Those who want to write a book believe writing it is hard. Those who have written a book discover that marketing the book is harder.
One Million Readers is for traditional or self-published authors of nonfiction who want to feel more confident about marketing their books, but don't know where to start. It's for those who want to gain power and control over their book sales and achieve real results.
Learn why creating your book marketing strategy is the most important thing you can do for your author career and your business, and how to create your own.
Boni Wagner-Stafford walks you through everything you need to market your book, starting with creating the right book for the right audience.
In section one of the book, Getting Started, you'll explore your objectives, target audience, your unique selling proposition, how to scan your market for competition and broader environmental factors, setting a budget, and placement and pricing strategies.
Section two, Messages and Methods, is a guided tour through decisions you need to make around your web presence, social media, public relations, reader reviews, email marketing, promotional products, handling a book launch, your book signing kit, and advertising.
Section three is about Taking Action. Here's where you'll learn how to create your tactical timeline, pull together contact lists, how to set baseline measurement and track metrics. It's also where you'll learn how to craft your book overview and strategy brief, and then pull it all together into a polished, professional marketing strategy that will bolster your confidence, impress others, and ensure you never again wonder what you should do today to market your nonfiction book.
One Million Readers is complete with real-life examples of book marketing strategies so you can see how the advice in the book translates and applies to your book.
The only way to get a handle on which of the gazillion possible things to do, and what is right for you and your book, is to craft your own marketing strategy.
"In One Million Readers Boni Wagner-Stafford shows indie authors how to create and implement a real-world book marketing strategy, and how this approach can help you achieve your publishing goals and sell more books. Recommended." -Joel Friedlander, TheBookDesigner.com
Boni Wagner-Stafford is author of One Million Readers: The Definitive Guide to a Nonfiction Book Marketing Strategy That Saves Time, Money, and Sells More Books, Rock Your Business: 26 Lessons to Start, Run, and Grow Your New Business From the Ground Up (co-author), and No More Author Envy: 9 Essential Steps to Writing Your First Book. She is co-founder of Ingenium Books, an assisted self-publishing company working exclusively with nonfiction indie authors. Her book marketing experience is built on a foundation of an award-winning career in journalism, government media relations and PR.
Connect: @ingeniumbooks and @bclearwriting
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