Day 25: Unique and Unusual Book Promotions
There are always ways to promote your book in unusual ways. The simplest example is that you can never tell whom you’re talking to, and if you’re an author, you…
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Day 24: Get on TV!
People think it’s hard to get on TV. It is hard if what you’re shooting for is the Today show! But if you have a local cable show or news…
Day 23: Book Trailers
To celebrate today, the debut of dunt da daaaa … the book trailer for Little Chicken’s Big Day, I’m posting other videos I love too. But first, our own Little…
Day 22: Shine the Power of YouTube on You, Too!
Why should the cute babies, stupid cat burglers, and people doing things they shouldn’t (back to the stupid cat burglers) get all the attention? You can easily harness the power…
Day 21: Why You Need Your Own YouTube Channel
Using various blog posts and Darcy Pattison’s advice in her Book Trailer Manual as guides, I deleted my old YouTube channel and created a new one. The downside to doing…
Day 20: Skyping
If you don’t have Skype, go download it. Now. What are you still doing here? Okay, I see I’m going to have to convince you. This is an amazing application…
Day 19: School Visits (Appearances Pt 4/4)
One of the first things you need to do if you want to know anything and everything about school visits is to listen to this interview I did with school…
Day 18: Conferences (Appearances PT 3)
I’ve always loved speaking at conferences. Why? I love helping people avoid the puddles I’ve stepped in. In other words, I love the teaching aspect, and sharing information. Again, I…
Day 17: What To Do When No One Shows Up (Appearances Pt 2)
I’ve been to many appearances where there are between one and three kids in the audience. Or even zero kids! This has nothing to do with me, and it will…
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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