Welcome to week ten of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week your challenge is write guest posts and articles for various websites. There are thousands of blogs out there looking for fresh, free content. By giving them guest posts you’ll get publicity in return. It’s a win-win for everyone.
Welcome to week nine of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week your challenge is to create low cost marketing materials such as business cards, bookmarks and postcards as another way to promote your book.
We suggest checking out OvernightPrints.com for low cost marketing materials.
Welcome to week eight of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week your challenge is to sign up for HARO. Don’t know what HARO is? It stands for Help a Reporter Out and it’s a free way to get publicity for your book!
Sign up for a free HARO account and start receiving updates from working journalists every day.
Welcome to week six of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week your challenge is to create an email signature. It’s a simple, but powerful task to help you get the word out about your book.
If you have a Yahoo! email account follow these instructions for creating an email signature.
If you have a Google email account follow these instructions for creating an email signature.
If you have an Outlook Express email account follow these instructions for creating an email signature.
Welcome to week five of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week your task is creating a speaking sheet. As an author you are most likely an expert in something. As an expert you have an opportunity to take part in speaking engagements that not only allow you to share your expertise but also to promote your book.
Remember to include a brief bio, information about your book, contact details and a few options for topics you are willing to approach. Here is an example of a speaking sheet for author Mimi K.
Welcome to week four of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re talking about using special discounts as an incentive to get people to purchase your book and about conducting a book giveaway.
Ambassador International often provides custom coupon codes to authors who want to provide a special discount through marketing materials or to people who attend a special event. The coupon codes are valid only in the Ambassador International online bookstore. Check with your publisher about getting a coupon code that you can distribute.
If you decide to host a giveaway of your book make sure you promote it through Twitter, Facebook and more. Enter your giveaway on giveaway listings hosted by other blogs. Here is a long list of blogs that promote various weekly giveaways. You must enter your information into each site, but it can be a great way to get the word out about your giveaway.
Welcome to week three of the Christian Author Bootcamp! This is a ten week book promotion blitz created to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re taking on the task of writing a news release and distributing it to various media outlets. Watch the video and then find the links mentioned below.
This week we talked about writing a news release which requires thinking like a reporter. If you need a little more help with your news release check out this post I write last year about developing your story pitch.
Distribute your news release using free services like PRLog.org.
You may also choose to target Christian media using resources like the Christian Media Connect Source List.
If you’re on Twitter (and you should be after last week!) try connecting with news outlets and reporters using MediaOnTwitter.com.
Welcome to the second week of the Christian Author Bootcamp– a ten week book promotion blitz. We’ll be sharing free or low cost resources to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re talking about joining the conversation.
To join Twitter start here.
To search Twitter and find out what people are talking bout try Twitter Search.
To set up Google Alerts click here.
Welcome to the first week of the Christian Author Bootcamp– a ten week book promotion blitz. We’ll be sharing free or low cost resources to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re focusing on creating an online home base.
To create a Facebook Fan Page start here.
To launch a free blog we suggest using Wordpress.
And if you already have a book selling on Amazon, create an Author Central page.
Feel free to leave links to your newly created online home base so we can check them out. And come back next week for a fresh assignment.
Christian Publishing Tips is excited to introduce the Christian Author Bootcamp, a ten-week book promotion blitz. Over the summer we’ll be handing out one assignment a week to help authors whip their book publicity into shape. Watch this video to get the details.
So don’t forget to come back here on Monday, June 21 for your first assignment in the 10-week Christian Author Bootcamp. For reminders on Twitter, be sure to follow @ChristianPubTip.
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