One easy thing we can all do for book marketing is to create an email newsletter list.
There are a lot of programs that exist to help you do this easily including Mailchimp and Aweber. You can also set up a Google form to capture people’s email, however you will need to find a way to send them all out, especially when your subscriber number rise (ISPs and email software doesn’t like it when you send too many emails at a time).
The easiest way to create a list is to put a subscribe box on your author website. This is somewhere visitors can add their name and email address to get updates from you. Above your subscribe box, give your subscribers an idea of how often you will send them emails.
I’ve been reading quite a bit lately about video and how it can be used for book marketing. My 14 year old has had a YouTube channel for a couple of months and, to be honest, he makes it look easy! You can see his channel 
This is a marketing tip I did last year, and plan to do when my next book comes out (marketing has been a bit quiet this month while I’ve been working on my book for the 
Over the weekend, I attended a competition run by 
For anyone who has followed this blog, you will know that I have stories in a number of anthologies. I haven’t been paid for any of these, though I am able to sell copies from my website after buying them at wholesale.
Last week, I responded to a call out from 
I’m in the process of planning the launch of my next book, as well as about to start the Chapter Book Challenge, so the next few marketing ideas will be ones I am booking in ready for launch in May.
If you’re anything like me, you have a stash of small pieces of writing that has been done for workshops, challenges, or just for fun. Use these stories as part of your marketing plan.
