by Kayla Cook | Mar 8, 2022 | 1106 Design offers, Book Marketing, Social Media
The importance of establishing a solid social media presence has long been stressed by book marketers. Social media can be a powerful tool in your marketing arsenal when used correctly. While you may already have accounts on websites such as Facebook, Twitter,...
by Michele DeFilippo | Oct 8, 2019 | Author Websites, Book Marketing, Social Media
Let’s face it: the Internet is where it’s at. Authors today must understand how to promote a book online. As we emphasized recently in our article on the 3:3:3 Book Launch Plan approach, every author deserves a nice book launch event in a lovely setting, surrounded by...
by Michele DeFilippo | Jan 17, 2018 | Author Websites, Social Media
In an effort to take the focus off of fake news and an overload of information from business and community pages, Facebook has announced it is changing how posts are prioritized in its news feed. The news feed is what you see when you first open up the site on your...
by Michele DeFilippo | Oct 6, 2016 | Guest Posts, Self-publishing for professionals, Selling Books, Social Media
Guest post by Grace Allison, Modern Mystic and author of Do You Have a Dream?, A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes, and Einstein’s Compass, A novel of what if? In the 1980s I was a sales representative for voicemail. In those days people relied on pink slips for...
by Michele DeFilippo | Jun 16, 2016 | Author Websites, Book Marketing, Social Media, Website Design
Did you know you have about three seconds to convince a website visitor to stay longer and explore? First impressions are critical. Site visitors will quickly form an opinion about your site, your author credibility, and your successfully self-published book. Here is...
by Michele DeFilippo | May 6, 2016 | Author Interviews, Book Interior Design, Book Marketing, How to Self-publish a Book, Publishing Business, Selling Books, Social Media
In this series, 1106 Design interviews authors who have teamed up with 1106 Design to self-publish their books. Lynn Lorenz has some advice for authors: If you don’t have a passion for the subject you’re writing about—save your ink! One visit to the website for Lynn’s...
