Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 4, 2012
A frequent mistake I see is for people to turn half the words in their message into hashtags in their Twitter tweet. Doing that reduces the tweet’s effectiveness. … resist the urge to put the # in front of too many words in the message portion of your tweet.
Categories: Promoting ebooks, social networking, Twitter |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote a book online, social networking, tips for authors, Twitter, Twitter use, using twitter to promote books | 
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 18, 2011
I’ve had a wild ride at Amazon ever since they dropped the price of Almost Perfect, book one of my contemporary romance trilogy, to free. I know a lot of you have been asking how the heck did I pull this off. Anyone following the e-book revolution closely knows an individual author self-publishing an ebook [...]
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, social networking, The Journey |
Tags: backlist ebooks, ebooks, ebooks by julie ortolon, epublishing a romance novel, epublishing with smashwords, free ebooks for kindle, free ebooks on amazon, how to get your ebook free on amamzon, how to promote a book online, how to promote an ebook, promoting novels online, romance novel ebooks | 11 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on January 23, 2011
Guest Blog by author Patricia McLinn Some people play Facebook like a Stradivarius. Me? More like a one-fingered piano-player wearing boxing gloves. Then I saw a Tweet by Harlequin Presents author Lynn Raye Harris about how she’d created a tab on her Facebook page listing all her books, with cover art, plus links to purchase. [...]
Categories: Facebook, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: facebook, facebook pages, how to create a facebook fan page, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, social networking | 14 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 21, 2010
Recently, I’ve heard a lot of authors asking how to hide their personal profile page on Facebook. Today’s tip — provided by Novelist Inc. member Lauren Dane — will tell you how to do that. First, though, for those who are new to Facebook, I’ll explain why you’d want to hide your profile. Facebook has [...]
Categories: Facebook, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: facebook, facebook pages, how to hide a facebook profile page, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, how to use facebook | 4 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 18, 2010
People predicted it for years, but most authors published by traditional print houses tuned it out as annoying chatter. As recently as a year ago, I and others had the same prejudice against self publishing and ebooks that I had ten years ago…Well, my friends, the wave of the future has crashed over our heads. The world of publishing is changing even as I type this.
Categories: ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, internet marketing, ipad, j.a. konrath, ja konrath, kindle, nook, romance novel ebooks, romance novels by julie ortolon, self publishing, self publishing an ebook, the newbie's guide to publishing, why self publish on kindle | 10 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 14, 2010
Remember you have two goals when blogging. One is to interact with readers who are already fans of your books, but the other is to attract new readers who have never heard of you or your books. You can’t do either one of those if they can’t find you. It’s not enough to have a [...]
Categories: Blogging, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: how to blog, how to promote a book online, how to use twitter, pearl island triloy by julie ortolon, promoting novels online, romance novels by julie ortolon, twitter hashtags, twitter tips | 3 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 20, 2010
In a word, yes! But don’t just take my word for it. Neil Nyren, Senior Vice-President, Publisher, and Editor in Chief of Penguin Putnam, talked about the importance of an author’s web presence in an interview at Murderati.com, a blog about “Mysteries, Murder, and Marketing.”
Categories: Blogging, Facebook, social networking, Twitter, Uncategorized |
Tags: facebook, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, social networking, Twitter | 5 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 16, 2010
How to Increase Traffic If you blog it, will they come? Better yet, will they comment, interact, and come back? Authors, whatever type of blog you have, whether it’s an extension of your fictional world, a fun place for you to interact with readers, or an informative blog, like this one, here are five quick [...]
Categories: Blogging, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: blog, how to blog, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel | 1 Comment »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on March 24, 2010
To blog or not to blog: that is a question many authors face. Finding the answer is about as easy as answering Hamlet’s question on whether ‘tis nobler to live or die. I will say this, for all but a very few authors at the top, having no online presence in today’s Internet-driven world may [...]
Categories: Blogging, Uncategorized |
Tags: blog, Blogging, how to blog, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, why start a blog | 21 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on March 15, 2010
“I just don’t get Twitter.” I have heard that baffled statement and cry of frustration so many times in recent weeks, I feel like there’s a cosmic echo. Most recently, I heard it from my good friend, Barbara Calderaro, who’s a fabulous singer here in Austin. (Barb and the Dave Cummings Band are the ones [...]
Categories: social networking, Twitter, Uncategorized |
Tags: how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, how to use twitter, Twitter | 8 Comments »
