Friday, February 28, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 28, 2020

Sync or sink. Coordinate your marketing actions so you have the right product, delivered most conveniently at the right price to each target audience. Then promote the relevant benefits of your content to each segment.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 27, 2020

How long do you think it takes athletes to become proficient in their sports? How much longer to be great? Becoming great at selling books takes time. More time than most think, and that is why many quit.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 26, 2020

Getting an idea is not the end result. How can you convert your idea into reality?

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 25, 2020

Profitable, purposeful passion is what you do as much as why and how you do it. Marketing must be consistent with who you are.

Monday, February 24, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 24, 2020

To expand, you can either find more people to sell to or find more things to sell to the same people. In special sales you can do both, and build your business even more quickly. www.bookapss.org can help you do it.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 22, 2020

"When you think you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't." Thomas Edison

Friday, February 21, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 21, 2020

Is your prospect getting agitated? Slow down. A slow voice has a soothing effect, while a loud, fast voice can stimulate anger or fear, according to a University of Maryland study. 

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 20, 2020

If you have ever been rejected, remember that not all experts are correct. This quotation may make you feel better: "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp (DEC)

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 19, 2020

"Time and again I was told, 'Don't do it.' But sometimes the best advice is that which you don't take." Toby Cosgrove, M.D.


Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 18, 2020

Abraham Maslow's Need Hierarchy as it applies to the publishing industry. See Brian Jud's article "The View from the Top: Exploring the Five Levels of the B2B Pyramid"  https://bit.ly/2LHxJPm  

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 15, 2020

Retailers (bookstores, supermarkets, airport stores, etc.) do not want to see your book on their shelves. They want to see it at their cash registers. Tell them how you can do that and they are more likely to accept your book.

Friday, February 14, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 14, 2020

If you have ever been rejected, remember that not all experts are correct. This quotation may make you feel better: "There will never be a bigger plane built."  Boeing engineer after the first flight of the 247 plane that held ten people 

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 13, 2020

"When prospective buyers say, 'I'm not interested,' that doesn't mean they won't buy. It means that you didn't create a sales pitch that was interesting enough" Guy Achtzehn 

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 12, 2020

If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When," you get the answer to each of them.

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 9, 2020

"Stand firm for what you know is right! It's wise, as I have found. The mighty oak was once a nut that simply held its ground." A Thompson

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 8, 2020

"The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write." Sol Saks

Friday, February 7, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 7, 2020

A little-known punctuation mark:  A rhetorical question mark is a backward question mark and was first proposed in the late 1500s as the ending to a rhetorical question ("The Book of Useless Information," by Noel Botham) 

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 5, 2020

Spend 30 minutes per day on self-improvement. How much better off would you be now with 182.5 more hours of self-improvement in 2019?

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 4, 2020

Learn insider publicity secrets from national media. Free webcast on Thursday, February 6th  http://bit.ly/37SDVeq   

Monday, February 3, 2020

Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – February 3, 2020

"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do." Derek Jeter