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The Ultimate Guide to Launching a Book for Indie Authors

Launching a book is an extraordinarily exciting moment in an indie authors life, especially when it's the first book. But there's so much to do. What order should you do it in and how much time do you need in advance of your launch to complete it? Today's post is the Alliance of Independent Authors' Ultimate Guide to Launching a Book (including timeline).

March 15, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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Three Layers of Book Marketing Part 2: Workshop with Orna Ross

This month Orna's planning workshop is focussing again on the three layers of marketing (part two). Below she explains what…

February 13, 2021
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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TwitterChat: Getting E-mail List Sign-ups with David Gaughran

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Getting E-mail List Sign-ups with David Gaughran

August 18, 2020
Timothy Lewis
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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The Ultimate Guide to Content Repurposing

Content repurposing is banded around a lot. But what does it mean and how do you "do it"? Well, that's what the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi team aims to answer today. With deep thanks for the contributions from members and partners. In particular, Nate Hoffelder, Debbie Young, Alison Morton, Tom Fowler.

July 20, 2020
AskALLi Team
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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International Insights for Indie Authors: Asian Markets

The AskALLi team is super excited to announce a new series of blogs starting today. The Alliance of Independent Authors is a global organisation and wants to honour that by bringing you a series of global facing blogs. With a huge thanks to Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard who is bringing his expertise and experience to contribute to these posts. This is the International Insights for Indie Authors series and today's post is all about the Asian markets.

July 11, 2020
Mark Williams
Business & Planning, News, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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How to Boost Your Book Sales Through Marketing with Traditional Media and P.R. with A.G. Billig: Self-Publishing Conference Highlight

Join author A. G. Billig in this Self-Publishing Advice Conference Highlight: How to Boost Your Book Sales Using Traditional Media and P.R., two of the most valuable tools in your book-marketing arsenal. When used wisely, they can boost your visibility, sales, and number of loyal and get you on the bestseller lists.

Opinion: How to Prepare a Successful Book Launch

A book launch is one part excitement and one part terror. You're finally putting your creation out into the world, which means you're actually putting your creation into the world! People can have opinions and make judgments. But you can also find wonderful readers and supporters of your work. ALLi author member Kristan Julius recently launched her first independently published book and is here to explain how she made it a success.

January 23, 2020
Kristan Julius
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Best Marketing Related Posts of 2019

We're continuing with our review of 2019 this month and today brings a look back at the best marketing related posts of 2019. Sacha Black, ALLi Blog and Conference manager rounds up some of her favorite posts from the year.

December 21, 2019
Sacha Black
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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How To Get Your First 50 Book Reviews: A Quick & Easy Guide for Indie Authors

Encouraging people to publish and share reviews of your book is a key book-marketing activity, possibly the single most important of marketing task for a publisher. ALLi's latest Quick & Easy Guidebook (now available in the Member Zone) focusses on how to get your first 50 book reviews.

November 29, 2019
Orna Ross
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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Book Marketing: Who is Your Ideal Reader and Why Should You Care? #AskALLi Self-Publishing Fiction and Nonfiction Salon with Orna Ross and Sacha Black

All the foundations of book marketing begin with knowing your audience. And that is your reader! How do you identify…

How to Promote Books and Have Fun on the Radio

If you're going to be an author, then eventually, you'll have to talk about your books. Although it's daunting, ALLi author member Elizabeth Ducie is here to show you how to promote books and still have fun on the radio.

November 7, 2019
Elizabeth Ducie
Opinion, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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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.

September 19, 2019
Helen Baggott
Business & Planning, Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion
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