I’m continuing to answer direct questions from readers. Here’s the next one: Question: What is the most stressful part of being a publicist or being your own publicist? Answer: Unrealistic expectations. Be careful of those
Here’s one of the things you can control in your book campaign. One of the most challenging elements for an author regarding book publicity is understanding what you can and can’t control, and then acting
Our Q&A continues this week with question #3. As a quick reminder, I hear from lots of authors who want to embrace book marketing and publicity. I thought it would be fun to take some
Dear Savvy Pro: As I mentioned last week, I get a lot of questions about being a publicist and the work involved, particularly from authors who want to not only understand book publicity and marketing,
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you are probably familiar with my mantra that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to be your own publicist.
There is a tendency in our culture to equate technology, particularly anything new and advanced, as always being superior to anything that came before it. I frequently see posts making fun of how things were
Last week we discussed how to work your way into those elusive, yet extremely desirable top-tier media outlets. You can read about it here. This week, we’re going to delve a little deeper into this
So you want media attention for your book. I get it. I totally do. I get a lot of questions from people asking what exactly media is these days. Short answer? Everyone! So the next
Everywhere you look these days there is something written or spoken about morning routines and how they set the tone for the entire day. I agree, and you probably do too, that how we begin