One thing that I’ve learned through nearly a decade of working in the book business, is that you can never have too much help to market your work. So I’m going to share with you some of my favorite author tools – and some of these are recently discovered.
Firs: Booklaunch.io is far and away the VERY best landing page platform imaginable for authors. These make launching a new book so easy, and they look great too. Check out how I’ve got my two books listed on this platform… HERE
Second: if you are into technology, or not even hugely so but know it’s a necessary way to bring customers to your door, then you have to spend some time on these platforms:
- Amazon – create an Amazon Author page – it’s easy, powerful, and you’ll love what you can do with it to help drive book sales and awareness campaigns.
- Twitter – yes it does work, yes it is worth working hard to get followers, and yes you do need to post regular updates on it. This is not a passive platform, but when you work it well, it starts to really create buzz around your books. My Twitter
- Mobile Apps – I’ve had one of these for my business alter-ego Maria Carlton Marketing Coach for years, and it’s been a great way to ensure I could share information with clients and promote my brand to prospects, but since that was created the technology avaialble to create these apps has become outstanding. I’ve just discovered COMO and within hours have created an app that features my books, my services, and my links to all other platforms I use for marketing. You can check out my new Mobile App HERE – all feedback welcome of course.
One thing to remember is that people want to engage with you , and you want to reach out and engage with them. These tools help you do this easily. But you have to work on these constantly – just like that great novel you’re working on marketing is a constant work in progress.
And like my old mate Winston Marsh always says – you have to be a better marketer of what you do than a doer of what you do!