Category: Engaging Readers

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Me, Medium, and Money

Have you heard of Medium? You’ve probably seen their articles and occasionally clicked on one, then saw that popup at the bottom inviting you to become a member and get unlimited access to thousands of articles. But you can still go on and read for free…up to three articles per month. In a nutshell, Medium […]

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Re-evaluating Reader Engagement

Reader engagement is the most important thing we do as authors. We love the idea of readers buying our books, loving them, and putting us on the “auto buy” list. However, most of us are not on their auto buy list, even if they love our books. We also need a way to remind them […]

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If you take the time to connect with someone, you also connect with something inside yourself. You both come away with something new. That is the gift of connection.

The Sky is Falling! Or is it?

I can’t help but chime in on the latest post by Facebook regarding changing the algorithm as to what is going to be made more difficult to see. Just to make sure we are all starting from the same facts, let’s look at the actual post, here: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571 . The minute it was announced it […]

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Secrets to Effective Author Marketing by Maggie Lynch

Secrets to Effective Author Marketing

It’s finally here! Secrets to Effective Author Marketing was released yesterday. At 372 pages it is filled with a combination of both tried-and-true consistent PR and marketing techniques, as well as the implementation of new opportunities that have become available over the last few years. With some good software tools any indie can now take advantage […]

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