May Events: ALLi Insights and your Self-Publishing Questions Answered

May 5, 2015

ALLi Insights: Content Marketing 101 – How authors can be smart and Strategic with their most important asset

This month's ALLi Insights was pre-recorded as part of IndieReCon. We showcased such a broad variety of topics during our three day event, we know you probably got overwhelmed by the sheer volume of high-quality content available.

So if you didn't get a chance to see this Google Hangout streamed live we're giving it another moment in the spotlight.

Watch Jane Friedman discuss Content Marketing with ALLi Director Orna Ross. Jane outlines the importance of using your content in various forms and how to be smart and strategic with what is a writer’s most important asset.

Jane Friedman is a recognised as outstanding educator of authors in the digital age, renowned for her style of telling it as it is, without drama or hype..

This recording is available now.

Ask ALLi Member Q&A Thursday May 28th 2015: Your Self-Publishing Questions answered by Joanna Penn and Orna Ross

The Q&A will broadcast live on Google+ and ALLi members can have their questions answered by Joanna and Orna.

Click this link to join the Google+ Hangout Event and watch it live

Date: 28th/29th May 2015
Event starts at 8:00pm GMT

Global Dates and Times:

Time: Like all ALLi Insights events, this one goes out on May 28th at 12noon PST (Vancouver) / 3pm EST (New York City / 6pm BRST (Sao Paolo) / 8pm GMT (London) / 10pm SAST (Johannesburg) /and May 29th at 1.30am IST (Dehli) and 7am AEDT (Sydney)

Our monthly Member Q&A is part of our “Ask ALLi” Campaign: in which ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors) commits to answering any question about self-publishing.

Only ALLi members can submit questions to this particular event but all authors can watch and learn.

If you are an ALLi member, click here to submit your questions

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May 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM
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