Selling books starts with selling yourself as a writer and author. By writing articles giving presentations, becoming involved with networking groups and engaging in other activities that get you known, you have a greater opportunity to sell your books once they are published. Gene Simmons captured the essence of the idea of personal branding or building an author platform in …
If you are looking for a means of getting publicity for your books, increasing your personal brand, and potentially selling more copies of your new book, consider entering one of the Writer’s Digest Book Contests. While some categories have closed for 2013, others remain open at this time. By entering writing contests for self publishers, nonfiction, fiction, children’s, eBooks and other …
Selling nonfiction books is all about being a known entity or considered a subject matter expert. Getting more people to know or having heard of you increases your chances of selling books. This should be part of your marketing plan to create a personal brand. Once you identify where you will place your efforts as an author and have developed …
There are writing contests all over the country for books of various genres. Conduct an Internet search for “writing or book contests.” Enter them to: Gain recognition for and promote your book. Better brand yourself and your book(s). Sell more books. Get feedback on your articles and book. Potentially add an award to your writing résumé. If you win a book …
One of your goals in establishing credibility is to help brand yourself and your book(s) so that readers will want to buy future books that you write. Through personal branding initiatives, you will become a known entity and ultimately position yourself to sell more books. As a non-fiction author, you can begin to cement you credibility by demonstrating imagination, creativity, and a …
Successful authors take the time to build a following through personal exposure using social media, public appearances, volunteering at events, sending out news releases, publishing articles and through numerous other strategies. Dan Schawbel summed up the importance of personal branding in the following quotation:
The key to effectively developing name recognition, selling more books, and branding yourself, as noted authors have done, is to develop a marketing plan and stick with it. By getting people to recognize your products and associate them with your name and face, you can create a powerful revenue generation mechanism. Try doing at least one thing per day …
The key to effectively developing name recognition or branding yourself and selling a lot of books, as noted authors have done for centuries, is to develop a niche in which you become the “go to” person for that topic. This starts by developing a marketing plan and sticking with it. Try doing at least one thing per day to market …
Once you have written a book, you are still a long way from the best sellers list. You still have quite a bit of marketing ahead of you. If you planned your book project effectively, that was part of your plan to develop an author platform. In addition to having pertinent information or a story to tell that others want to …
In addition to having pertinent information or a story to tell that others want to hear about and read as an author, you must “brand” yourself in order to become a known entity. People must know who you are and what you do before they will buy what you produce. Branding is crucial for you to successfully generate residual income streams. …