Getting selected for an international-only BookBub Featured Deal might elicit a sigh at first, and it did from me, but there are powerful reasons why an author should be excited about the opportunity. I was, and the promotion paid off! I changed up my strategy a little, … [Read more...]
9 Book Advertising Tactics I’ve Tried… And Which Ones Worked!
Not all marketing endeavors achieve the same goal. They aren’t designed to. Some are strictly tied to conversion and making that sale. Others are more about brand building, which can’t be quantified in the same way. Although in the past I probably leaned too heavily on … [Read more...]
How I Became a Bestseller Using BookBub’s Marketing Tools
Looking for tips on how to become a bestseller? Maybe I can help. While I was on summer vacation with my family, my box set The War Planners Series was selected for a BookBub Featured Deal. Seeing the preview of the acceptance email on my phone’s screen, I was unable to … [Read more...]
How I Hit the USA Today Bestseller List Three Times
I hit the USA Today bestseller list three times thanks to a whole lot of planning and focused marketing strategies built around price promotions. These included BookBub Featured Deals, promo-stacking with other vendors, newsletter sends, cross-promotion with other authors, … [Read more...]
How I Launched a Bestselling Book with a Free Promotion
For the first time in three years I had a new contemporary romance series to promote, Cade Brothers, and I wanted to reach a new audience. I had two goals for the launch of the first book in the series, Tempting Levi: Sell as many copies as possible to introduce the … [Read more...]
How Indie Presses and Authors Can Collaborate on Marketing Campaigns
At Tule, our main goal is to publish fantastic stories by the best writers. We want to delight our readers and satisfy our authors’ desire for creativity, freedom, and commercial success. By working collaboratively with our authors on marketing campaigns, we’ve been able … [Read more...]
How We Created a Box Set to Increase Ebook Sales 350%
Looking for ways to increase ebook sales? There is a challenge to drawing readers into a series after several books have been released. In March, Lila Dubois and I released Delicate Ties, book eight in our Trinity Masters series. The series has been very successful, yet our … [Read more...]
Q&A with a BookBub Editor on Launching New Categories
At BookBub, we regularly test and launch new categories to include in our daily Featured Deals email. This helps our partners run more targeted and effective book marketing campaigns. Since we just launched two new categories — Psychological Thrillers and American … [Read more...]
How I Became a Bestseller with a Coordinated Marketing Plan
When my first novel, The Fairy Tale Bride, was traditionally published in October of 2000, I had all the usual hopes and dreams of new writers — letters from readers, great reviews, and, of course, becoming a bestselling author. What I didn’t know at the time was that my … [Read more...]
Why Discounting Box Sets Can Dramatically Increase Sales
Running a limited-time price promotion is an effective way to increase sales or downloads of a book or series, but different types of promotions work best for different marketing goals. We’ve discussed before how discounting the first book in a series to free is an excellent … [Read more...]
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