I know it's been forever since I have posted, but my day job and my other marketing efforts (as well as, you know, life in general, have taken precedence over updating my blog lately. Still, I have some exciting things going on now in terms of marketing, so I thought I might as well share my thoughts, since that's what this space is for.
As it turns out, over the past 6 months, I have gotten over 2000 twitter followers, done review swaps, and my total is 8 reviews on amazon for 4.6*. But I still am selling only very few (maybe one a month) copies of the book to people who I am not doing review swaps with. I honestly don't think that the main problem is the writing, but the marketing. Specifically, my cover is lacking, since it is homemade and admittedly looks unprofessional. I had hoped that my writing would outweigh the cliche that people will judge a book by its cover, by I suppose you have to get someone to pick up the book before they can judge it by anything else. So I'm planning to use a little bit of extra cash to purchase a cover.
So far, I have contacted one designer, but I am happy to take suggestions from anyone out there, either about who might have affordable options for cover designs, and also what are some good ways to promote the book after I have a new cover.
As it turns out, over the past 6 months, I have gotten over 2000 twitter followers, done review swaps, and my total is 8 reviews on amazon for 4.6*. But I still am selling only very few (maybe one a month) copies of the book to people who I am not doing review swaps with. I honestly don't think that the main problem is the writing, but the marketing. Specifically, my cover is lacking, since it is homemade and admittedly looks unprofessional. I had hoped that my writing would outweigh the cliche that people will judge a book by its cover, by I suppose you have to get someone to pick up the book before they can judge it by anything else. So I'm planning to use a little bit of extra cash to purchase a cover.
So far, I have contacted one designer, but I am happy to take suggestions from anyone out there, either about who might have affordable options for cover designs, and also what are some good ways to promote the book after I have a new cover.