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Kinstant Dashboard Review

December 12, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 9 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Kinstant Dashboard Review

Kinstant Dashboard is software that Kindle publishers can use to track their rankings and market their books.  Here is my Kinstant Dashboard review after using it myself.   My Review of Kinstant Dashboard  (likes & dislikes)… This is a tool I (Shelley) own and use for my own publishing business.  Here is my review of […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Product Reviews Tagged With: kindle marketing, kinstant, kinstant dashboard review

3 Easy Ways To Add Tweets To Your Blog Posts

December 2, 2013 By Heather Hart 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Online marketing is all about encouraging others to help you spread your message. We can do this by adding tweet or pin it buttons to our post (see above), but those only go so far. They are becoming the standard for readers and are frequently overlooked. So how can we encourage our following to help […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tips, Social Media, Twitter Tagged With: author websites, Blogging Tips, get exposure, marketing, tools for authors, twitter marketing

{Book Launch} 2 Books + Over $75 in Bonuses!

November 25, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Book Marketing Launch

Hey Authors! We’re excited to share two of our newest books with you today – so excited, that we’re giving away $75 worth of bonuses to anyone who buys both of them today or tomorrow! If you’ve been following along with us for any length of time, you’ll know that we are authors in the […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tagged With: book launch

How to Increase Blog Traffic by Repurposing Content

November 19, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 8 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Content Transformer Review

There are many ways to increase blog traffic but one of my favorite is by repurposing your blog content.   It takes time to research, write and edit a blog post.  So, why not make the most of the time you invested in that content by also publishing the same content in different formats.  Not […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: content transformer review, increase blog traffic, repurposing content

How to Find and Contact Amazon Book Reviewers

November 14, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 42 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

How to Find and Contact Amazon Reviewers

Most authors know that reviews help sell books.  But, getting reviews is sometimes difficult.  There are many options for getting book reviews but in this post, I am going to focus on how to find and contact Amazon book reviewers.  I have done this manually in the past and have had some success.  Not every […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: amazon reviewers, amazon reviews, how to get reviews

8 Ways To Spruce Up Your Marketing With Holiday Graphics

November 7, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Have you decked your halls for the season? One of my favorite parts of Christmas is driving around and looking at all of the decorations and lights, but it occurred to me this year, how often our websites and book marketing efforts get left out of our holiday cheer. We’ve all heard the saying that […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, marketing, places to promote

5 Ways To Boost Your Christmas Book Sales

October 30, 2013 By Heather Hart 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Over the years, we’ve found that the Christmas season usually brings in the highest book sales of the year – even without any extra marketing! Why not make the most of the season and plan your book marketing accordingly? I’ve already seen multiple posts on Facebook about people doing their Christmas shopping – so now […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, Book Sale, Christmas, get exposure, guest blogging, marketing, places to promote

How to Host a Live Webinar for FREE Using Google+ Hangouts

October 3, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 67 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Host Live Webinars Google Plus

In this post we wanted to share what we learned about how to host a live webinar for free using Google+ hangouts.  We have attended live webinars hosted through Google Plus and have heard many people talk about doing it.  But, unfortunately, we could not find many tutorials that could walk us step-by-step through the […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Video Tagged With: Google+ hangouts, live webinar

Becoming A Celebrity Author

September 24, 2013 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

We recently hosted marketing wizard, D’vorah Lansky, M. Ed., for a webinar titled, What It Means To Be A Celebrity Author In Today’s High Tech World. D’vorah has been marketing online and mentoring leaders since 1994. She is the author of several Amazon bestselling books including: Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, get exposure, hangout, marketing, videos, Webinars

Teleseminar Basics for Authors PLUS 13 Promotion Tips and 11 Tools for Success

September 20, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Teleseminar Basics for Authors

Ready to learn teleseminar basics?  With the ready availability of low-cost (or no-cost) long-distance service and conference call lines, teleseminars have become increasingly popular. Instead of spending thousands of dollars traveling to give an in-person presentation, you can meet your readers, customers and prospects right where they are, without even having to change out of […]

Filed Under: Audio, Book Marketing, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Book Marketing, book marketing tips, teleseminar, teleseminar basics

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