Hi, it's Carolyn Howard-Johnson here, creator of the blogs: #NewBookReview and #SharingWithWriters.
MY INVITATION TO OUR SHARINGWITHWRITERS FANS
Do you have a successful marketing tip to share with your fellow authors, publicists, readers and book marketers? Just send it to me at carolynhjohnson@icloud.com with the words "My fave marketing tip" in the subject line, and include a great creditline/introduction to your author self and your most recent book or project with links to learn more. (My super associate Lois W. St at #SharingwithWriters blog and #TheNewBookReview blog. Lois suggests using the format below to make it ever-so-easy.) We will publish your tip and give a special award to the one which receives the greatest number of views that month.
A MESSAGE FROM MY ASSOCIATE, LOIS W. STERN
This is an opportunity to get more eyeballs focused on you, whether you are an author, publisher, editor or publicist.
We all know that even the best of books won’t go far without some good marketing behind them, so how about sending Carolyn your FAVE marketing tip, using the form below. Carolyn and I will select one marketing tip each month as the WINNER OF THE MONTH, based on the number of views it gets, and post it on this blog and TheNewBookReview blog too. And that’s a big deal ‘cause it gives you one more opportunity to highlight your accomplishments as an Author, Editor, Publisher or Marketing guru. and i'll kick it off with one of my own, THE ZODIAC--which is related to my anthology series that make great birthday gifts for anyone who reads year round!
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR FAVE MARKETING TIP:
To make the submission process easier, first copy and paste the template below to help you gather all your data. Then we will post it for FREE at: https://SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com and--if suitable--at https://TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, too! And of course, let you. know when it will be published by sending you a permalink to use for your own promotion to encourage your audience to come support you to help you win Lois’s award icon to give you even more fun bragging rights on any or all of your social media.
TEMPLATE for SUBMITTING a FAV MARKETING TIP
YOUR NAME:
YOUR CREDENTIALS:: How you want to be known
(Author, Publicist, Editor , Marketing guru . . .)
TITLE(S) OF BOOK(S) YOU SUCCESSFULLY MARKETED:
MARKETING TIP ITSELF, of course!
IMAGES: Please include JPEG IMAGES of your choice, (i.e. Your logo, Your headshot, logo, badge, or photo related to writing--anything that helps define you and the book you marketed). Kindly send each with an identifying caption.
ABOUT YOU, THE MARKETING GURU: With Optional Biography/credit line.
(Don’t be shy. This is your opportunity to let readers know of all your wonderful accomplishments.)
YOUR FAVE LINKS: Include buy links for your books, of course.
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________
Do you want this email to be included with your marketing tip?
___ Yes ___ NO
LAST CHECK: NITTY GRITTY BUT IMPORTANT PUBLISHING STUFF
YOUR SUBMISSION WILL INCLUDE:
Your name as submitter of this marketing tip.
Title of book you are marketing.
Actual marketing tip.
Permission to print your marketing tip.
Photos of your choice in JPEG format. (Google loves them!)
Caption to identify each submitted photo.
Note #1: If you would like to quote a testimonial or blurb of twenty-five words or less at the end of your marketing tip, please feel free to do so.
If you need help editing blurbs, read Carolyn’s “The Frugal Editor” using the Index to find appropriate entries.
Note #2: Watch for our new feature--a marketmatic free contest to select a winning marketing tip from among all those submitted each season--a veritable zodiac of winners!
Yay! A way for us to extend one more lucky participant's exposure a bit farther, and give them a chance to tout another win!
And, I (Lois) will make an award-emblem for winners to use in their own campaigns... forever afterward.
Note #3: Did you have trouble choosing which marketing tip to submit? Not to fret, you can make a regular habit of sending them. But only one a month, and ONLY one in each submission email.
We accept more than a single marketing tip from any given participant, spaced at 30 days or more apart. Please send each tip separately.
ABOUT THENEWBOOKREVIEW ASSOCIATE:
Lois W. Stern is an Associate & Review Coordinator for TheNewBookReview. She is also the creator of Tales2Inspire®, an #AuthorsHelpingAuthors project/contest to help aspiring writers on their paths to discovery. And best of all, it’s Free. Lois has now published twelve Tales2Inspire® treasured Tales2Inspire Jewel Collection anthologies and six Tales2Inspire 2-in-1 Diamond Collection anthologies. As a multi award winning author, her work has been featured in the New York Times, Newsday, Long Island Press, Barnard Magazine, on Local Access TV and in live presentations in varied venues. As TheNewBookReview review coordinator, Lois serves as an outreach to help other authors brand themselves as authors of talent.
More About #TheNewBookReview Blog
The New Book Review is blogged by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. Authors, readers, publishers, and reviewers may republish their favorite reviews of books they want to share with others. That includes authors who want to share their favorite reviews, reviewers who'd like to see their reviews get more exposure, and readers who want to shout out praise of books they've read and love.
Please see submission guidelines in a tab at the top of this blog's home page or go directly to the submission guidelines at http://bit.ly/ThePlacetoRecycleBookReviews or to the guideline tab at the top of the home page of this blog. Authors and publishers who do not yet have reviews or want more may use Lois W. Stern's #AuthorsHelpingAuthors service (also free) for requesting reviews. Find her guidelines in the right column of #TheNewBookReview blog home page (a silver and gold badge and three silver-gray circles beneath it located in the right column.
Carolyn Wilhelm is our IT expert. She is an award-winning author and veteran educator and contributes reviews and posts on other topics related to books on this blog.
Reviews, interviews, and articles on this blog are indexed by genre, reviewers' names, and review sites so #TheNewBookReview may be used as a resource for most anyone in the publishing industry. As an example, writers will find this blog's search engine handy for gleaning the names of small publishers. Find other writer-related blogs at Sharing with Writers and The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor. #TheFrugalbookPromoter, #CarolynHowardJohnson, #TheNewBookReview, #TheFrugalEditor, #SharingwithWriters, #reading #BookReviews #GreatBkReviews #BookMarketing HowToDoItFrugally http://bit.ly/ThePlacetoRecycleBookReviews.
