Hrm. The first step to stop shouting into the void is to realize that you are not in a void. You need to go out and grab some people. This is why I like Twitter because I can just follow and retweet and respond to the people I want, and then find out from them what social media content to produce to keep them around.

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@taylorclogston I’m taking notes. That’s definitely good stuff for Amazon publishing that I appreciated reading.

Mostly the approach I’ve been taking is to build my social media platform and website before publishing any books, because that’s the approach that I feel comfortable with – I want to publish my books to an audience.

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@rebekah-elizabeth You’re quite welcome! Glad to be of help. 🙂

@josiah Thank you for the advice! I appreciate all that you do for SE members, and, though I don’t often have time to be active on the SE forum, the influence you and the other staff members have had on me over the past few months through the podcast, summit recordings, and emails has been invaluable. Thank you so much!

They are offering some interactive events, mainly zoom meetups I think.

I have some familiarity with that convention (at one point I was tossing the idea around of attending it in-person a year ago or so before everything else in the world happened) but haven’t kept up with it in 2020. Are they just offering sessions or do they also offer agent appointments and other interactive events?

This is the first I’ve actually heard of that convention.

I just want to pop in to echo @zee. This has been a really informative thread thus far. 🙂

And @rebekah-elizabeth, you’re doing a great job of gracefully taking feedback and building a stronger plan! I wish you all the best as you continue to work toward an end result (both with your project and the trajectory of your writing journey in general)…[Read more]

Oh. It couldn’t have been that bad, could it? Better luck next time, I hope.

@zee No, no. 😄I took it down.

Yes, thanks for sharing, @daeus-lamb. Every little bit helps. What’s the name of your novel? Is it still available?

@zee I feel similar. I’m not published, but marketing feels so nebulous and impossible- shouting into the void. Exactly.

@daeus-lamb Thanks for the resources!

@zee A novel I self-published several years ago was kinda like that. 😄I’ll just name drop my favorite resources on marketing and self-publishing.

. Absolutely anything by David Gaughran.

. Kindleprenuer.com

. It’s been a long time, but I remember Tim Grahl’s book’s standing out.

. The Novel Marketing Podcast!!!

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Yay, so glad to hear that! Sounds like a plan. 🙂