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Does social media book promotion still work? In short, no, because of three problems. 1. There is a lack of user intent. 2. You have to pay to get attention. 3. Few people use social media to buy books. Why is social media book promotion failing? Ten or even five years ago, social media was…

Do free press releases for new books work, or are they a waste of time? If your aim is for the New York Times to notice your book and write about it, no, they won’t work. It’s improbable that any newspaper or magazine will notice your press release and mention you. But that shouldn’t be…

You have probably read about many book promotion strategies you can try. But a few core elements remain practical and effective for every new book. You will spend a lot of time and effort promoting your book after publishing. However, unless you get the foundations right beforehand, you risk wasting time, effort, and money. The…

Promoting books with Tumblr is often overlooked by self-published authors. It’s an effective and easy way to extend your book promotion. Yes, you use Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and your blog or website. But with Tumblr, you can use your existing book promotion posts and articles to reach a new audience. Tumblr is a very popular…

Did you know that you can promote your book with images? If you have a blog or website, it’s a quick and easy way to attract more readers and get more traffic. But surprisingly, it’s a book promotion method that doesn’t involve using your book cover image. You use images you already include in your…

A book sales funnel follows the same principle as all other commercial sales funnels. When a potential reader comes across your book, you have succeeded in attracting attention. But very few will jump immediately to the action of buying your book. For new authors, especially, you need to fill this gap with elements of interest…

For self-published authors, book promotion is always a challenge, so you need a few essential book promotion tools. It takes time to plan your book marketing ideas before your book launch. Then you need to keep the buzz going after you publish a book. There are many ways to market a book, yet for an…

When you sell on Amazon, you can optimize your product by adding keywords to your Amazon listing. But do you know about the Amazon keywords character limit? You can use up to fifty characters for an Amazon KDP book keyword. Amazon keywords are often called hidden keywords. These words do not appear on your Amazon…

If you have ever played the 21-question game, you’ll know that people can open up when answering your questions. So why not use questions to sell books? Interesting questions make people think, funny questions make people laugh, and a good question demands a logical answer. By playing this game, you learn how powerful a great question…