Saturday, 22 October 2011

Writing, Marketing and Promotion


Is it your true wish to not finish your novel? Well, then why are you making it so difficult to complete it? When I talk with authors and writers, the real passion comes to them in the form of sitting down and writing the words. Writing makes their heart sing and soul feel alive. But then they say, "but I have to also worry about the marketing and promotion of my book too."
You may think I would say, "Oh, I understand it can be hard (which it can be) but it is important to know you can get help with the marketing and promotion so you can continue the writing. The marketing and promotion is crucial while you are writing your book because it gives your readers' time to get to know you as the author and more about the message of your book.
Don't allow yourself to think that you can wait to market and promote your book after is it released. This type of thinking can really put your potential to gain more readers with lack luster results. Why do I feel you need someone to help you with your book promotion anyway?
1) Want - Do you want to be doing all the marketing for your book yourself? No, of course you don't. You want to be working on those things that make you happy and those things that bring you joy to help others.
2) Knowledge - Do you have the connections and know how to find those who will put you and your book in front of your readers. Now, don't get me wrong, here. You could gain the knowledge and know how, but then this goes back to the "want" part of the equation.
3) Time - You want to focus your time and efforts on those things in your business that you love to do. If marketing and promotion is not something you want or have the know how to do, why take the time to concentrate on it when you can have someone who is passionate about helping you succeed in this area of your writing.
When you are writing your book, which part of the business do you feel you should be focusing on? You know that having a marketing and promotion plan for your book is important but you do not want to spend your time having to do all of this work yourself while you really want to be bring your passion to helping others to the forefront.
You can let an online book promotion manager handle the marketing efforts of getting you in front of your readers because they have the want, the knowledge and time to devote to spreading the message of your book. An online book promotion manager will be there for you because it is their passion to help you. Accept the help so you can concentrate on your passion to help others in your business.

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