How to Promote Your Book Without Using Social Media With Sandra Beckwith

Welcome to this episode of the Real Fast Results podcast!  If
you are an author, if you are a publisher, if you are a small-press
independent author and/or publisher, you are definitely in the
right place.  Today’s special guest is Sandra Beckwith. 
She is an award winning former publicist who now teaches authors
how to market their books, and she does it quite well. Sandra’s
Build Book Buzz website has been honored by three different
organizations for its excellence.  When you go check it out at
BuildBookBuzz.com, you’ll know that what she has to say is
well-worth listening to.  Thanks for being here Sandra…
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How to Promote Your Book without Using Social Media We are
promising people how to promote their book without using social
media.  It is a popular topic.  Some people just
aren’t comfortable with social media, and they are so relieved to
learn that they have other options.  That’s my
promise.  You’ll get several tips that you can use
immediately. [bctt tweet="You hear a lot about social media, but
what you don’t hear is that it’s not really effective for book
marketing." via="no"]It serves a huge purpose for authors. 
Twitter, in particular, is great for building relationships, making
connections, and also for professional development. 
You can learn a lot from the links to content that others
share on Twitter, but people aren’t using Twitter to find books to
read and buy.  The magic happens in other ways,
particularly when we connect with people who are the most
interested in the books that we write. Download the Complete PDF
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Guest Blogging

Promotion that Guest Blogging Brings

Book Fairs

Exhibit at book fairs 

Public Speaking

Publicity

News media attention

Preparing for Media Coverage

Contests

Email Marketing

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Connecting with Sandra The best way to reach me, really, is through
my website.  Please do subscribe to my newsletter at
BuildBookBuzz.com/gift.  On my blog, I’ve got tons of free
content.  It’s really helpful information, and that’s at
BuildBookBuzz.com/blog.  As I said, there’s a search bar on
the right.  So, you can enter in a keyword for whatever topic
you want to look into.  You should be able to find related
content, but if you don’t, send me an email and I will get some
content put up there for you on that topic.  My email is
SB@BuildBookBuzz.com.  Thank you! Resources BuildBookBuzz.com
BuildBookBuzz.com/blog BuildBookBuzz.com/gift Email
Marketing Resources: MailChimp Constant Contact Aweber
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