by Amanda Hagarty | May 8, 2012 | Marketing Strategies for Authors
Marketing is something writers tend to dread. They come up with all kinds of excuses to justify not marketing their books: I don’t want to make a profit from my book, just see the story or ideas “get out there.” Marketing is rude/sleazy and will ruin...
by Amanda Hagarty | May 3, 2012 | Audience, Marketing Strategies for Authors, Social Media for Authors
Knowing your audience is one of the most crucial elements of promoting books, especially in social media. Social media marketing is about making a meaningful connection with people. To connect on a meaningful level you have to get specific, and find common points to...
by Amanda Hagarty | Apr 28, 2012 | Author Platform, Marketing Strategies for Authors
Do I really need to build a writer’s platform before I have a book published? Sounds like a classic “Chicken or the Egg” dilemma doesn’t it? The answer is a lot less complicated than that old causality conundrum. You do not want to wait until...
by Amanda Hagarty | Apr 30, 2010 | SEO
SEO is about people Hello Website owner. We found your page using Google and we would like to offer you our SEO services so that you can be found on Google! I get this kind of e-mail now and then, but I don’t really get them. Why exactly do I need them? No...
by Amanda Hagarty | Apr 19, 2010 | Social Media for Authors
…Or How not to Waste all your time on Facebook The biggest and, to be honest, quite valid complaint about Social Media is that it’s a time-sink. Especially for someone like me, who works at home on her computer. If you have plenty of time left in your...