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Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 27, 2012
It was a year ago this month that my world changed forever thanks to the ebook revolution. April 2011 was when my sales exploded. I have been reeling – in a good way – ever since. This journey, however, started long before that. It started in the fall of 2009. Back then, I had one [...]
Categories: Blogging, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks by julie ortolon, epublishing a romance novel, pearl island trilogy, romance novels by julie ortolon, self publishing an ebook | 
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on June 2, 2011
I’m excited to bring you this next guest for two reasons. One, I designed the covers for the five historical romance novels she recently converted to ebooks. And two, this has to be the most inventive promotion idea I’ve heard in a long time. So, without further ado, here’s Kelly McClymer. Julie, thank you for [...]
Categories: Blogging, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks by Kelly McClymer, how to promote an ebook | 5 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 31, 2011
Help me welcome today’s guest, Marsha Canham, who’s here to talk to us about something she’s doing to help promote other authors, which in turn helps promote her. That’s an emerging trend I’m seeing with some of the authors who are having consistent success with ebooks. They cross promote with their friends. The challenge though, [...]
Categories: Blogging, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks by Marsha Canham, how to promote an ebook | No Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 27, 2011
This will be the first in a series of interviews with authors who are doing some inventive things with ebook promotion that I think can help all of us search for creative ways to prosper in the brave new world of publishing. First up: Lori Devoti. Lori, give us a little history on your own [...]
Categories: Blogging, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks by Lori Devoti, how to promote an ebook | 5 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 [...]
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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 October 7, 2009
Today, I venture forth on a quest to learn how authors can navigate these confusing intersections and avenues on the Internet to interact socially, attract new readers, and build our careers.
Categories: Blogging, The Journey, Uncategorized |
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