Do you want to sell more books, or don’t you? (The book marketing strategy you ignore at your own peril). /22 Feb 2015/Derek Murphy/0/book marketing For the last year, I’ve been able to get any book #1 in its category on launch. So I started adding some... Read More1
The Fool-Proof Twitter Book Marketing Strategy You Need to be Using /12 Feb 2015/Derek Murphy/4/book marketing, social media marketing I just got an email from an author who says this: One trend I notice with indie writers is this: on social... Read More3
The really weird thing about book marketing /12 Feb 2015/Derek Murphy/0/book marketing I’ll admit it, I’m new at this game. I started as a writer, editor and then book cover designer. I didn’t really... Read More0
Where should I promote my books? (Like, really… WHERE?) /12 Feb 2015/Derek Murphy/1/book marketing I saw a big long post on Facebook this morning with someone asking this question. Where should I promote my books? The... Read More1
10 author blog makeover case study – coming soon! (Want a free site?) /11 Feb 2015/Derek Murphy/86/book marketing, wordpress author websites I’m excited to be building up a team that can install beautiful WordPress author sites quickly. There’s a lot of crap out... Read More1
My top 10 tips for book marketing /31 Jan 2015/Derek Murphy/3/book marketing, social media marketing There are tens of thousands of authors trying to promote their books. That’s a lot of competition. Some of them have huge... Read More1
Book Formatting Woes (How to format a book without going insane) /14 Jan 2015/Derek Murphy/0/Uncategorized I’ve formatted hundreds of books. I pretty much know what I’m doing. I can make epubs and mobi files that verify everywhere.... Read More3
Why you should pay us to give your books away for free. /07 Jan 2015/Derek Murphy/0/book marketing We’re very open about our book marketing packages and book launch details – even though a lot of what we do involves... Read More2
Why you should never pay for “Book Blast” marketing /07 Jan 2015/Derek Murphy/1/book marketing, social media marketing If there’s one word in the book promotion space that should make you run away in terror, it’s “Blast” – and unfortunately... Read More1
Why Book Marketing Fails /16 Apr 2014/Derek Murphy/0/book marketing, social media marketing I have some friends who make over 100K a year marketing other people’s businesses. A lot of it is just basic SEO... Read More1
