marketing

Adobe Walls, and Great Marketing Advice

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Adobe Walls * Market Your Work * Of Interest Quote of the Day “A Positive Indie Author/Publisher Mindset — This is the most important factor of all. Once I made the decision (February 17, 2020) to treat my indie writing and publishing as a business, things really changed. It takes time and persistence, but it’s worth it.” Garry Rodgers Adobe Walls My wife found a couple of pics of me in and near Adobe Walls. If you’d like to see them, I added them to the Old Promo Pics page on … Read more

OMG: K.M. Robinson

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * K.M. Robinson * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “[W]riting … is the smallest part of being successful in this industry, whether you’re traditional or indie published. The vast majority of it is marketing, engaging on social media, handling edits, reading contracts, communicating with design professionals, and interacting with fans.” K.M. Robinson “I’ve been both traditionally and indie published, but my career and financial security in this industry is heavily due to my indie work.” K.M. Robinson “If reviewers do it accurately, the post will only help other readers decide yes … Read more

A New Short Story Market, and Marketing

In today’s Journal * A New Short Story Market * A Tiny Marketing Strategy * Of Interest A New Short Story Market From subscriber and writer friend Dawn M. Turner, “Do you have subscribers who write horror and/or paranormal short stories? A YouTube channel I follow … is now offering .03 per word for short stories they narrate on their channel. “They provide credit to each writer when stories are presented, so it might be a good way to get some spare change AND help with name recognition.” For details, see https://www.youtube.com/c/DarknessPrevails. And (not about writing, but) if you’re interested … Read more

Qualifying “Just Write the Next Sentence”

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Topic: Qualifying “Just Write the Next Sentence” * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “You know, everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” Will Rogers “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill Topic: Qualifying “Just Write the Next Sentence” Surprise! This is not a repeat. As a test, I wasn’t going to post today, but I had a question, and I felt it was too important to put off (and maybe forget). So I’ll plan to not post anything tomorrow as a test. A … Read more

The Journal: Me Again, on Marketing

In today’s Journal * Topic: Me Again, on Marketing * Of Interest Topic: Me Again, on Marketing Matt wrote to ask whether I thought marketing was important or whether I agree with Dean Wesley Smith that marketing doesn’t make a best seller. That might have been Dean reacting to my position that James Patterson is a bestselling author primariy due to his genius at marketing, and ncertainly not as a result of his storytelling ability. Dean and I went back and forth on that one for awhile. I very rarely disagree with Dean, but at one point he and a … Read more

The Journal: Benefits vs. Features

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Benefits vs. Features: Notes on Marketing and on Writing * Of Interest Quote of the Day “There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.” John Steinbeck in East of Eden This is easily one of the more important and apt quotes I’ve ever included here. Benefits vs. Features: Notes on Marketing and on Writing Matt Perryman, author of the recent guest post on marketing, also passed along a book recommendation: The Ultimate Marketing Plan by Dan Kennedy. I didn’t provide a … Read more

The Journal: Guest Post on Marketing

In today’s Journal * Guest Post on Marketing * Of Interest Guest Post on Marketing Note: The post below started life as a comment on yesterday’s post. But it was so well-done, I wanted to be sure everyone saw it. So I chose to use it here today as a guest post. Enjoy. And thanks, Matt. “Marketing and writing are vastly different skills. A person doesn’t have to be a writer before s/he can market and sell books.” Just getting caught up around here, and your remark here reminded me that one of the best marketers I know always drives … Read more