Marketing Your Book from Pre-Publication and Beyond

                            “How do I launch a marketing campaign for my book?”

                          “When do I start marketing my new book?” 

“I don’t have a lot of money. What are the must-dos of marketing my book?”

“What’s the difference between traditional publicity and marketing?”

 Marketing Your Book from Pre-publication and Beyond

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about marketing.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text: 330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best,

Bethany Brown
Amy MacGregor

The Cadence Group

Free Advice Friday for Oct 28th

Sorry guys...  We are going to pick up with Free Advice Fridays next week on Nov 5.  It will be a terrific session on selling your books on your own.  We will give you all the facts and tools you need to sell your books to your local retailers, corporations, schools, etc....

See you then!

What Sort of Publishing is Right for You?

Below is the recording of last week's great session about the different faces of Self-Publishing.

We also mentioned some websites everyone should check out before choosing a self-publishing option. These are forums and/or blogs where folks ask questions and provide information about their various experiences with some of the different vanity presses, co-publishing companies, publishers and literary agents.

Here's a list of some links we really like:

http://pred-ed.com/
http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/
http://www.writersweekly.com/whispers_and_warnings.php
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/

The Many Faces of Self-Publishing - This Week's Free Advice Friday

Figuring out the Cost 

 

Comparing the Quality 

 

Finding out What is Best for You

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!) 

 

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462 

 

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session geared towards helping you decide which type of publishing is best for you.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

When to be an Author, When to be Publisher

Great Free Advice Friday today everyone!  Here is the recording of our session today!

Getting Your Publishing Ducks in A Row - Free Advice Friday!

“My Publicist says my cover is all wrong”

“My local store says my book is too expensive"

“Reviewers are slamming my editing job and are complaining about typos” 

 What to Do…

                                                  What Order to do it in…

                                What is optional and what is not….

Getting your Publishing Ducks in a Row

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about the right time line for your publishing process.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: http://www.blogger.com/advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Author Events - Free Advice Friday

“I Did an Author Event and only sold 2 books” 

 

“My Local Store says they Don’t Do Author Events Anymore” 

 

Author Events…Are They Worth It? 

 

What is the Best Way to Do One?

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about getting and Author Events.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best,

Bethany Brown
Amy MacGregor

Where Did All the Reviewers Go? - This Week's Free Advice Friday

Why Do I Need Reviews?

What Are The Reviewers Looking For?

Where Did They All Go?

How Do I Get Reviews?

What Do I Do WITH The Reviews Once I Have Them?

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about getting and using reviews.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Taking a Breather....

Several of our clients have asked that we repeat some of our Free Advice Friday topics. The world goes on vacation and takes 3-day weekends in July and August and a lot of you are missing a chance to pick our brains at the appointed time.

So, we are going to take a 2-week hiatus from Free Advice Friday and start up again on Sept 10th.  Starting in September, we are going to repeat some of our more popular topics and launch into a whole new set.

Looking forward to seeing you then.  Have a wonderful few weeks!

Amy and Bethany

How Can I Sell Books Myself? - Free Advice Friday, August 20, 2010

I don’t want to hire a distributor, a sales rep or a marketing team.

What Can I do to sell my books on my own?

Can I do my own PR?

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about selling and marketing your books on your own.

Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com <advice@thecadencegrp.com>
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

How To Get an Agent

Please enjoy this downloadable MP3 of last week's Free Advice Friday. 

We discussed:  How Do I Find an Agent?  What Are They Looking For?  What the Heck is a Query? What do I Need to Do?

Free Advice Friday - How do I get an agent?

How Do I Find an Agent?

What Are They Looking For?

What the Heck is a Query?

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 1074462

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from The Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about finding and getting an agent.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.  Don’t be shy!

Please email or text at any time during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

EBooks. How to Make Them. How to Sell Them

Last Friday, we had a great session with Emily Gable from http://www.publishgreen.com/

She was great at walking all of us through the process of eBooks and helping us all understand how they come to be and how they come to be profitable.

Here is the recording of our hour-long free consulting session on eBooks.  Enjoy!

Sample Questions for todays Free Advice Friday

We are really looking forward to answering your questions today on

Free Advice Friday.

Here are the questions we have been asked over the last few weeks that we thought might be of interest to a lot of you.  Remember, we welcome your questions and input and will be posting a recording of this question and answer session on our blog after the session is completed.

How do books get on Amazon?


How does the information get on the page?

What is ranking and how important is it?

How do I improve my search ranking?

How to reviews happen?
         Do they help?

How does Search Inside Work?

What is Author Connect?

How do I get a book off of Amazon?

Where do all the “new and used” books come from?

Free Advice Friday - July 23 12:00 EST

How Do I get my Book on Amazon?  BN.com? Borders.com?
How do I sell more copies on-line?

Come ask us anything on this week’s Free Advice Friday *
Friday at 12 noon Eastern Time

(* Yup… we really mean it!)

At 12:00 pm EST, please call in to The Cadence Group Free Advice Friday line:

Dial: 218.486.1616
Use Passcode: 445118

And get your questions answered!

Free Advice Fridays is a weekly session of free consulting and advice from the Cadence Group.  This week we are having a session about Amazon.com and on-line bookselling.  Feel free to email us your questions ahead of time or bring them with you to the call.

Please email or text at any time before or during the call with questions you would like us to address:

To email: advice@thecadencegrp.com
To text:  330.219.7108

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best,

Bethany Brown
Amy MacGregor

Today's Free Advice Friday Questions!

We've had an overwhelming response to our call for questions for today's open forum Free Advice Friday! There were several questions that shared a common theme, so we've pared the list down to the seven following topics/questions that we'll address.

• How do I get my book in Barnes and Noble and Borders?
• How do I get my book on Amazon?
• Do I need a distributor?
• What’s the difference between Ingram, Baker & Taylor and a distributor?
• What is an ISBN and do I need one?
• How do I get published?
• How do I get people to buy my book?

If you'd like to add something, please feel free to email advice@thecadencegrp.com or text 330.219.7108 either before or during today's call.

Hope to "see" you there!

Book Distributors to check out - Free Advice Fridays

Hi all!  We had a great time on Free Advice Friday today.  Everyone was a little quiet, but I think it was the sunny weather calling to us all!

Here is a list of links to book distributors that we like:

IPG   http://www.ipgbook.com/getpage.cfm?file=contact.html&userid=9F0DA4A9-3048-6445-430A6737959C31B6

Greenleaf   http://www.greenleafbookgroup.com/submissions.cfm


NBN   http://www.nbnbooks.com/ProspectivePublisher/


PGW   http://www.pgw.com/home/publishers.aspx


New Shelves   http://www.newshelvesdistribution.com/about_us  (disclaimer - this one is us!)


Book-Hub   http://www.book-hub.com/info.html