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Actual for You - 31 Ways to Promote Your Book in March During Small Press Month
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USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press te
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Mar 1 - If you do not have enough author's copies on hand, contact your publisher and order more so they arrive in enough time to pursue these other tips throughout the month.
Mar 2 - Contact other independent published authors in your area (through local associations you may belong to) and combine your resources to fully exploit the opportunities during this month. There's a lot to do, and four hands are better than two.
Mar 3 - Contact your local bookstores and suggest they offer discounts on Small Press books. Bring in yours and offer it to them at a discount to get them started. Show them the rest of this calendar as a way of indicating your commitment to making their event successful. Offer to leave a free copy with them along with a sales sheet.
Mar 4 - Contact your local newspapers and inform them of Small Press Month (in case they don't know about it). Suggest they write a small article or events calendar for Small Press events in the area, specifically the ones you secured on March 3rd. Tell them you will be sending them a press release on the 5th.
Mar 5 - Send a press release to the local media (newspapers, radio, television) mentioning Small Press Month and your independently published book. (If you secured some events on March 3, mention them in the release.
Mar 6 - Follow-up on your press release from yesterday with the local media via telephone. Reiterate Small Press Month, your planned events in the community, and your Small Press book. Offer to compose a review that they can use as a foundation. (Less work for them).
Mar 7 - If you haven't yet published your book, today is the day to start. Go to www.outskirtspress.com for the future in book publishing today.
Mar 8 - Contact your local libraries and suggest they feature Small Press titles, including yours. Offer to leave a free copy with them, along with a sales sheet. Your free author's center generates your sales sheet automatically if you have published with Outskirts Press. You can even change it and update it first.
Mar 9 - If you haven't yet sent out review copies for book, now is the time. The free Outskirts Press author's center has many book reviewers listed in the Author Resources section, available no matter where you have published your book.
Mar 10 - Contact local schools in your area and tell them about Small Press Month. Mention that you are a local published author and offer to speak to their assembly about how to accomplish their dreams of being published. This is particularly effective if you have a children's book you can then sell after the assembly.
Mar 11 - Contact local universities and colleges. Same concept as yesterday -- promote yourself and your book by sharing your knowledge of how to write a book and get it published. Sell copies of your book in the back of the room.
Mar 12 - Schedule a seminar or tele-seminar on "How to Write and Publish a Book" and offer a "Small Press Month" discount on the registration fee. Send out a local news release about your class.
Mar 13 - Contact other sales channels outside of the bookstore that may be likely to sell your book. This may include websites related to your book's topic, gift stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, boutiques, etc. Look at your book and ask yourself where your readers may be shopping.
Mar 14 - Contact local art studios, design boutiques, or other small independent businesses in your area. Give them the opportunity to share in co-op on some advertising initiatives (plus, if applicable, offer to conduct some events in their venues).
Mar 15 - Join with other independently published authors and arrange a co-op advertisement in the local media, using any dollars secured from local businesses you spoke with on the 14th. In addition to simply promoting your book, promote your upcoming events, so people show up at them. The other authors can join in the events, which may lead the bookstores to be more interested in scheduling it (even on such short notice).
Mar 16 - Contact all the local radio producers in your area. The Outskirts Press author's center makes it easy, with free contact information in your local area.
Mar 17 - Think St. Paddy's day thoughts. Then make sure your online Amazon.com listing is all it can be.
Mar 18 - Contact the major newspapers about Small Press Month. They're likely to write up something if enough authors contact them, and you will want to be among the piles of information they have received:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: 229 W 43rd Street, New York NY 10036-3959 (212) 556-1234
USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press tel
Your boss called you in and said you are difficult to get along with and are causing problems not only for him but for other people in the office. He says you resist direction and don't take criticism well. And he says you're too critical of everybody else. But you really think he's exaggerating. You think the people around you are more of a problem than you are, but on the other hand, your wife or girlfriend says the same thing about you that your boss does. What do you do?Listen to what these people are saying. There's an old saying that if one person tells you that you're a horse, you can ignore it. If two people tell you, you might think about it. If three people tell you, buy a saddle. Your boss, your co-workers, and your wife are all telling you a similar story. It's time to listen.Why listen? Because if you don't, it sounds quite likely that you'll lose your job. And if you're doing this at home, and your wife is telling you about it, and you're ignoring her—which you have been so fa
Mar 5 - Send a press release to the local media (newspapers, radio, television) mentioning Small Press Month and your independently published book. (If you secured some events on March 3, mention them in the release.
Mar 6 - Follow-up on your press release from yesterday with the local media via telephone. Reiterate Small Press Month, your planned events in the community, and your Small Press book. Offer to compose a review that they can use as a foundation. (Less work for them).
Mar 7 - If you haven't yet published your book, today is the day to start. Go to www.outskirtspress.com for the future in book publishing today.
Mar 8 - Contact your local libraries and suggest they feature Small Press titles, including yours. Offer to leave a free copy with them, along with a sales sheet. Your free author's center generates your sales sheet automatically if you have published with Outskirts Press. You can even change it and update it first.
Mar 9 - If you haven't yet sent out review copies for book, now is the time. The free Outskirts Press author's center has many book reviewers listed in the Author Resources section, available no matter where you have published your book.
Mar 10 - Contact local schools in your area and tell them about Small Press Month. Mention that you are a local published author and offer to speak to their assembly about how to accomplish their dreams of being published. This is particularly effective if you have a children's book you can then sell after the assembly.
Mar 11 - Contact local universities and colleges. Same concept as yesterday -- promote yourself and your book by sharing your knowledge of how to write a book and get it published. Sell copies of your book in the back of the room.
Mar 12 - Schedule a seminar or tele-seminar on "How to Write and Publish a Book" and offer a "Small Press Month" discount on the registration fee. Send out a local news release about your class.
Mar 13 - Contact other sales channels outside of the bookstore that may be likely to sell your book. This may include websites related to your book's topic, gift stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, boutiques, etc. Look at your book and ask yourself where your readers may be shopping.
Mar 14 - Contact local art studios, design boutiques, or other small independent businesses in your area. Give them the opportunity to share in co-op on some advertising initiatives (plus, if applicable, offer to conduct some events in their venues).
Mar 15 - Join with other independently published authors and arrange a co-op advertisement in the local media, using any dollars secured from local businesses you spoke with on the 14th. In addition to simply promoting your book, promote your upcoming events, so people show up at them. The other authors can join in the events, which may lead the bookstores to be more interested in scheduling it (even on such short notice).
Mar 16 - Contact all the local radio producers in your area. The Outskirts Press author's center makes it easy, with free contact information in your local area.
Mar 17 - Think St. Paddy's day thoughts. Then make sure your online Amazon.com listing is all it can be.
Mar 18 - Contact the major newspapers about Small Press Month. They're likely to write up something if enough authors contact them, and you will want to be among the piles of information they have received:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: 229 W 43rd Street, New York NY 10036-3959 (212) 556-1234
USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press te
Sacred cows take a long time to die. We get comfortable in the way we do things and lose sight of how they could be improved. Here's an interesting story.A woman was in the process of fixing her special holiday ham. She cleaned it and then took a huge knife, lopped off both ends of the ham and placed it in a pan. Her daughter, who was learning how to cook asked, "Now Mom, why did you do that?""Because that's how your grandmother taught me," was her answer. "Let's ask her." So they did. Her answer was the same. Her mother taught her that way. Being a lucky family, great grandma was still with them so they asked her.Her answer? "I always cut off the ends of the ham so it would fit in the pan."Just think of all the pork they wasted over the years doing it great grandma's way. Just because great grandma didn't have a big enough pan.Do you have any hams in your small business? Are you doing things a certain way just because you always have? Your business could be leaking hug
Mar 10 - Contact local schools in your area and tell them about Small Press Month. Mention that you are a local published author and offer to speak to their assembly about how to accomplish their dreams of being published. This is particularly effective if you have a children's book you can then sell after the assembly.
Mar 11 - Contact local universities and colleges. Same concept as yesterday -- promote yourself and your book by sharing your knowledge of how to write a book and get it published. Sell copies of your book in the back of the room.
Mar 12 - Schedule a seminar or tele-seminar on "How to Write and Publish a Book" and offer a "Small Press Month" discount on the registration fee. Send out a local news release about your class.
Mar 13 - Contact other sales channels outside of the bookstore that may be likely to sell your book. This may include websites related to your book's topic, gift stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, boutiques, etc. Look at your book and ask yourself where your readers may be shopping.
Mar 14 - Contact local art studios, design boutiques, or other small independent businesses in your area. Give them the opportunity to share in co-op on some advertising initiatives (plus, if applicable, offer to conduct some events in their venues).
Mar 15 - Join with other independently published authors and arrange a co-op advertisement in the local media, using any dollars secured from local businesses you spoke with on the 14th. In addition to simply promoting your book, promote your upcoming events, so people show up at them. The other authors can join in the events, which may lead the bookstores to be more interested in scheduling it (even on such short notice).
Mar 16 - Contact all the local radio producers in your area. The Outskirts Press author's center makes it easy, with free contact information in your local area.
Mar 17 - Think St. Paddy's day thoughts. Then make sure your online Amazon.com listing is all it can be.
Mar 18 - Contact the major newspapers about Small Press Month. They're likely to write up something if enough authors contact them, and you will want to be among the piles of information they have received:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: 229 W 43rd Street, New York NY 10036-3959 (212) 556-1234
USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press te
Pressure Washing Companies, Auto Detailing Firms and Mobile Car Washers who have been in business for a while and are following all of the environmental rules, have proper insurance and have the labor to keep up intensive scheduling should consider rental car corporations as potential clientele. They pay on time and have more than a lot of work to keep a company business. So it makes sense when considering niches to look at this sub-sector in fleet washing, as it is good to get the larger checks each month.Small independent pressure washing, car washing and mobile detailing companies will not be able to have these markets because the Rent-A-Car agencies will need a company with the proper image, appearance and attitude to be doing work on their property along with the proper background checks (for airport locations) and environmental issues awareness and preparedness.These car rental agencies will most likely require 1 million to 5 million in additional insurance certificates depending on t
Mar 15 - Join with other independently published authors and arrange a co-op advertisement in the local media, using any dollars secured from local businesses you spoke with on the 14th. In addition to simply promoting your book, promote your upcoming events, so people show up at them. The other authors can join in the events, which may lead the bookstores to be more interested in scheduling it (even on such short notice).
Mar 16 - Contact all the local radio producers in your area. The Outskirts Press author's center makes it easy, with free contact information in your local area.
Mar 17 - Think St. Paddy's day thoughts. Then make sure your online Amazon.com listing is all it can be.
Mar 18 - Contact the major newspapers about Small Press Month. They're likely to write up something if enough authors contact them, and you will want to be among the piles of information they have received:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: 229 W 43rd Street, New York NY 10036-3959 (212) 556-1234
USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press te
Can A Home Based Internet Business Really Succeed?The short answer is… Yes. But I want to tell you a little story before we move on.A couple of years ago a friend of mine (actually a former boss) called me for some advice. He wanted to buy a little online store and sell a line of products that anyone could get from a hundred other sources. He told me it would be easy. For a few hundred dollars and less than one hour of work he could be online selling his products.I discouraged him from doing so. After a couple of days he decided he would take my advice and save his money.The internet can be intoxicating. The promise of riches comes very close to the lure of the casinos. But there is a big difference. Most people fail at the casinos because the odds are against them. It is simple mathematics. For every dollar won many will be lost.But the internet is different. Most small business people fail on the web because they have the wrong approach. Or they have no approac
USA TODAY: 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA 22209-3901 (703) 276-3400 and 535 Madison Avenue, 20th Fl, New York NY 10022-4212 (212) 715-5410
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281-1003 (212) 416-2000
WASHINGTON POST: 1150 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20071-0002 (202) 334-6000
Mar 19 - Contact your local community center and inform them of Small Press Month. If you have gathered a band of local authors, this will be more affective. Schedule an impromptu event, celebrating Small Press books.
Mar 20 - This may be the month to switch independent publishers if you have published elsewhere. Is your retail price too high? Is your profit too low? Is your author's copy price too high? Compare and save by using this free pricing calculator at http://outskirtspress.com/pricing
Mar 21 - Join a Yahoo Group devoted to the newspaper trade, which includes tactics for writing articles in papers as well as contacts for promoting your book. Send a blank email to: freelancing4newspapers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mar 22 - Register for the Outskirts Press tele-seminars on "Signature Book Signing Tactics" from within your free author's center by signing up at www.outskirtspress.com
Mar 23 - Contact the Learning Annex (or similarly themed Adult Education Program) in your area and offer to teach a class on the subject of your book. As a published author, you are qualified to teach on your subject since you are an expert. Your book may even be required reading for each student!
Mar 24 Start writing online reviews. Write reviews for every book you have ever read. Mention that you are the author of your book at the bottom of each posted review. If people like the writing style of your review, they may investigate your book, especially if you write reviews for books within the same genre as yours.
Mar 25 - Contact the public libraries in each state and mention your involvement with Small Press Month. Send them information about your book. Here's a link that will get you started: http://www.publiclibraries.com/
Mar 26 - Start preparing for April (National Poetry Month), especially if you have a volume of poetry you have published.
Mar 27 - Help other writers you know get published and earn a 10% commission for the referral after their book is published. Register for the exciting Outskirts Press affiliate program at http://outskirtspress.com/cgi/affiliate_login.cgi
Mar 28 - Start a blog and keep it active and up-to-date. Register it with blog directories so others start reading it and participating. There are many blog programs to help you get started. Conduct a search on Google for the one that works for you.
Mar 29 - Submit your published book to the Google Base listings. It's free. http://base.google.com
Mar 30 Publish a "Large Print" edition of your book. With the world's demographics growing older, "large print" editions are becoming more and more popular. Featuring 14 or 16 point fonts, these editions appeal to the aging community because they are easier to read. You've already written the book, now re-publish a new "Large Print" edition to increase your revenue and double the effectiveness of your marketing initiatives. It's easy to get published here.
Mar 31 - Take a breath. It's been a busy, productive month.
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