HOW TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL BOOK GIVEAWAY PROMOTION
TIPS TO HELP YOU SPRING YOUR BOOK TO SUCCESS
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Share
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Advertise
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Target
SHARE o Create a fan page in facebook and ask your friends to like it. o
Post several times in your blog with in the days and weeks running up to the promotion.
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Contact popular book bloggers by email and ask if they’d like to read a review copy
ADVERTISE o
Use paid advertising
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Use popular review sites such as Pixel of Ink and Kindle Nation Daily
TARGET Get your book in the hands of people o who are predisposed to enjoy it. o Build a presence on Goodreads to o connect with fans of every genre. o One targeted reader will be worth dozens of untargeted readers. o
Follow these tips to find ways to connect with potential fans, raise awareness of your book, generate post-giveaway sales and garner reviews of your work that will increase your book sales.
HAVE THESE BEFOREHAND o
Blog
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Fan Page
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Web Presence
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO SOCIAL NETWORKING o
Simply put on your Twitter and Facebook account that something you wrote will be going for free in the Amazon store a few days before hand.
GENERAL BOOK GIVEAWAY SITES https://www.facebook.com/groups/BookGivea ways/ http://bloggiveaways.blogspot.com/ http://winningmommys.blogspot.com/2009/01 /sites-to-list-your-giveaway.html http://www.squidoo.com/giveawaylinkies
USE LINK-AGGREGATOR SITES o
These sites are big
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Can be scary and intimidating
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Fortunately, you can use the subsections to promote your book
You might not become a front-page sensation but a few extra hit could make the difference between connecting with a reader and not being able to. More Marketing Tips at http://amyharrop.com/