
I hope you enjoy today’s Book Marketing Update.
As we reach the start of a new year (finally!), I’m seeing quite a few posts on productivity. I’ve included two in today’s post.
Be sure to check out a blog post I wrote earlier in the year titled Social Media Tips You Need to Know. There are some great nuggets of information there.
Finally, I hope you end the year writing your heart out and selling more books than you’d ever imagined.
Have a great weekend!
Book Marketing
Writers, Ink Podcast: Episode 56 – Creating Professional Covers and Ads on BookBrush with Kathleen Sweeney: “Kathleen Sweeney has helped authors create professional covers and ads on BookBrush for the past two years. One of the most innovative new author tools, BookBrush features easy-to-design standard covers, instant mockups, box set covers, 3D covers, and even animated covers. As the Customer Service Manager and Marketing Lead at BookBrush, Kathleen hosts frequent information sessions and works closely with authors to help them create the best cover or ad possible. “
Social Media for Authors
Social Media Tips You Need to Know: From time to time, I collect a variety of social media tips for writers that I think are helpful. This post, from May, details social media tips you need to know broken down by platform.
Productivity
4 Strategic Actions for a Productive Writing Year by C.S. Lakin: “At the end of every year, I blog about planning. The new year is looming on the horizon, and to many it feels like the chance at a fresh start. We can say good riddance to 2020—for so many reasons, to be sure. But I also hope you spent some time writing and improving your writing chops.”
From Chaos to Creativity: Productivity for Writers with Jessie Kwak and from Joanna Penn: “How do you balance your time between what you have to do and what you want to do? How do you decide what’s most important to work on? How do you make the most of the time you have for writing? I talk about productivity for authors and writers with Jessie Kwak.”
Outsourcing
Tasks Authors Can Outsource to a Virtual Assistant from Mark Dawson and by Dan Parsons: This is an excellent post about the kinds of tasks authors can outsource so they can focus on their writing.


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