[stylist] Chance to use your writing skills, win book& learn a few promotion tricks

Fri Apr 11 23:15:25 UTC 2014

Jim,
Thanks for this list. I'm always looking to refine my practices. I know what
you mean about shutting down with too much incoming info. It's also hard to
evaluate things in any scientific way, because you really can't afford to do
just one thing at a time, and if you could, the next time would be different
anyway -- things change with the seasons and other variables.
Donna

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Homme, James
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few promotion tricks

Hi Donna,
The book called "How To Blog a Book" has ideas on promotion, and there are
some other books also on Bookshare on topics like this. I put a few of them
to look at on one of my reading shelves to look at when I feel like the time
is right. I honestly can't tell you which ones I recommend, because I'm
someone who closes down when I get too much information coming at me. Here
the books are.

Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing
Guide

E-mail Selling Techniques That Really Work

The Facebook Marketing Book

How to Blog a Book

Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3. 0 Marketing to
Reach Your Customers First

The New Rules of Lead Generation

Permission Marketing

The Ultimate Lead Generation Plan

The Ultimate Marketing Plan

Valuable Content Marketing

Work Smarter with Twitter and HootSuite

YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts

Hope you find something valuable in them.

Jim

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Applebutter
Hill
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 3:02 PM
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few promotion tricks

Jim,
Thanks, it's a full-time+ job, and part of it's spent in the wilderness
ofGoogling things and stumbling on things where you least expect them.
Donna

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Hi Donna,
I admire you for your ability to keep going and for your resourcefulness. I
smile when I read what you are doing.

Jim

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Hill
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:57 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Chance to use your writing skills, win book& learn a few
promotion tricks

Hi Friends,

As you all know, I've been pulling out all the stops to promote my novel The
Heart of Applebutter Hill, and I thought you might be interested in hearing
a little about what I'm doing; it might give you ideas for promoting your
own books. And you might want to participate in my latest project to raise
awareness about Braille literacy, print disabilities and reading rights.

As a little background, I've been reaching out to people in
blindness-related professions through LinkedIn, and offering them free
e-versions. I have over 1500 connections at this point. I had to write to
them to request that my invitation limit be increased -- never knew there
was a limit. I was invited to do an article for the DAISY Consortium's
monthly newsletter, The Daisy Planet (don't you love it?), and Learning
Alley has accepted my book to be recorded.

I've been donating print copies to area libraries in exchange for a photo
op. Papers love it when you have a local connection, especially a library.

So, on to the new project. I've put several things together here: my
interest in promoting my book, of course, my interest in promoting Braille
literacy and reading rights and my interest in getting some reviews on my
Amazon page

. This all came together because of two things. First, I found a free
service called Tweetymail that allows you to send tweets from your email
program. I signed up and I got their full-service program free for one
month. It has the added feature of enabling you to schedule your tweets.
Using it, I can take a half hour and write out e-mails to post tweets at two
hour intervals throughout the day. Just Google "Tweetymail" if you're
interested in trying it.

Thing #2 is that I found a couple of free online promo options for indie
writers including Digital Books Today. I'd like to take advantage of these
services, but they require that you have 25 reviews on Amazon with an
average rating of 4.2. I have the rating, but I only have 5 reviews.

So, on with the publicist's cap and ... a new promotion. Simply put, anyone
who wants a free copy of my novel as an electronic format can have it, and
I've got them all. Then, if the person reads it and writes a review on
Amazon by June 30, they get entered into a drawing to win a print copy. The
contact form on my website is accessible and private. The page it's on has
some facts and resources about the issues.

Here's an example of my first Facebook post on the matter:

Block quote

Hey, friends, can you help raise awareness about Braille literacy, print
disabilities & reading rights?   Get a Free e-copy of The Heart of
Applebutter Hill, Review it on Amazon & be entered in  the drawing to win a
print copy

http://donnawhill.com/book-giveaway-sign-up-read-the-heart-of-applebutter-hi
ll-for-free-and-help-promote-braille-literacy/

Block quote end

So, if you're interested in helping, take me up on the free e-book, or read
it on Bookshare. All you need is an Amazon account and to be signed in. You
don't have to buy it from Amazon to write a review. Just fill out the form
at:

http://donnawhill.com/book-giveaway-sign-up-read-the-heart-of-applebutter-hi
ll-for-free-and-help-promote-braille-literacy/

Thanks for any help you can provide, in terms of passing this on and
participating. And, for those of you with books out, happy promoting.

Donna

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