Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
As you may know, blogging is one of my favorite platform building strategies for authors. Blogging helps you develop relationships with your readers, gain clarity about your ideas, get found on Google and more things you can read about in my recent post: 10 Reasons Authors Should Blog. Many of my clients have had great…
This week, on this book writing blog, we’ve created a 3-day crash course in social media: Social Media Week for Authors. Whether your book is already out there or you are just getting started, engaging on social media will help you tremendously. I’ve shared interviews with three of my favorite Digital Media Gurus: Rusty Shelton, Frances Caballo…
In our third lesson of Social Media for Authors Week you’ll learn how to guest blog (pitching and writing one!)–and why guest blogging is such a valuable skill/strategy for an author. I first met Sara Pence when working with Shelton Interactive, now Advantage Media, on a campaign for platform building. I wanted to raise my visibility…
Why “Goodreads for Authors”? Frances Caballo is the author of The Author’s Guide to Goodreads (which is the perfect guide for Goodreads for authors), Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day and other books on social media specific to authors. I have noticed Frances putting more and more emphasis on Goodreads. Here, she tells us why Goodreads is…
Twitter for Authors? Here’s Your Go-to Expert. I first met Rusty Shelton before Twitter existed – for authors or anyone. We met when my book, The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Anger came out over a decade ago. Rusty’s approach to book publicity was so far beyond anything else out there. And the personal attention he and his colleagues…
From a Publisher’s Standpoint, Authors Need an Active Social Media Presence Several months ago, I contacted publishers for a client of mine and the book went to auction. That means that more than one publisher wanted to publish the book and they bid, increasing the author’s advance. I couldn’t believe it. Normally, I would have…
