{"id":2245,"date":"2011-06-16T10:48:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:41","slug":"creative-methods-of-book-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/creative-methods-of-book-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Methods of Book Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing a great book and getting it published are just parts of the journey to becoming a successful author.\u00a0 Making the buying public aware of your book &#8211; and getting them to buy it &#8211; is the final, and often the hardest, step.\u00a0 If you were able to get published by a major publishing house, they will most likely shoulder most of that burden.\u00a0 If you\u00a0go with a small publisher or self-publishing, as more and more os us are, that task will fall squarely on your shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a round-up of book marketing tips posted to BookBuzzer by Tony Eldridge.\u00a0 Tony is the author of the action\/adventure book, The Samson Effect, that Clive Cussler calls a &#8220;first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure&#8221; and the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests which helps people find targeted Twitter followers.\u00a0 He also shares his book marketing tips with fellow authors through his blog and through his free video marketing tips for authors. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/tonyeldridge\">@TonyEldridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, on to\u00a0Tony&#8217;s guest posts on BookBuzzr&#8230;\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-people-you-follow-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Keep Up With The People You Follow On Twitter<\/a>&#8211; As your Twitter lists grows, how do you keep up with thousands of followers? Check this post out for some ideas.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/using-your-blog-as-a-virtual-hand-shake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using Your Blog As A Virtual Hand Shake<\/a>&#8211; This post can show you how to meet the contacts you want to meet by using your blog.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/tools-to-help-you-create-videos-for-your-blogwebsite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tools To Help You Create Videos For Your Blog\/Website<\/a>&#8211; Videos are the rage on the net now. In this post,\u00a0Tony shares some resources to help you use videos on your site.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/5-tips-on-setting-e-books-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Tips On Setting E-Books Prices<\/a>&#8211;\u00a0Tony offers his\u00a0two cents worth when it comes to e-book pricing in this post.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/free-downloads-for-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Downloads For Authors<\/a>&#8211; This is the mega list of fun toys and downloads for authors.<\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/recognize-your-clients-readers-to-show-appreciation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recognize Your Clients\/Readers To Show Appreciation<\/a>&#8211; Everyone loves a pat on the back or a little spotlight from time to time. See how you can do this for your readers.<\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/book-marketing-mondays-the-world-loves-a-great-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World Loves A Great Contest<\/a>&#8211; See how you can use contests to have fun with your readers and followers.<\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/book-marketing-dont-go-at-it-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don&#8217;t Go At It Alone<\/a>&#8211; Marketing your book can be a tough thing to do by yourself. The good news is that you don&#8217;t need to do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/how-to-get-your-book-mentioned-in-a-newspaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Get Your Book Mentioned In A Newspaper<\/a>&#8211; Most authors want to see their book in the local newspaper. Here are some tips to show you how.<\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/creating-a-marketing-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: Creating A Marketing Hub<\/a>&#8211; This post will show you how to organize a diverse and chaotic internet presence.<\/p>\n<p>11. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/now-is-the-time-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Now Is The Time To Facebook<\/a>&#8211; Are you on Facebook? If not, you should be and in this post,\u00a0Tony\u00a0tells you why.<\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/important-communication-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Important Communication Lessons Learned From The 2010 Midterm Elections<\/a>&#8211; Last year, the Republicans thumped the Democrats in the mid-term elections. Check out these communications lessons from those elections you can use in your own book marketing efforts.<\/p>\n<p>13. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbuzzr.com\/blog\/review-conducting-twitter-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review: Conducting Twitter Contests by Tony Eldridge<\/a>&#8211; Read why BookBuzzr said that Conducting Effective Twitter Contests &#8220;is a must read for anyone planning a twitter contest!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hope you find some helpful ideas here, I know I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing a great book and getting it published are just parts of the journey to becoming a successful author.&nbsp; Making the buying public aware of your book &ndash; and getting them to buy it &ndash; is the final, and often the hardest, step.&nbsp; If you were able to get published by a major publishing house, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/creative-methods-of-book-marketing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Methods of Book Marketing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3,16,9],"class_list":["post-2245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sell-yourself","tag-books","tag-promotion","tag-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21628,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions\/21628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}