AND USE THEM IN ROTATION.THIS IS A HUGE TIME SAVER.
#3-TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT MARKETING. CHOOSE THOSE THINGS THAT OFFER MORE FOR THE MONEY IF YOU ARE DOING PAID ADVERTISING.This type of advertising may take longer to kick in but that name recognition you are building will help to establish you and once you make it to the Bestseller lists you'll stay there longer.
#4-CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE BECAUSE IT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON YOU ARE STRUGGLING. LOOK FOR WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM YOU ARE HAVING INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL YOUR TIME COMPLANING ABOUT IT. It really is true that the longer you put something off, the worse the task will be. If you spend all your time worrying about something, being upset you're not where you want to be and how poorly your book is doing, you're wasting your time on nonproductive tasks.
#5-APPLY THESE STRATEGIES to other tasks for your non-publishing life. FREEING UP TIME IS FREEING UP TIME and it's time we can spend doing the things we want to instead of doing the things we have to do. TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION and BECOME THE SUCCESS YOU DREAM OF BEING.
If you enjoy my posts, consider purchasing one of my author related books. I hold nothing back and they are the results of years of research and over 20 years of offline marketing experience. Don't recreate the wheel, just learn to use it to get you rolling in the right direction.
Wishing you a successful 2014,
Tammie
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Will 2014 Be A Repeat of Last Year or Are You Ready for Success?
Oh, dear...the New Year is here and the groups I belong to are a hot mess of optimism and sheer negativity. Authors, please, attitude first. Can't never could. Won't never will. Giving up should not be in your vocabulary. Defeat should NOT be something you are willing to accept. Say it after me..."The only thing between myself and success is ME."
You are your own worst enemy. If you didn't reach your goals last year you probably didn't write them down. Worse, you probably never really made any. Goals are fundamental. They help us measure our progress like a to-do list. Have you ever noticed how much more accomplished you feel at the end of the day when you check off that very last task? It feels good doesn't it? That's is how you will become successful.
It's time to step away from the pity party and put on the robe of a professional author. No moaning, no groaning, no telling the entire world you haven't sold a book. Seriously, this is the internet and regardless of whether you are talking in a small group of authors on Facebook or on your timeline. No body wants to do business with someone they perceive as not successful. I don't care if you sell no books in a month. Wallow at home, but do NOT go tell the world you are struggling.
Your future readers only want to hear about your struggles when you are rich and famous. Then you can lament all your hard knocks. Until then, get your act together, grow up and realize this is a business. This is a game that you must win to become the fulfilled author that you want to be. It's not that hard, really.
Every author should take a basic marketing course. If you don't have time to do that then consider buying a couple of good books. Not just any books, but books that can give you the nudge that you need to develop your own systems.
I've written two books that I believe give authors that edge. They are filled with the motivation to help you anchor yourself into a necessary part of being a published author, marketing.
I'm not writing any of this to get rich. I won't get rich on any of the how-to's that I've put out for authors. I wrote them because it really bothers me that so many authors ask the same questions over and over and I just don't have time to answer them. If you buy one of my author books and don't find at lest one idea that is worth more than the cost of the book then write me because I want to know.
If you are truly ready for success this year grab the 2014 Ultimate Author Marketing Guide and get started. It will not only take you through the basics of marketing, but includes a directory of links that allow you to find free places and techniques to market your books. In addition, you will receive a 77 page planner full of goal setting and tracking planning pages that will get you organized.
My first book for authors, 8 Hours to Jump Start Your Career for Self Published Authors gives you all you need to take an 8 Hour day and set your book on a firm marketing foundation.
If you've read either, I'd love to hear from you.
I can be reached at tammiecgibbs@yahoo.com
Wishing you much success in the New Year,
Tammie Clarke Gibbs
International Bestselling Author
Publisher of Reader's Rock Magazine
Founder of the Virtual Ebook Fair
Owner Gibbs Publishing
http://www.amazon.com/2014-ULTIMATE-Authors-Marketing-Planner-ebook/dp/B00HN8EGDE/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1390145901&sr=1-2&keywords=tammie+gibbs
You are your own worst enemy. If you didn't reach your goals last year you probably didn't write them down. Worse, you probably never really made any. Goals are fundamental. They help us measure our progress like a to-do list. Have you ever noticed how much more accomplished you feel at the end of the day when you check off that very last task? It feels good doesn't it? That's is how you will become successful.
It's time to step away from the pity party and put on the robe of a professional author. No moaning, no groaning, no telling the entire world you haven't sold a book. Seriously, this is the internet and regardless of whether you are talking in a small group of authors on Facebook or on your timeline. No body wants to do business with someone they perceive as not successful. I don't care if you sell no books in a month. Wallow at home, but do NOT go tell the world you are struggling.
Your future readers only want to hear about your struggles when you are rich and famous. Then you can lament all your hard knocks. Until then, get your act together, grow up and realize this is a business. This is a game that you must win to become the fulfilled author that you want to be. It's not that hard, really.
Every author should take a basic marketing course. If you don't have time to do that then consider buying a couple of good books. Not just any books, but books that can give you the nudge that you need to develop your own systems.
I've written two books that I believe give authors that edge. They are filled with the motivation to help you anchor yourself into a necessary part of being a published author, marketing.
I'm not writing any of this to get rich. I won't get rich on any of the how-to's that I've put out for authors. I wrote them because it really bothers me that so many authors ask the same questions over and over and I just don't have time to answer them. If you buy one of my author books and don't find at lest one idea that is worth more than the cost of the book then write me because I want to know.
If you are truly ready for success this year grab the 2014 Ultimate Author Marketing Guide and get started. It will not only take you through the basics of marketing, but includes a directory of links that allow you to find free places and techniques to market your books. In addition, you will receive a 77 page planner full of goal setting and tracking planning pages that will get you organized.
My first book for authors, 8 Hours to Jump Start Your Career for Self Published Authors gives you all you need to take an 8 Hour day and set your book on a firm marketing foundation.
If you've read either, I'd love to hear from you.I can be reached at tammiecgibbs@yahoo.com
Wishing you much success in the New Year,
Tammie Clarke Gibbs
International Bestselling Author
Publisher of Reader's Rock Magazine
Founder of the Virtual Ebook Fair
Owner Gibbs Publishing
http://www.amazon.com/2014-ULTIMATE-Authors-Marketing-Planner-ebook/dp/B00HN8EGDE/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1390145901&sr=1-2&keywords=tammie+gibbs
Thursday, July 25, 2013
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