Author Promotion

Good blog design is how you keep readers on your site. Here are some blog design tips for authors to help you create, update, or refresh your site. There are so many options, plugins, widgets, and add-ons that you can use with blog themes now. But blog homepages often become cluttered with too many of…

Help your book sales with these 5 easy author book marketing tips. Easy book marketing tips for authors might sound a little trite. But the most fundamental and important book marketing issues can often be overlooked. Particularly in the mad rush for book sales after you release your book. There are many ways to market a…

Do you need to change your Facebook marketing for books? If you are an author or content writer promoting your books or articles with a Facebook business page, it is time for a rethink. Social media marketing always needs some tweaking, but in the case of Facebook pages, so much has changed in recent times.…

Your blog, books, and social media presence are all open targets for people with negative attitudes. So, you need to learn how to deal with criticism. It is common to get petty and negative comments on your blog articles or harsh criticism of your books on Amazon. Goodreads has had a checkered history. But a…

I’m writing blog posts and publishing every few days. But no one reads my blog! It’s a problem for many bloggers, especially authors trying to promote their books with an author promotion blog. Getting people to read your blog is not easy. But if you run a blog, there are some simple fixes that can…

Personal branding for authors? When you hear the word branding, you probably associate it with Apple, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Nike, Toyota, and Sony. These are great examples of iconic corporate branding. Their logos are the pillar of their marketing strategy, and consumers instantly recognize them as almost a trademark of quality and popularity. Large companies spend millions…

I am sure many authors may cringe at the words affiliate marketing. But please sit back and relax for a moment because the Amazon Associates program can work to your advantage. If you are an author, you write, publish, promote, and sell your books and ebooks. Then, at the end of each month, you receive…

If you have published Amazon books, you should already be using your author page on Amazon to help your book marketing. Many authors don’t realize how easy it is. If you haven’t set up your page yet, go to Author Central, and use your KDP username and password to log in to your Amazon author page. Once…

Facebook and X (Twitter) are essential social media platforms for self-publishing authors. However, many new authors forget to take the extra step of setting up a free author website or blog. It is essential to start a blog for so many reasons. The most important, of course, is that you can get search engine listings…

Many new UK self-published authors I have had reason to be in contact with are often unaware of Amazon geoblocking. It means their ebooks that are available on Amazon.co.uk are restricted to UK buyers only. Depending on where you live, Amazon geoblocking can restrict what readers can buy on the Kindle Store. This is logical…