Day 4: {Live} Panel Discussion: Book Launches & Blog Tours

Day 4: {Live} Panel Discussion: Book Launches & Blog Tours

{Live} Book Launches & Blog Tours

Description: Join summit host Alexa Bigwarfe as she gathers with the WPS team, Raewyn Sangari, Sarah O'Dell, Stacey Ducker and Nancy Cavillones to talk about the book launches and influencer tours they've run, and the lessons learned along the way.

Format: Live, on the Women in Publishing Facebook Page

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Alexa Bigwarfe

Alexa Bigwarfe

Author, Publisher and Summit Producer

Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother, author, publisher, speaker, and author coach. She has published numerous books of her own and for many other writers and entrepreneurs through her author coaching and hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press (katbiggiepress.com). Kat Biggie Press is dedicated to sharing women’s works of inspiration, self-help, and books that make the world a better place. Her children's book imprint, Purple Butterfly Press, publishes books of encouragement, inspiration, self-love, and healing for children and parents. She is also the founder and producer of the Women in Publishing Summit. Follow her everywhere on instagram @katbiggiepress and on youtube for publishing tips at https://www.youtube.com/writepublishsell.

Raewyn Sangari

Raewyn Sangari

Sarah O'Dell

Sarah O'Dell

Stacey Ducker

Stacey Ducker

Nancy Cavillones

Nancy Cavillones

Join us on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenInPublishing/  at 12:30 pm EST.

 

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Day 4: Kirsten Oliphant: Studying The Market for Success

Day 4: Kirsten Oliphant: Studying The Market for Success

Studying The Market for Success

Description:  Kirsten Oliphant, Author & Podcaster, talks with Alexa about studying the market. 

Format: Video Q&A 

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Kirsten Oliphant

Kirsten Oliphant

Author & Podcaster

Kirsten Oliphant has her MFA in fiction and is the author of over fifteen books in several genres. She hosts the popular Create If Writing podcast for authors who want to sell more books without being smarmy.

Kiki teaches a system that is applicable to ALL genres, so watch!

Mentioned in this video:

  • What to do when sales aren’t what you expect
  • How to learn how to write the book that the world wants to buy
  • Easy ways to use Amazon and tools that people want to buy
  • Presentation on Studying the market for success
  • Pen name Emma St. Clair and Sullivan Gray
  • Took over 5 years to see great success
  • Importance of knowing your genre / niche well or you make mistakes
  • Build the relationships that bring people back
  • What is Kindle Unlimited?
  • Mistakes Kiki made and how to avoid them
  • Adding additional categories
  • How to utilize reviews for success
  • Read enough books in your genre so you GET those genres
  • Writing a book TO market!! Means writing to meet reader expectations
  • What’s hot in the romance market
  • The importance of networking with other authors in your genre!
  • Create If Writing Podcast!

More about Kirsten's books at: https://createifwriting.com/books/

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Day 4: Shayla Raquel: Bump Up Your Book Sales with Email Marketing

Day 4: Shayla Raquel: Bump Up Your Book Sales with Email Marketing

Bump Up Your Book Sales with Email Marketing

Description: Shayla Raquel, Editor, Author, Marketer, talks with Alexa about email marketing.

Format: Video Q&A 

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Shayla Raquel

Shayla Raquel

Editor, Author, Marketer

Angela J. Ford is an award-winning blogger, co-founder of Indie Author Lifestyle, and author of the International Best Selling epic fantasy series: The Four Worlds. She’s passionate about helping authors and creatives do more work they love by helping them with websites and marketing. You’re most likely to find her with her nose in a book and a cup of coffee in hand.

Mentioned in this video:

  • Book marketing by growing an email list
  • The email list is your most important marketing tool
  • Shayla's book – The Ten Commandments of Author Branding
  • Email newsletter marketing is alive and well, if it’s not workign for you, you’re doing it wrong
  • Value and consistency – helping people through the newsletter
  • Jane Friedman – https://www.janefriedman.com/
  • When you have an email list, you have your people on your turf
  • Why you MUST use an email CRM (Mailchimp, ConvertKit, MailerLite) 
  • Illegal to send your list emails directly from your personal email (CANN/SPAM Act)
  • What should be in your newsletter
  • How to determine where your subscribers are coming from and what they are interested in
  • Shayla’s best tips for growing your email list

Learn more about Shayla's books at: https://shaylaraquel.com/

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Day 4: Fauzia Burke: Online Marketing for Busy Authors

Day 4: Fauzia Burke: Online Marketing for Busy Authors

Online Marketing for Busy Authors

Description: Fauzia Burke, Author, President of FSB Associates, Co-Founder of Pub Site, talks with Alexa about online marketing.

Format: Video Q&A 

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Fauzia Burke

Fauzia Burke

Author, President of FSB Associates, Co-Founder of Pub Site

Fauzia Burke, author of Online Marketing for Busy Authors, is the founder and president of FSB Associates an online book publicity firm, co-founder of Pub Site a platform for building author websites, and a consultant and coach for authors who need help navigating the book marketing and publicity landscape. Before starting FSB, she worked for Henry Holt and John Wiley. Fauzia has promoted books by authors such as Alan Alda, Arianna Huffington, Deepak Chopra, Melissa Francis, S. C. Gwynne, Mika Brzezinski, Charles Spencer and many more. She is based in San Diego, CA. FauziaBurke.com

Mentioned in this video:

  • Book marketing techniques!
  • The importance of a website as you’re trying to grow your author platform
  • What you need to have on your website
  • Pub-Site for authors – why they designed it for authors and what it can do for you as an author
  • Make sure people can easily buy your book and sign up for your mailing list
  • A lot of info on how to use their amazing site for author websites
  • How to use blogging to build publicity
  • Tips for doing your own publicity
  • Comp titles – do a search for where it was covered – hack that narrows down the search when looking for things in your target market
  • How to work with Fauzia

Online Marketing for Busy Authors.

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Day 4: Kiffer Brown: Editorial Reviews & Book Awards Contests – Why They are Crucial to Helping You Market Your Book

Day 4: Kiffer Brown: Editorial Reviews & Book Awards Contests – Why They are Crucial to Helping You Market Your Book

Editorial Reviews & Book Awards Contests – Why They are Crucial to Helping You Market Your Book

Description:  Kiffer Brown, Founder of Chanticleer Reviews and Media, LLC, talks with Alexa about Editorial Reviews & Book Awards Contests. 

Format: Video Q&A 

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Kiffer Brown

Kiffer Brown

Founder of Chanticleer Reviews and Media, LLC

Kathryn (Kiffer) Brown is CEO and co-founder of Chanticleer Reviews and Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (The CIBAs) that Discover Today’s Best Books. She is also the co-producer of On Word Talks with Storytellers video blog and podcast that feature storytellers, storymakers & gamers, film producers, and other creatives. She founded Chanticleer Reviews in 2011 to help authors to unlock the secrets of successful publishing and to enhance book discoverability. Her enlightening and educational Chanticleer blog posts tackle branding, book covers, distribution, audiobook production, book promotion, SEO & meta-data, engaging readers and building a fanbase, editing processes, book production, the ever-important publishing checklists, and much more. Chanticleer reviews audiobooks, digital books, and print books along with interactive books and then promotes the reviews digitally, in print, in social media, and with direct customized emails.

Mentioned in this video:

  • A brief history of marketing and reviews since 2010
  • The great evolution in books and book marketing
  • Why you need to be marketing at least 3-6 months after the book is complete and before launch
  • Book reviews are the cornerstone of all marketing efforts
  • The different type of reviews – editorial, peer
  • The extreme competition for books – and why you need a solid plan to give your book a better chance
  • Manuscript evaluations
  • Awards programs

More about Chanticleer Media at: http://www.chanticleermedia.com/index.html

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Day 4: Maria Dismondy: Tips for Marketing a Children’s Book

Day 4: Maria Dismondy: Tips for Marketing a Children’s Book

Tips for Marketing a Children’s Book

Description:  Maria Dismondy, Publisher at Cardinal Rule Press, talks with Alexa about tips to market children's books. 

Format: Video Q&A 

Level: This presentation is for all levels. 

 

Maria Dismondy

Maria Dismondy

Publisher at Cardinal Rule Press

Award-winning author and founder of the publishing company, Cardinal Rule Press, Maria Dismondy inspires and educates others in the book industry. Her background in early education and research enables her to touch lives the world over while touring as a public speaker in schools, community forums, and at national conferences. When Maria isn’t working, she can be found embarking on adventures throughout southeast Michigan and beyond, where she lives with her husband and three book-loving children. Find out more at CardinalRulePress.com 

Mentioned in this video:

  • Insight on the children’s book submission process for traditional publishing
  • Follow submission guidelines because there are SO many submissions
  • There’s a lot to know about the publishing process
  • Difference between different types of publishing presses
  • The importance of an author engaging in marketing, even if they’re traditionally published
  • You must build your platform
  • Children’s book authors need to be on Instagram – because your audience is teachers and moms are on IG
  • Tips that have worked best for Maria / children’s books on marketing
  • Making the shift to focusing on teachers has made all the difference
  • Lesson plans in books and as an incentive
  • Pinterest – teachers are pinning their ideas on how they are using the books
  • Book packs for teachers – give them away to teachers; free book, in a package with fun goodies (invest $25-$50) in exchange
  • Every children’s book can have a lesson plan
  • How to earn money through school visits
  • Grants for schools for author visits
  • Read Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun on Youtube – hundreds of thousands of views 

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun 

Maria's parenting book: Sunny Side Upbringing: A Month by Month Guide to Raising Kind and Caring Kids

All Access Pass Members will receive a recording of the detailed MasterClass we held with Maria where she walks us through the process of booking author visits at schools.

Resources

Teachers Pay Teachers https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

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