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Success on Substack: A Platform for Writers
Photo by Kasper Ravlo / 123rf.com Information in this article is pulled from Episode 131 of The Book Marketing Action Podcast featuring Sarah Fay, a private Substack consultant. Substack is a platform that provides writers with the opportunity to reach a wider...
Best Book Launch Tips: 5 Secrets of Using Social Media to Promote Your Book
I hope my headline caught your attention. Although I am not sure these 5 ideas are secrets, they are important and noteworthy. If you want to use social media to promote your book, these five ideas will help you achieve the success you desire. Consistency Matters...
Best Book Launch Tips: Create Bulk Buy Incentives
Selling books is really hard! One way to sell more books is to focus your energy on bulk sales. Do the math. You can sell books singly, and add up the numbers, 1 +1 +1, or you can sell in bulk and see sales multiply 1000 X 10, or 10+10+100+1000+1500. You may want to...
An Orphaned Book is an Opportunity
You may have an orphaned book when your publisher goes out of business or chooses to put your book out of print. I had a client reach out to me last night when she learned that her hybrid publisher is going out of business. The copyright to her book is reverting back...
January 2024 Leadership Development Carnival
Weaving Influence has the privilege of hosting the January 2024 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team...
October 2023 Leadership Development Carnival
Weaving Influence has the privilege of hosting the October 2023 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team...
August 2023 Leadership Development Carnival
Weaving Influence has the privilege of hosting the August 2023 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building,...
Making Space for the Good Parts of Social Media
Two weeks ago, I deleted my social media apps from my phone. Entering my twelfth year in business as a digital marketing agency owner, I find myself depleted for various reasons. Increasingly, as a result, creating and posting content on social media has...
May 2023 Leadership Development Carnival
Weaving Influence has the privilege of hosting the May 2023 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building,...
Reward the hustle
Whenever clients tell me they want to make a big bestseller list, like the Wall Street Journal hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, or the New York Times list, I worry about how to respond. I want to strategize and support authors in achieving their biggest and most...
January 2023 Leadership Development Carnival
Weaving Influence has the privilege of hosting the January 2023 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team...
Bestseller Status Is (not only) About Ego
I had an email from a potential client overnight. In response to an article I sent him about Amazon and bestseller status, he replied that working to get bestseller status on Amazon seems like an ego play. While there is certainly some element of ego involved when...