When you’re first trying to break into publishing, you are thinking about a printed novel or possibly an ebook, but the big bucks in publishing these days is coming from audiobooks. And podcasts are a great way to build a fan base and author brand. The sales numbers on audiobooks just continue to accelerate. More
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Podcast: Rusty Sheldon talks about Digital Marketing and Building an Authors Brand
For many years, Zilker Media’s Rusty Shelton has helped bestsellers and debut authors alike build their author brand and ramp up their online image so they can sell more books. Listen in as Rusty tells Alex White all about digital marketing and brand building for today’s authors. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/Shelton_Podcast_5.31.19.mp3
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The 10 Best Ways to Market Your Books
Social media is the number one marketing tool for authors today. Decades ago, you would have had to buy billboards or magazine ads or pay PR pros thousands of dollars to schedule drive-time radio interviews for you. Here are the 10 best ways to market your books and your brand. It’s a great time to
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NEWS AND INTERESTING THINGS Please let us know of interesting literary items you come across and especially your success stories from the conference so we can share your good news, too. Send us an email to news@sfwriters.org. Photos from Belize, please…It seems as if Joey Garcia was just on a panel with me
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2019 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference Announced
The 2019 SAN FRANCISCO WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday, September 14! Yes, this year’s San Francisco Writing for Change conference is in the works. We can tell you now that The O.G. Rev., Harry Louis Williams II (pictured left), bestselling author Nina Amir, and Melissa Hart (The Writer contributing editor and
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