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Three Things to Consider When You Set Your Book Marketing Budget

You’re going to need to budget your money and your time and work within both of these. It’s best to set them now as we’ll be setting a plan for social networking, advertising and media marketing. Once you have a general idea of the amount of money and time you are comfortable investing in the […]

How to Create an Effective Elevator Pitch for Your Book

It’s time to put the research you’ve done in this series of post into tools that will be useful for you. Let’s start with the Value Proposition and move to the Elevator pitch. Value Proposition You’ll be using this value proposition for a number of marketing purposes, so it’s important to play with the wording […]

17 Ways to Focus on Your Book’s Key Audience

At PageMaster Publication Services we know that focusing on your book’s key audience will help you design a marketing plan that enables you to reach your publishing and sales goals. Who is your ideal or core target audience, and why? In order to identify what characteristics are shared by your ideal readers answer the following […]

How to Define the Competition for Your Book

At PageMaster Publishing Services we want to see your book sales goals achieved. One step in the process is defining the competition for your book. If there is no book that is like your book, give up trying to market it. If no one is buying it now, it won’t be bought when you come […]

How to Prove the Value of Your Book – Your Endorsements

At PageMaster Publishing Services we can help make the fact you’re an expert apparent to potential readers of your book. We wrote about gathering your credentials. In this post let’s look at getting together your endorsements. Never underestimate the power of social proofs. I am generally more willing to take a chance on a book […]

How to Prove the Value of Your Book – Your Credentials

At PageMaster Publishing Services we want you to succeed in your book marketing goals. Potential readers want assurances that your book can deliver on its promised value. What proof do you have? Examples demonstrating value include testimonials and references from peers, reviews from experts or otherwise qualified individuals who have read the book prior to […]

3 Ways to Research Your Book Marketing Message

At PageMaster Publication Services we want you to have a clear marketing message for your book. When someone asks you what your book is about, what they really want to know is, “Why should I read your book?” In other words, they want to hear a compelling argument. They want to know what your book’s […]

How to Define Your Vision of Publishing Success

The first thing you need to do to develop a book marketing plan is to define your vision of publishing success. At PageMaster Publishing Services we can help you make it achievable. Why did you write this book? What are you trying to accomplish? What are your sales goals? Write down your personal goals, financial […]

Time to Evaluate

In this series of posts we’ve so far looked at 11 steps in the process of publishing: Vision – 7 Questions to Help Your Vision For Your Book Gather – How to Plan to Write Your Book Quickly Analyze – 7 Questions to Help Give Your Readers What They Expect Shape – How to Write […]

36 Ways to Market Your Book

There are thousands of ways to market your book. It something you should be doing every day. You need to have a plan that focuses you on reaching your goals. You don’t have time to be all over the map and shouldn’t be told how “marketing must be done.” At PageMaster Publication Services we work […]