Don’t wait until your book is printed to begin promoting. Here are some tips on how to give yourself the edge as a self-published author.

1. Create talk topics from book content. Fred and Florence Littauer’s book: Get A Life Without the Strife is a good example of preparing book content to be used effectively.Let’s examine these subtopics: “What Are My Emotional Needs? How Do I Communicate? How Can I Check My Maturity? Do I Need to Confront My Mate?”

2. Write an article on the subtitle content, and post on a blog.

3. Do mini-workshops from your content subtitles at Book Signings

4. Increase your online presence writing articles for sites like        www.authorsden.com, or a blog.

5. Create a website using services like Vistaprint.com, or blogger.com

6. Direct sales. Create a 30-second intro to create interest in buying your book. Pre-sell using an order form. More about 30-second Intro (click here).

7. Volunteer to speak at local events. A great resource is your community newspapers. Call up local event ads and ask if they are looking for a speaker. Before you do, at least have a topic relevant to the event.

8. Press Release. If you don’t know how to prepare one, hire an online service like www.prweb.com

9. Radio Show. Find radio shows related to your topic, listen to a few shows and think about what you could bring to the show to enhance the audience experience. Send them a query to be on their show. Locate some of these shows at www.blogtalkradio.com.

 
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