Believe it or not, this is my first blog tour! I’m very excited to tell the world about How to Promote Your Children’s Book: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets to Create a Bestseller and thought, “I need a tour!” So how did I set it up to succeed?
(Tomorrow I show you how I made it easy for my hosts.)
Make Your Blog Tour Work
- Prepare before notifying. I created a media page here.
- Notify. I sent out an email through mailchimp announcing
- Reciprocity. I gave a free download of the book to everyone in the book and let them know I was looking for hosts.
- Set up dates. I wanted a concentration of dates with a smattering of follow up.
- Fun inspiration. I offered suggestions for varying kinds of interviews, but these hosts have some really fun theme days, and I was inspired by that! Each stop will have different things going on.
- Prizes! I offered each host a prize for their readers. I’ll be giving away downloads of the book at every stop… if you win twice, you can give your second to a friend!
- Reciprocate again. When I list the tour schedule everyone gets some promotion. I’ll also do a podcast episode with a collection of great promotional stories by authors.
- Follow up. I’ll make sure to let you know how it works when it’s all done.
My Blog Tour Schedule
Feb 1 – E is for Book
Feb 2 – Banana Peel Thursday
Feb 3 – Creative Spaces
Feb 6 – DearEditor.com
Feb 7 – Writing With a Broken Tusk
Feb 8 – Shutta Crum
Feb 9 – McBookWords
Feb 10 – Kerem Erkan
Feb 16 –Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Feb 17 – Fiction Notes
March 1 – 12×12 in 2012
March 2 – Christine Fonseca, Author
Elizabeth
January 30, 2012 - 10:25 am ·Looking forward to hosting you Katie! 🙂 e
clarbojahn
February 10, 2012 - 6:04 pm ·I followed you here from Miss Marple’s Ramblings, er, Joanna’s site. I’m going to be promoting my children’s book soon “Annie’s Special Day” and am hoping to win a free copy so count me in the reciprocity. IF I win a copy I will of course blog about it.
Thanks for this opportunity.
Clar
katie
February 10, 2012 - 6:10 pm ·Well I wish you good luck!