Comments on: Authors – How To Promote Yourself

By: Serban V.C. Enache

Serban V.C. Enache — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:51:24 +0000

In reply to LJ. Inspirational quotes, the dog, the cat, the coffee... Hey give me something interesting about the mailman, or the UPSman at least, lol. I agree with you LJ, abandoning diversity in favor for some unidirectional/one side issue or topic is quite the turn off.

By: Keri Peardon

Keri Peardon — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000

In reply to Andrew Claymore. I did have my book information on a static page on my blog, but I just kept adding background information and character profiles and novel information until it was a nightmare to organize on my blog dashboard and to link to (grated, I use a free blog template on WordPress; a custom template might make that easier). I ended up making a website and putting all of my static book information on it, publishing schedule, links to buy my books, etc. It's easier to navigate and gives me one more point of contact on the internet. Or, in simple terms: blog for fresh content, website for static content.

By: LJ

LJ — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:12:20 +0000

There is also another danger that authors and artists blogging sometimes fall into: abandoning variety and going with only that which has received the most comments. I recently stopped following a blog by an author/artist because now all her posts are the same. She use to blog daily about her quite enchanting life and her work and interesting things that were going on in her part of the world. But now pretty much every single post contains only her dog walking in the countryside and “inspirational” quotes from other people. That’s it. Nothing of her own words or what else is happening in her life or with her work. All dog and quotes, exclusively. Pretty effing boring. I suspect she’s doing it because in the past those types of posts got positive feedback, and now that’s all she does. Literally.

Variety makes a blog exciting. Posts about your dog–not so much.

By: Kelly Langston

Kelly Langston — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:57:07 +0000

Another promotion option: Publish a short story online. Short Stories Cafe (www.shortstoriescafe.com) has launched to help writers grow a fan base, or generate buzz for a new book launch. For each published story, the author’s bio links back to the author’s personal website, bringing more traffic as their readership grows.