by Joel Friedlander | Mar 13, 2013 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
Most of us who sell our print books through CreateSpace or other print on demand vendors, and our ebooks through Kindle Direct Publishing or other ebook retailers and distributors, usually focus our marketing online. This make sense. A lot of business and marketing...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 3, 2013 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Well, I’ve just about recovered from the recent week-long launch of BookDesignTemplates.com, our new site to help DIY self-publishers create better books with the tools that they’re already using. But our bloggers haven’t slowed down, turning out...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 23, 2013 | Marketing, Social Media
The social web keeps coming up with new ways for us to create communities. Recently Google+, one of my favorite social media sites, added this capability in the form of Google+ Communities. They are easy to use and employ this service’s unique abilities within a...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 21, 2013 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing
This happens a couple of times a week these days: An author is telling me her plans, all about the research that’s gone into her book, the way the edit has come together, the great art she found for the cover, that kind of thing. At some point the question...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 11, 2013 | Self-Publishing
by Matthew Turner (@turndog_million) Matthew, a marketer and novelist, is a frequent visitor to the blog. He last appeared here as the author of Creating an Author Brand to Boost Your Platform. Now, after a lot of study and preparation, he’s a published author....