Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Book Marketing Strategies: When Social Media Comes Calling – Do You Respond?

Written by Anna Weber

I have had feedback this week that putting the pressure on to have Authors add more to their plate to spend valuable writing time posting on social media is akin to some sort of cruelty!  One person even suggested that there was an extreme gap between the writing they want to accomplish in service to [...]

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Authors: What is Holding You Back on Using Social Media?

Written by Anna Weber

My question to you today, in continuing with Social Media considerations for authors seeking to promote their book is, “Are you still holding back on using Social Media?” Are you among the authors reluctant to use Social Media to promote your work?  What is holding you back? The idea that you can’t monitor the return [...]

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

The Social Media Strategy to Attract Publishers

Written by Anna Weber

This month, with the focus being on the Social Media being used to foster the success of authors, I wanted to plant the seed that – although the percentage of writers who are picked up by big publishing houses and given that coveted advance – with the strategic use of Social Media to build a [...]

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Six fun and easy methods to build a bigger author’s platform.

Written by Anna Weber

As a Literary Strategist, my job involves supporting first time authors in many aspects of writing, publishing and marketing books to success.  As a first time author, your book marketing strategies should be fully focused to get your book noticed. What most first time authors don’t realize is that creating an author’s platform is a [...]