Your future in writing and selling your books, is about people. See all the potential connections in this picture?!

There is no magical place where you put your books and someone does the work for your books to sell. I have talked to several people who thought if they could just write a book and have it designed and printed, they would be wealthy from book sales. They can; they just missed the link of staying in touch and communicating with people. That’s what works!

Here are some ideas for you:

Your own web site. You display your book/books there and sell them right on your site. Share a little about yourself so your readers know their author and want to see what you write next. Have a blog page so you can speak to your followers on some kind of regular basis. It will be pleasant to come back and get the encouragement that you give. Soon, you’re an old friend. You don’t have to blog often, just regularly, so they don’t come back and find cob webs in your blog space. Once a month, even once a season is plenty.

Social media: Facebook – you can have a personal page, AND an author page where you can show your book and talk to readers. Share your author page with your friends on your personal page so they can also see what you’re doing.

X (formerly Twitter) – has become a really happening place to be communicating and speaking to the world about your ideas and your books! Search for new followers by typing in parts of conversations and see who comes up so you can see if you would like to follow. They check to see who you are and often, follow you back!

Instagram – a great place to post photos of what’s going on in your world and a brief post. Include a photo of your book and all things relevant.

And whatever else you find out there! There are social medias that fit you and those that don’t. Find your favorites. This has been found to far out-perform the old traditional ways of promoting books!

You can make and post YouTube videos on social media. If they look home-made, they look original!

Use key words and original content. There are so many things that get copied and pasted and passed on (so it’s old, already seen stuff), but what brings the internet to life is original content, and “your people” can start to find you when you make your post “key-word” rich. The words that best describe your subject. Have a list of the best ones that you can see while posting. You can do all of this!

Ask friends to read your book and talk about it, either in person or on social media. They can tell people where to find and purchase your book. That can quickly multiply your influence and book sales.

Of course, if you speak somewhere, have a box of your books on hand to show, talk about and sell!

(Those big names that can make your book available; it’s only these actions by you that send people to those names, or you can send them to your own web site!)

We’re ready for a conversation about your book when you are. Just fill out the contact page and we’ll set up a time to talk!