Day 16: Appearances, Part 1
There are so many ways to make appearances as an author and the differences in approaching each gig are important, so in order to keep things clear, I’ll be covering…
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Podcast #38: Secrets to a Great Book Trailer
Book trailer expert Darcy Pattison is my guest today and boy, do we get into some great tips and tricks to maximize your usage of videos for your book! Jennifer…
Day 15: Why Even Jane Friedman Writes a Newsletter
About two years ago I was sending out a newsletter sporadically, with no real focus to it except my own news. Needless to say, I did not get a lot…
Day 14: Blogging
There are a ton of fabulous blogs out there. A lot of them are stunning and funny and unique. A lot of them are boring and horrible to look at.…
Day 13: Building a Mailing List
Some of this is a reprint of a guest post I did a while back for the Blue Rose Girls blog. Let’s get you a mailing list. You are going…
The First Fan of Little Chicken's Big Day!
I doubt this could get any cuter! A bookseller sent this to my private email after showing her little girl the F&G (the unbound copy) of our upcoming book, Little…
Day 12: Ways to Build Search Engine Optimization
Obviously, if I knew the secret to SEO, I would be the only Katie Davis in a Google search of my name! Everyone is always trying to scramble their way…
Day 11: A Fake Angry Letter About Facebook Fan Pages
I told my friend Mary how confused I was about the new Facebook and how I knew I had to create a fan page especially since I assigned it as…
Day 10: The Secret Sauce of a Successful Website Designer
I decided to distract my web site designer, Chad Tomlinson, from the task at hand: this site! Yes, we still have the last bits of work to do here but…
Podcast Episode #37: Candace Fleming: The Chautauqua Writer's Workshop
Candy Fleming talks about the magical writer’s workshop at Chautauqua and why you should go. Subscribe for: iPod, iPhone & iTunes / Zune / Android Or click to download Buy…
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