Influencer Marketing: Media Kit for Indie Authors and Poets
A media kit is an information packet that informs everyone - not just members of the media - about an…
How Indie Authors Can Approach the Media
You don’t have to be a celebrity author to get newspapers and magazines to pay attention to your book. ALLi author member and freelance journalist, Ruth Badley, explains how a focused approach can help indie authors secure media coverage and other promotional opportunities.
Match Your Nonfiction Writing Approach to Your Content: Gain Efficiency, Relieve Pressure
Choosing the right nonfiction writing approach for your project—self-contained or emergent—can increase efficiency and relieve pressure. Here’s how.
How To Market Self-Published Poetry Books: Self-Publishing Poetry with Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály
Do you want to know how to properly market self-published poetry? Many poets spend a lot of time submitting to…
What to do About Shady Publishers? More Questions Answered; AskALLi Member’s Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn; News with Daniel Holloway
Has ALLi ever heard of certain shady publishers? That is among the questions answered this month on our monthly Member…
Content Marketing for Fiction and Nonfiction
Content marketing has become a bit of a buzzword in author circles this year. With advertising becoming tougher and more expensive, and Amazon making it harder to get organic sales, authors are looking for other ways to reach new readers, develop a fanbase and ultimately sell books. Author member Rachel McCollin is here to show you how you content marketing for fiction and nonfiction can help.
Go Exclusive or Wide: Which is Best for your Book? #AskALLi Self-Publishing Fiction and Nonfiction Salon with Boni Wagner-Stafford and Adam Croft
Going wide and being selectively exclusive is definitely the safest way to a sustainable and scalable author business. But is…
How To License Your Publishing Rights: AskALLi Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn
Orna and Joanna attended the Brand Licensing Show in London and bring back advice and information on publishing rights, deal-making,…
How Indie Authors Can Sell More Nonfiction Books
Paid ads and hard marketing isn't for everyone. But in a pay to play market, what else is there? Maryann Jacobsen, ALLi author member, looks to content marketing to sell more nonfiction books. While nonfiction book marketing strategies may come and go but there is one strategy that still works: writing killer blog posts.
Outside the Box Book Marketing
Let me ask you a question... When was the last time you stepped out from behind the screen and connected – in person – with new readers? In a saturated world, finding fresh ways to market your books and find new readers is increasingly difficult. However, author member Lesley Tither shows us how a little outside the box thinking can create amazing results.
What is Hybrid Publishing and Should I Consider It? More Questions Answered; AskALLi Member’s Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael La Ronn; News with Daniel Holloway
What is hybrid publishing and should I consider it? That is among the questions answered this month on our monthly…
How to DIY PR for Indie Authors
PR can feel like a mystery to writers. It's done by experts and those in the field or the industry. But author member, Helen Baggott is here to remove the mystery and tell us how we can DIY PR as indie authors.