Six Weeks To Sustained Self-promotion
Writers write. Want more money? Then memorize this phrase: "Writers promote."Think you don't have time to organize a marketing plan foryourself, your books, your website? Try this six-week plan to a sustained program of self-promotion and you, too, will find new friends who will help you, editors who approach you, and readers who will follow you throughout your writing career.Week One: Focus on online message boards and lists. Yahoo, MSN,Topica and Smartgroups all have online discussion lists that you cansearch by topic. Sign up, read past messages, then decide whetheryou'll stay with the list or move on. Some lists have nothing butspam messages; others are packed with information. Register withmessage boards that focus on writing. Do the same with these as youdid the lists. Choose at least five to partic...