Book Marketing Success Podcast

You have a choice when writing the sales copy for your book. You can use something like the following generic points, or you can create sizzling sales copy. Your choice. * A strong powerful message about mental health * Inspiring * Raw and Authentic * Lets people know they’re not alone when having mental issues * Gives people hope * Lets public understand job as a Wildland Firefighter * It is rele...

Here are three questions that my friends have asked me via email in the past week: What's your reason to get up in the morning? — a question from Guy Kawasaki, host of the Remarkable People podcast. Listen in to his podcast to find how some people have answered this question: Here's the transcript of the above interview: https://remarkable-people.simplecast.com/episodes/hector-garcia-finding-your-...

Jim Meade, host of the End Anxiety Podcast and author of End Anxiety! Proven Benefits of the Transcendental Meditation Program , interviewed me, John Kremer, for his podcast. Check it out. It’s amazing to have John Kremer with us today. He’s an author and a book marketing expert. He’s not just behind millions of books being sold. He’s behind billions, including many bestsellers including the Chick...

John Kremer joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively kick-off New Year session for Book Marketing Strategies for 2023. Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should be doing for 2023: John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book , and Judith Briles via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Your takeaways include: Hot tips for 2023 to do starting now....

If you want people to buy from you, don't just sell, sell, sell. Let people get to know you as a person as well. This story of my dog's death tells all of you of where my heart is. Share your heart with your readers, your fans, your social media followers! In the early morning of Tuesday, December 27th, my dog Becky, aka Lady Beck, died. She was a wonderful dog who I loved very much. Several hours...

Your attitude is the one thing in your life you have full control over. You can change it in an instant. Now. Not tomorrow. Not next year. This instant. Now. What are you waiting for? — John Kremer You’ll be more effective in promoting your books if you keep on marketing regardless of the ups and downs of responses. No matter what happens, only you have control of your actions in responding to the...

Here are a few of the things that are infectious, very infectious, during the winter holidays, especially because of Christmas. optimism joy kindness courtesy charity generosity gratitude selflessness compassion forgiveness faith Enjoy the holidays! Remember: “Faith is infectious. Life isn’t always perfect, you know, but sometimes things work out for the best if you just have faith.” — Abby Sciuto...

In this Book Marketing Success Podcast episode, I interview Fitz Koehler, a cancer survivor and author of Your Healthy Cancer Comback: Sick to Strong and the accompanying Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal . She is also author of My Noisy Cancer Comeback: Running at the Mouth, While Running for My Life . In this podcast episode, we talk about the reasons she went from traditional publishing to begin...

The #1 bestselling book in all of Amazon a few years ago was a self-published blank book by Michael J. Knowles: Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide . Author Knowles beat out George W. Bush, Tony Robbins, and J.K. Rowling. Listen to this audio episode from Daniel Hall’s Real Fast Results podcast to discover how Michael made his book into a #1 bestseller. The book is described as th...

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You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world … but it requires people to make the dream a reality. — Walt Disney This is great book marketing advice from Walt Disney. You can never self-publish or market a book alone (even though that’s what self-publishing means). You can’t sell your book on your own. You can’t market your book on your own. You can always use help...

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. — Zig Ziglar What does success mean to you? Especially when marketing y...

In this Book Marketing Q&A session, John Kremer answers questions on book marketing, online marketing, and book publishing. John answered questions on exclusive book distribution, selling online (especially if you're not selling via online bookstores), and how to market to old fictional genres. What are the pros and cons of an EXCLUSIVE book distribution deal with a company like Small Press United...

Don’t forget to send in your questions for today’s Book Marketing Q&A session. Even if you cannot attend live, you can listen in on the replay and get answers to your book publishing and book marketing questions. Email: johnkremer@bookmarket.com with the subject line: Book Marketing question for John Join me for this session live on today, December 16th, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Pacific at...

In this episode, I talk about the difference between a great TV show and a very ordinary possibly insipid TV show, the difference between the incredible Game of Thrones and the very ordinary House of the Dragon . As I recently streamed The Game of Thrones , a remarkable and popular HBO show from several years ago, I fell in love with at least a dozen characters. I speculated about which ones would...

Here are a few free online tools you can use to create interesting graphics to promote your books, podcasts, websites, and social media. Eclipse Crosswords : http://www.eclipsecrossword.com — A Windows downloadable program for creating crossword puzzles. EZ GIF :  http://www.ezgif.com — Allows you to make GIFs from images or videos as well as optimize GIFs, jpgs, and pngs. Flixel : http://www.flix...

Not everything that counts can be counted. You can count sales. You can count fans and followers. You can count pins and tweets. But you can’t count passion. You can’t count commitment. You can’t count engagement. You can’t count real relationships. But you can be passionate. You can make commitments and ask others to commit as well. You can engage with other people: fans, readers, booksellers, wh...

When I was a little kid, I made a deal with the universe. If I was able to manifest my dreams, then I would try to do good in some way. — Jessica Alba, actress and entrepreneur Have you made your deal with the universe yet? If you do decide to make a deal, what would it be? If the universe is too big for you to deal with, make a deal with your spouse, your friend, your dog, your parents, a busines...

Next week on Friday, December 16th, I will be hosting a free Book Marketing Q&A session. Join me for this session live at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Pacific at https://meetn.com/bookmarketingsuccess . You can send questions ahead of time by email to johnkremer@bookmarket.com . Subject: Book Marketing question for John Website: https://www.bookmarketingbestsellers.com Ask me a question and I'll a...

There are many ways to tell a story to make a book better, to enchant a live audience, to make a website better, to enliven a podcast episode. Or to explain what happened last week when I missed three planned episodes of this podcast. Often when we are in the middle of writing a book or carrying out a marketing plan or producing podcast episodes, our personal lives interrupt. That’s what happened...

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The first step in book marketing has nothing to do with marketing; it has everything to do with creating a great product. Write a book that actually helps people, or entertains them, or inspires them. Write the truth. Write honestly. Write with passion. If you want to see how to do this, check out the Real World Edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books . Listen in to this review. You want reviews...

All businesses should include love for their customers as part of their brand strategy. Also love for employees, partners, suppliers, etc. — John Kremer If you love your readers, your readers will love you! Start your own Substack newsletter and podcast. Learn more here: https://substack.com/refer/johnkremer Website: https://www.bookmarketingbestsellers.com Book me as a podcast guest or be a guest...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity . — Douglas Adams, novelist Don’t you want great service from others? Then offer great service to others. No matter what you do, you can offer great service, real service. You can write so well that you move people and create incredible change. You can market your books be...

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry And, if you want to sell books, don’t drum up humdrum followers. Teach your fans to yearn for what your book offers. Teach them to yearn for your knowledge, your experience, your entertainment, your passion. T...