Marketing wonderings
Now with my debut novel finally on the market, I find my thoughts turning to what to do for promotion. We’ve lost several of our local bookstores in the past few months where I was geared to do appearances, which causes a bit of a crimp on my former plans. The budget is tight all around, so I was wondering, what promo tricks have you authors used that seemed to work best? More bang for your buck kind of deal.
So far I have the newly updated website, my fairly active blog, and several good sized local conventions I am doing readings and panels at in April and May. I have a podcast radio and a guest blog spot or two set up as well. Any other suggestions of things that I can do right now that won’t be a huge drain on the budget? I’m going over my files now of the ideas I’ve been collecting over the past two years, but wanted to hear what has worked best for all of you to see where my focus is best directed toward.
This is not only a question for the authors, but even as a reader, what ways do you find the books you buy? Outside of word of mouth, which is my far my preference as a reader, what other marketing tools catch you attention the best? What marketing types do you see as a waste of time and money?
So far I have the newly updated website, my fairly active blog, and several good sized local conventions I am doing readings and panels at in April and May. I have a podcast radio and a guest blog spot or two set up as well. Any other suggestions of things that I can do right now that won’t be a huge drain on the budget? I’m going over my files now of the ideas I’ve been collecting over the past two years, but wanted to hear what has worked best for all of you to see where my focus is best directed toward.
This is not only a question for the authors, but even as a reader, what ways do you find the books you buy? Outside of word of mouth, which is my far my preference as a reader, what other marketing tools catch you attention the best? What marketing types do you see as a waste of time and money?