by Amanda Hagarty | Oct 17, 2015 | Author Platform, Marketing Strategies for Authors, Websites
Ok I have been coming up with these Golden Rules for a while. My passions are writing, marketing, sales and social media. So I have come up with quite a few snippets of wisdom over the years. I did a talk about social media for authors at the Skagit Valley Writers...
by Amanda Hagarty | Mar 19, 2015 | Marketing Strategies for Authors
Everyone always wants the magic beans. Have you ever heard about a clever promotional strategy “too late”? By the time you hear about it someone has closed the loophole, or so many people are doing it that it doesn’t give the benefits it used to....
by Amanda Hagarty | Sep 16, 2014 | General
I will be teaching three classes this weekend at the Chanticleer Writers Conference, register for the conference if you are interested in attending. Then I will be on hand at the Books by the BayFest on Sunday, which is free to the public from 1pm to 6pm. Hope to see...
by Amanda Hagarty | May 23, 2014 | Social Media for Authors
“Social Media is not a substitute for what?” you are wondering. I left it undefined because the answer is a lot of things. It isn’t a substitute for going to the bookstore and talking to the bookseller about putting your book on the shelf. Or doing a...
by Amanda Hagarty | May 8, 2014 | Websites
When you live and work on the WWW, threats like hackers can seem like a big bad scary threat lurking around the corner. But just like in real life there aren’t thieve and robbers out to get you every minute, the same can be said of the hackers. If you stay away...