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Author marketing

Authors, Can You Market Your Book?

Are you kidding me? I just finished writing, editing, and putting this baby to bed! The publishing world has evolved from a whirlwind, cross country, all expenses paid book tours to a “no” marketing plan. Authors are on their own. Not only do authors research and write books, edit for publishing, now they must establish their digital presence, gather followers on social media sites, and get their book in the door of bookstores. On top of trying to carve out time to write, this could put any author over the edge! Let’s examine some of the things authors should be thinking about when activating a book marketing plan. 1. Take a step back Authors weren’t meant to be marketers but are thrust into that position after the hard work and pleasure of writing your book has come to “the end.” There’s no time to breathe until you get ready for a new ride…..marketing the book! TIP…  When you complete your book take a step back, but don’t let the momentum stop. It’s the most critical …

Jillian Maas Backman,ImaginePublicity

Change Already! with Jillian Maas Backman: New Series, “50 Shades of EGO”

Change Already! Your Future, Your Choice Jillian, Warm and Fuzzy with an Attitude! Listen in live, or listen at your convenience through the archive of the show.   Jillian will walk you through the maze to an enlightened and engaging future of change! Tune in Thursdays at 1pm ET, 12pm CT Listen LIVE: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jillianmaasbackman Jillian Maas Backman is no stranger to radio, and famous for prescribing “at-home personal enrichment lessons,” assignments sent out the door with her clients to complete on their own time, turf and in private moments alone. Now everyone can benefit from her intuitive reflections and suggestions, any time, anywhere through the technology of internet interactive radio. BEYOND THE PEWS, Breaking With Tradition and Letting Go of Religious Lockdown,  classified as an “interactive biography” combining details of her life woven through selected lesson plans. Now that all the background information is out there, the fun begins! Change Already! Your Future, Your Choice is Maas Backman’s latest series of interactive lessons for her audience. Patterns evolve that are universal to most of us exploring options for change.  She has designed …

The Susan Murphy Milano Show with Dr. Scott Bonn, Criminologist, Author and Professor

The Susan Murphy Milano Show, “Time’s Up!” Thursdays at 2pm ET Listen LIVE at: Here Women Talk Dr. Scott Bonn is Professor of Criminology, media expert, public speaker, frequent guest analyst and commentator, and author of the critically acclaimed book, “Mass Deception.” He is an expert on state crime and serial killers. Scott Bonn, PhD, is professor of sociology and criminology at Drew University. Professor Bonn is the author of “Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq,” the critically acclaimed book on propaganda and war crime from Rutgers University Press (2010). Professor Bonn is not your average academic. He combines the knowledge and skills of an academic scholar with more than twenty years of senior-level corporate experience as an advertising and media executive. As such, he has unique insights into the public’s attitudes and beliefs, how they are shaped, and the agenda-setting powers of the government and the news media. Bonn has developed a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called “critical communication” to explain how and why political elites and the news media …