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Marketing Monday: What Do You Think of Newsletters?

Posted by beckylevine on 19 Apr 2010 in Marketing |14 Comments

For about the past two years, I’ve had an email newsletter that I send out, oh…quarterly. It usually has some basic information about what’s coming up for me in the next few months, or what I’ve been doing that’s exciting (for me, at least!). Then I add a few links to posts I think might […]

If it’s September, it Must be M…m…marketing?!

Posted by beckylevine on 8 Sep 2009 in Marketing, Promotion, The Writing Path |4 Comments

Well, not yet. For pete’s sake, people, the book doesn’t come out until January. But I’ve read enough about book promotion to know that you don’t wait for the book release to get started. And the one date that has been floating in my head for a while is October—the month I’m supposed to talk with […]

Marketing Interview (& Contest) with Laura Purdie Salas

Posted by beckylevine on 26 Aug 2009 in Blog Contest, Marketing, Promotion |29 Comments

In September of 2008, Laura Purdie Salas joined up with Fiona Bayrock to explore marketing and PR possibilities for two of their picture books that were being published the next year: Salas’ Stampede! Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of Schooland Bayrock’s Bubble Homes and Fish Farts. And they decided to do this exploration publicly—at […]

Guest Bloggers: Mary Hershey & Robin LaFevers from SVP

Posted by beckylevine on 23 Feb 2009 in Blogging, Guest Blogger, Marketing, Promotion, SCBWI, Social Networking |16 Comments

Shrinking Violet Promotions is one of my favorite blogs. I discovered it soon after I started blogging, and I’ve been a regular reader since. Mary & Robin are encouraging, enthusiastic, and seriously GET how tough it can be for writers to get out there and market themselves and their books. So, obviously, I was very happy […]

Somebody Else Says: Social Networking Links

Posted by beckylevine on 6 Nov 2008 in Marketing, Social Networking, Somebody Else Says |2 Comments

One of the very cool things about writing my critique book for Writer’s Digest is the timing. They’re doing a lot of reorganizing, shifting themselves–as I understand it–from several distinct businesses into one integrated community. I think I, and the book, are going to benefit greatly from this, not to mention having a fun ride […]

Free Books: One Giant Step for Writerkind?

Posted by beckylevine on 21 Oct 2008 in Marketing |2 Comments

M. J. Rose has this article up on The Huffington Post. In it, she talks about the logic and marketing sense behind giving away her book The Reincarnationist for free. I told you I wasn’t going to stay organized. From first drafts to marketing all in one week. I’ve heard this discussion before, though, and it’s […]

Welcome

Posted by beckylevine on 2 Oct 2008 in The Writing Path |16 Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew every step along our writing path? Not just the ones we’ve already made or the one our foot is coming down on just at this moment, but the ones yet to come? It’d be a bit like taking your list to the grocery store–walking down the aisles, picking […]