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Mosquito Marketing for Authors
Part of the Mosquito Marketing Series

By Michelle Dunn

Marketing.  It’s a necessary, career altering technique that authors must know and most do not. What can an author do to create a “buzz” about themselves, their book and be successful?

They can turn to their bookshelves and thumb through their well-worn copies of Mosquito Marketing for Authors.

This book tells you how to create and maintain a buzz that cannot be repelled.

It’s filled to the brim with 10 years worth of tried and proven documented free and low cost marketing techniques, encouraging tips from marketing gurus and other successful authors. This book tells you how to create and maintain a buzz that cannot be repelled.

Mosquito Marketing for Authors will be an inspirational, practical guide for writers, self publishers, business people and those who would like to write and make a living.

What will you learn from my Mosquito Marketing Series

  • How marketing affects authors
  • What is marketing?
  • What authors need to know about marketing
  • What is publicity?
  • What is a marketing plan?
  • Dos & don’ts of marketing plans
  • What is my Niche?
  • What is my genre?
  • What is my brand?
  • How do I find my target audience?
  • Marketing Off line
  • How and when to write a Press Release
  • Creating a media or press list
  • Tying into national news
  • Articles for pay and promotion
  • Selling outside of the bookstore
  • Book Expo of America – is it worth attending?

 

  • Marketing Online
  • Preparing your websites text – How to GRAB your visitors attention!
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • What can you do for your website visitors?
  • Exchange relevant links
  • Using newsletters & E-zines
  • Amazon as a marketing tool
  • Your most powerful marketing tool - Networking
  • Think Global, Start Local
  • Internet communities
  • Getting reviews
  • Using Blogs to promote your business
  • What is Direct Mail?
  • Making yourself Stand Out
  • Should you advertise?
  • What is a Press Kit?
  • And so much more I just can’t list it all here!

 

Contributing Authors

Dan Poynter – If you have researched marketing at all, Dan needs no introduction.  One of my favorite author’s who has always been gracious enough to share information, he has produced more than 76 books so far. When I published my first book I used Dan’s best seller The Self-Publishing Manual to guide me and still use it today.  Dan has received awards for his work and is a past vice-president of PMA.

Dan Poynter’s seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal, and his story has been told in U.S. News & World Report.  The media comes to him because he is the leading authority in book marketing, promoting and distributing and I couldn’t agree more.

John Kremer - Editor, Book Marketing Update and author of the wildly popular 1001 Ways to Market Your Books.  I have used John’s book for years and if you have read it you know what I mean when I say, it is a must have.  If you are into book marketing, selling your books, book publishing, self-publishing, book promotion, free publicity, e-publishing, selling e-books, print-on-demand, POD publishing, writing books, internet marketing, online book publishing, website promotions, writing novels, or promoting books — and you want some free information and resources to help you sell books.

Penny C. Sansevieri is the CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. Turning Authors into Success Stories. Penny is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. Her company researched, developed and implemented the first comprehensive Internet publicity campaign called The Virtual Author Tour™.

Stephanie Chandler – A small business expert, author, freelance writer and skilled public speaker. Stephanie is the founder of www.BusinessInfoGuide.com , a directory of free resources for entrepreneurs.  She is also the owner of Book Lovers Bookstore in Sacramento, CA.

Kathleen Gage – The “Street Smarts Speaker” and author of the Amazon.com best seller “The Law of Achievement” , Kathleen is a marketing, promotions and success author.

Nikki Leigh – Author and owner of The Readers Station, a place to learn more about books and the authors who write them. Offering articles, contests and a book promotion forum.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson - Author,THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON'T; Winner USA Book News' "Best Professional Book 2004"and Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award.

Look for these other Mosquito Marketing books coming soon:

Mosquito Marketing for Entrepreneurs
Starting your own business is hard enough, marketing that business is another job in itself.  This book will give you the tools and techniques you can implement immediately to create a “buzz” about your business that will help you gain national publicity, exposure and make more sales.

Mosquito Marketing for Non-Profits
If there was ever a need for a low cost or free marketing plan for any business, non-profit organizations are at the top of the list! This book will offer a step by step process on marketing for a non-profit and will include a real marketing plan that I wrote for a non-profit organization, as well as how I came up with that marketing plan, a time-line showing which techniques worked and the results of those efforts.  Any non-profit organization will be able to adapt the marketing plan found in this book to their organization and have success.

Mosquito Marketing for Collection Agencies (also part of the Collecting Money Series)
Finally, a book specific to marketing for the debt collection industry.  This first of its kind book will help anyone who has started their own collection agency market their business successfully.  Learn techniques specific to the debt collection industry, lists of valuable resources, press and media contacts, publications that are looking for information, news and articles that you can provide to promote your collection agency for free. Learn from never before published interviews from marketing professionals that specialize in marketing for the debt collection industry and most specifically for collection agencies.  Learn from someone who has marketing their own collection agency so successfully that it grew into a much larger company than ever expected!  I can share how I marketed my agency so that it became nationally recognized, how I positioned my collection agencies website at the top of all the major search engines, how I became the “go to” agency in the debt collection industry and how you can to.

Coming soon in the Collecting Money Series: Mosquito Marketing for Collection Agencies.