We’ve been following Rohit Bhargava and his new book Personality Not Included.Rohit is an experienced marketer, and learning book promotion quickly.
His post How Malcolm Gladwell Proved There Is Such A Thing As Karma shared some thing new authors learn when doing on site promotions:
Doing that, I learned a couple of big lessons:
- Boxes of books are heavy. It pays to get them sent directly to a venue if you can.
- The first moment when you sign a set of books, you really feel like an author.
- Everyone wants a signed copy of a book. Somehow, that makes a free book a lot better.
- And, to refer back to the title of this post, there is such a thing as karma.
You can also learn from Rohit’s promotion
- In the Internet age, live event’s can work
- Us events that target thought leaders and influencer’s
- Be ready for the serendipity that comes from being an author
To learn how going a little bit further to share your book, great things can happen, read Rohit’s blog post
Thanks for mentioning my book and this tactic on your blog, Warren … it’s an honor to be linked here. I actually found your blog some time ago and found some wonderfully useful content here to help a first time author like myself learn the ins and outs of the publishing industry and what it takes to market a book. As you noted, I’m still learning and appreciate the great advice you offer here. Keep up the highly useful blogging!
Thanks for mentioning my book and this tactic on your blog, Warren … it’s an honor to be linked here. I actually found your blog some time ago and found some wonderfully useful content here to help a first time author like myself learn the ins and outs of the publishing industry and what it takes to market a book. As you noted, I’m still learning and appreciate the great advice you offer here. Keep up the highly useful blogging!