by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are some writers I know who were born to be public speakers. They do a great job with audience engagement and can captivate a room. Then there [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes there is so much promo-related stuff to do that it can seem overwhelming. And, once we actually feel as if we get a handle on everything, that’s [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Here’s an update on promo approaches,  platforms, etc.  that I’ve been working with.  Not only does this type of post help me assess what’s working, hopefully you might [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I don’t spend the time on Facebook that I probably should (it’s never been my favorite platform). But I understand the importance of Facebook to my overall social [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As I wrote in this post in April 2015 (a post which landed me immediately on a couple of different podcasts to elaborate), I have not been much of a [...]

  by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writers read a lot about the importance of our author newsletter.  Industry expert Jane Friedman explains it well in her post “Email Newsletters for Authors: Get Started [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It used to annoy me when I’d read about how important it was to offer a free book to readers for newsletter signups or as rewards for newsletter [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Here are a few updates on what I’ve found helpful or interesting lately in the promo and writing worlds. For the writer who has multiple releases a year, [...]

by Danika Stone, @Danika_Stone   If you’re an author, you’ve no doubt heard the term “Street Team”. It’s one of those phrases that gains popularity in an instant and is thrown around with the [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Lately I’ve been spending time brushing up my LinkedIn profile.  I wrote about my progress in March.  One thing I like about this platform is that I don’t have [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve made a lot of marketing and social media mistakes, especially when I was just starting out. And since the author who inspired this post is just starting out…I’m not [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I recently read an interesting post, “My Social Media Mid-Life Crisis” from writer and publishing consultant Dan Blank.  In it, Dan talks about how he went from being [...]

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I decided to make a couple of changes to my website, mainly regarding my Books page. I realized that, in the last couple of years since the site [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m not one of the front-runners, ever, on promotion-related things.  I tend to be a lot more cautious.  Or, really, it’s more that I’m super-protective of my time [...]

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s an adage that states potential customers must see a marketing message seven times before deciding to purchase a product. I’m someone who has to hear about a promo technique [...]

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I ran across something a few days ago that I thought I’d share here—although I’m probably the last person on the block to find out about this.  It’s [...]