If you are an author (or as I like to call myself an authorpreneur) feeling new to the scene behind the times, I need you to know something important. Marketing and book promotion has fallen on to the shoulders of the writers and creators themselves. Even if you are published by a BIG 5 company, they’ll ask you to hit the road and your keyboard/phone screen to get the word out. We can bemoan this fact as much as we want, but the bottom line is that people buy books they know about and it is YOUR JOB to tell as many people as you can.

If this stresses you out or you are feeling lost, never fear! In today’s blog line up, I’ve curated a collection of resources to help you know what and how to post about your books online. Hopefully after seeing several examples (and tools) you’ll feel more confident about getting this job done.

I’ve got loads of advice in the resources below (click each image to read the full post), but perhaps my best piece of advice is just get going. Give something, anything a try! Your efforts, however messy or amateur you believe them to be, are better than silence. Truly.

You’ve got this! And if you need some help, you’ve got me.

~ Amanda

P.S. My post last week all about Canva, a digital design tool, will also be helpful to you as you tackle this task!

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