Virtual Book Tours
Have you written a book?
Did you FINALLY get someone to publish it?
Did you think they would market it for you? How soon before you realized you had to do the marketing? I’ll bet you didn’t realize when you wrote your novel that was just the beginning . . .
If you write it will they buy? Not unless they know you wrote it. No one knows you, so how are you going to sell this awesome work of art. Being published does not mean you will sell your books. Putting your title in Amazon does not mean people will see it. If you are really lucky, someone somewhere who has a huge internet following will buy it, read it and give it a great review. That might generate a few sales.
No, you have to market yourself. Build your brand, build a website, get in the grove with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google + and who knows how many more.
You have to spend some time in building relationships with other successful authors, bloggers, book reviewers.
You should consider a virtual book tour. They also take up much time, but you need to ask yourself the question – do you want your book to sell?
If you are an author and have finally been published, I want to share with you one author’s opinion of the virtual book tour. She shares her successes and trials honestly.
If you have finally been published, this is a good read with some great tips about getting yourself out there on a virtual book tour.
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