Tuesday, October 4, 2011
@#$%^& $&*%!!!
To paraphrase comedian Jeff Foxworthy, you might be a crappy marketer if you go to a class reunion and no one there knows that you published a second book almost a year ago. Opps, did I just describe moi? Yep, I attended a reunion (no, I'm not going to tell which one) over the weekend, and while many folks remembered that I was an author and even remembered my first book, not one knew that I had a second book out. Ouch! I mean, if friends don't know what you're doing, how do you expect the general public to know? And I swore I'd do a better job marketing Headwind than I did with Northern Cross. Maybe I should just swear.
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Did you get their addresses? Connect on Facebook? Then you can proudly announce the next one and they will know!
ReplyDeleteAlex: No ... I was too busy partying ... hmmm ... there might be a clue here.
ReplyDeleteTo quote Craig Ferguson, Sometimes only a curse word will do.
ReplyDeleteSwear away!
Hi Christopher! Well, I was hoping to come by and read a post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group, but I'm not the least bit disappointed. It's so nice to find a new writer, especially one who's been published. I see we have a few follower friends in common so I decided to join your army. Come by an visit me sometime!
ReplyDeleteI think that hardest part of writing is the promotion. If you party while you're marketing it might just make it fun. :) Nice to meet you. And it would suck to go to a reunion and having people not know you published book 2. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis wouldn't be applicable to me. All of my friends don't read.
ReplyDeleteCatlin: Yep ... dang near impossible to get through the day without a few expletives.
ReplyDeleteNancy: Opps ... well, this is sort of my insecure writers post ... yeah, that's it ... thanks for joining!
Laila: You are mighty right ... my problem is that when I'm partying, I get caught up in the moment and forget to market. Thanks for stopping by.
Michael: Well, at least it's 'don't' rather than 'can't', right?
Swearing often helps >:)
ReplyDeleteCold As Heaven
Cold: Hey, sometimes it's even essential!
ReplyDeletePromoting is hard. It's one grain of sand at a time, to build our beach.
ReplyDeleteThese are good people, C.H., keep these folks near.
ReplyDeleteAnd curse if need be, and have a PR person (Okay, me) send a release to the newspapers where your class reunion was held.
M Pax: That's a fact ... I know have enough sand to make a home for a flea.
ReplyDeleteJennifer: They are good people ... if you want to be my PR person, I hope you work for sand.
I know how awkward that can be. I never know when I am being too pushy about announcing that I have a new book when gathering at social events. I remember a time when it was considered too tacky to walk into a room and say, "Hey everybody, here is the author with a new book." LOL
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I think having business cards with the info about your book to hand out is okay, especially if someone asks what's new.
Yep, social media does wonders. I think everyone in my high school class is on FB so all I'd have to do is post. :)
ReplyDeleteChristopher, I'm feeling your pain! Well, I'm my way there, I've been scrambling like craze to get my book out there as well. Yikes--tons of work done all by my onesie so far. *sigh*
ReplyDelete♥.•*¨Elizabeth¨*•.♥
I am just learning that authors are becoming more and more responsible for marketing their work. Social media appears the quickest and easiest route. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteMaryann: 'Awkward' is operative word around here. Thanks for the tip ... I'll give it a try if I'm invited to the next reunion ... which could be in doubt after my performance at the last one.
ReplyDeletePk: That's what I keep hearing ... however, every time I post something, all I hear are crickets.
Elizabeth: I sure hate to spread the pain around ... have your tried aspirins? Seriously, good luck with the tome and keep me posted.
Melissa: Some people seem to play the social media like a violin ... mine sounds more like fingernails on the blackboard.
I'm awkward at social gatherings too. Then comes the partying which was meant to loosen me (or should I say my mouth) a bit. But then when I'm not asked "What do you do for a living?" etc... I don't mention it either. I need to learn being more outgoing minus the drinks :)
ReplyDeleteSoul Mate Publishing Launch Party October 12th. Visit my blog: http://donna-realworldwriting.blogspot.com to sign up for the Blog Hop and party!!
Donna: When I'm asked what I do for a living, I have to be honest and say, "Nothing ... I'm a writer ... but that's not a living." Thanks for stopping by!
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