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Webinar: Use Your Spare Creative Energy to Build a Community with Sandy Lender

#Webinar: Use Your Spare Creative Energy to Build a Community with Sandy Lender #PromoDay2018


Webinar Title: Use Your Spare Creative Energy to Build a Community

Presenter: Sandy Lender

A brief outline of what will be covered:
Authors have used blogs to attract audiences to their new releases since the early 2000s. For the past 10 years, attracting an audience to a blog has become more difficult. Enter the concept of building a community or network. We’re not talking about going back to forums and yahoo groups. Instead, we’ll talk specifically about how to build a community similar to the Mighty Networks concept, either on that emerging (and impressive) platform or on other free platforms. You CAN bring all your marketing elements together in one place and it doesn’t have to be scary.

In this session, we’ll look specifically at:
·  How to decide who you invite to your network—how to “niche down” to make the community work for its members
·  How to set the goals for your network
·  How to prepare topics for engagement
· How to make your community—large or small—profitable in engagement, dollars, traffic, or what YOUR goal may be

About Sandy: 
Sandy Lender has a 26-year career in journalism and public relations. She has taught media training to university officials and corporate CEOs, but also has a keen understanding of online marketing. In the mid-2000s, she ran a number of blogs to support marketing of the fantasy series ArcheBooks Publishing released for her, and she taught successful blogging to fellow authors. Lender taught how to use social media for one’s business at the 2011 CONEXPO/CON-AGG, which is the largest tradeshow in the United States, and at a couple World of Asphalt conferences over the years. She has been collecting awards for her technical writing in 2016 and 2017, and her company IYF Publishing has released its first novel, She’s Not Broken, in early February of this year.

Important info:
When: Saturday 5th May 2018 (available all day)
Where: In the event forums
Cost: FREE!

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Webinar: Finding Your Voice- Building Your Author Brand with Clay Gilbert

#PromoDay2018 #Webinar: Finding Your Voice- Building Your Author Brand with Clay Gilbert


Webinar title: Finding Your Voice: Building Your Author Brand

Presenter: Clay Gilbert

A brief outline of what will be covered:

In this webinar, Clay Gilbert, author of the "Children of Evohe" science fiction series, as well as "Eternity", "Dark Road to Paradise", and "The Conversationalist", talks about how you can increase audience awareness of yourself and your work by building an author brand that lets readers know what kind of experience they're in for when they buy one of your books.  Clay says, "When I first became a professional author, I quickly realized I had to show readers what a 'Clay Gilbert story' was, and why my books offered something they couldn't find by reading someone else's work.  I believe that by developing your own brand, in other words, those distinct qualities that set you apart from others in the crowded publishing marketplace, you let readers know who you are and also increase your chances at great sales impact.  I'll walk you through how to do this during my PromoDay presentation!"

About Clay:

Clay Gilbert says he’s always liked stories, and that from the time he knew there were people who told them for a living, that’s what he wanted to do.  Clay’s work in various genres has been in print since his first short science fiction story, “The Computer Conspiracy,” was published inScholastic magazine when he was just thirteen. Clay is the author of the science fiction series Children of Evohe, including the novels Annah and the Children of Evohe, Annah and the Exiles, and Annah and the Gates of Grace.  He is also the author of the YA dystopian novel Eternity, as well as the vampire novel Dark Road to ParadiseHis works are published by Dark Moon Press.  He lives and works in KnoxvilleTN.  His author blog can be found athttp://portalsandpathways.wordpress.com/,  and the official website for hisChildren of Evohe novels resides at https://childrenofevohe.com/.

links:
Twitter: @ClayGilbert1

Facebook: CGilbert

Important info:
When: Saturday 5th May 2018 (available all day)
Where: In the event forums
Cost: FREE!

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Webinar: Busting 5 Myths About Publicity for Indie Authors by Chris Well

#Webinar: Busting 5 Myths About Publicity for Indie Authors by Chris Well #PromoDay2017


Webinar: Busting 5 Myths About Publicity for Indie Authors

Presenter: Chris Well

About the webinar:

Is "publicity" still important to an author today? Spoiler: Yes. With so many authors today forced to go it alone, too many of them make the mistake of dismissing publicity as being out of reach. The truth is that you have more access to the media than at any time in human history. You have more opportunities for media attention than ever before. You have the tools within reach to create the kind of publicity materials that will make an impact. In this webinar learn five myths about publicity—and how you can start making an impact today!

About Chris Well:

Chris Well is a media veteran with 30+ years’ experience working in magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, and digital media. In that time, he has been a magazine editor, columnist, journalist, broadcaster, and teacher, with field experience covering music, publishing, human interest, and more. (There was also that time he was the editor of a bridal magazine.) Also a published novelist, Chris has written suspense and mysteries for traditional publishers and as a self-published author. Get in touch with him on Twitter at @BuildYourBrandA.

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Register now for Promo Day 2017 for access to the forums where you'll find all the webinars, pitch sessions, giveaways, and loads of opportunities to promote and network on Saturday 6th May 2017 

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Date Announced for #PromoDay2017 Event

Date Announced for #PromoDay2017 Event

Mark Your Calendars!


Promo Day 2017 will take place on Saturday 6th May 2017. As always, it will be a whole day packed full of opportunities to promote, network, and learn.

The official hashtag for the event is #PromoDay2017


Date Announced for #PromoDay2017 Event


Got a suggestion for a webinar topic you'd like to see at the 2017 event? 

Got a suggestion for a new feature you'd like to see included in the event?

Was there something you particularly liked/didn't like about past events?

Leave a comment below and give your feedback so we can make 2017 the best event yet!

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#PD15 EBook Giveaways (Offered by @PDMIPublishing)

PDMI Publishing have joined with Promo Day this year to offer the following giveaways during the event. For a chance to win just enter via the Rafflecopter below.

#PD15 EBook Giveaways (Offered by @PDMIPublishing)


The Prizes:

R.S. Hunter 

#PD15 EBook Giveaways (Offered by @PDMIPublishing)

Why hire mercenaries to kill an innocent family just to obtain one little key?

That question haunts Jacquie Renairre for six years as she hunts down the people responsible for murdering her parents. Not even accepting an assign-
ment to investigate a conspiracy that aims to start a war can keep her from searching for the key. 

Armed with her father’s guns and socialite Clay Baneport, she continues her quest for answers abroad. With the world edging closer to disaster, Jacquie is running out of time to figure out how the war, the key, and ancient legend are intertwined. The fate of the world hinges on her ability to unravel both mysteries before it’s too late.

Find out more about the book and author at: 

Peter Wells 

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Having spent his childhood in a barren emotional wasteland overseen by a father who valued order above feeling, Bill finally meets a woman who leads him to a place he can call home. Arriving in the small coastal town in England with his new wife, he finds that he is quickly assimilated into her community and extended family. With his somewhat murky past behind him, he forges a new life within a solid, caring community and discovers what being valued means. As it happens, his wife appears to be overly interested in “organizing” everything and everyone around her, including her young cousin who is the apple of her father’s eye.

Within the garden of Eden Bill knows he can show no interest in this apple called Misty. He knows the price of doing so, and the value of what he now enjoys. Will that be enough to protect him from desire? Luck is with him: she has no interest in him. But what if circumstances where to change and she looked at her world and him with new eyes. Would he cling to common sense?

With the hand of a surgeon, Peter Wells gently probes the thoughts of the mundane to seek those corners that still long for adventure. Those bits and pieces of each of us that gaze out on the world and find something to settle on and wonder... Tenderly touching the wounded, lonely parts of his characters’ hearts, Peter gently leads them to a destiny they never could have imagined on their own.

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The Shaughnessy File by Etta Jean 

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Come to the 3rd District in New York City where pumpkins become limos and corporations are kingdoms in this modern take on classic faerie tales.

Trouble starts in the Shaughnessy household when youngest daughter Aenya starts dancing her way through her shoes every night-without ever leaving her room! She keeps her double life a secret from all the men who try to find the truth, but then private investigator Hiro Michaels arrives on the scene. 

Can she find a way to have her dreams and her love all at the same time?

Kienan Shaughnessy throws his dreams of a musical career on a wild gamble that takes a detour once he meets plain nightingale Madelyne Winters. The young innkeeper has been burned by love and cursed by hate, and she can’t trust anyone as beautiful as swan-like Kienan. Can he teach her to sing a love song before it’s too late?

Eldest sibling Taegan Shaughnessy unexpectedly gets a new pair of glass slip-pers as he pines for a princess out of his reach. Station and impropriety alike threaten to keep Kalliope Tavoularis from having the man she loves, but this princess won’t take anything lying down. Can some help from an unlikely 

faerie godmother stop the clock from striking midnight forever?

Mel Shaughnessy is the wild-spirited beauty of the household. Though as smart as he is handsome, his college grades have plummeted past the point of no return. His only hope is the university’s tutor: a woman nicknamed ‘the beast’. Audra Alexandros has no sympathy, and no graces, and yet there’s something about this lone wolf that Mel finds himself helplessly drawn toward. Can the beauty win the beast and close the file on the Shaughnessy Family for good?

Find out more about the book and author at: 

The Universal Mirror by Gwen Whiting 

#PD15 EBook Giveaways (Offered by @PDMIPublishing)


On the island of Cercia, the gods are dead--killed by their followers and replaced with the study of magic. Magicians are forbidden to leave their homeland. Laws governing the practice of magic also prevent the casting of spells on the living--whether to harm or to heal. Quentin, a young nobleman, challenges these laws out of love for his wife. 

His best friend, Asahel, defies authority at his side, unaware that the search for this outlawed magic will bring them both to the edge of reason and even threaten their very souls. The Universal Mirror shows how far two men are willing to go for the sake of knowledge--and what they will destroy to obtain it.


Vengeance by Andrea Zug

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When the Lancers expertise is requested in Los Angeles, California by their friends Ramon and Carmen Valdez, Angela has a troubling epiphany. She senses something sinister and dangerous lurks beneath the surface, and when Mike tries every trick in his arsenal to keep her from going with him, she considers her fears validated. From the moment they enter the city of Angels it is obvious that Carmen Valdez did not overstate the problems within the neighborhoods. The Lancers encounter one bizarre and, at times, unbelievable set of circumstances after another in an effort to bring the case to an acceptable conclusion. Their understanding of the concept of good and evil is tested. Mike’s belief in a God that is good and just was lost in Vietnam amid the blood, death, and man’s inhumanity to man. Can he trust what his eyes tell him to be true over what his brain allows him to believe? If God exists, can the devil be a lie?

Find out more about the book and author at: 

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Webinars at #PD15

The following webinars will be available for the whole day during the PD15 event on Saturday 30th May:

Visual Content for Authors with Jo Linsdell

Selling kidlit the Dr. Suess way: "There is no one alive who is youer than you" with Tara Lazar

How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon with Penny Sansevieri

Creating Social Media Content that Works with Rivka Kawano

How to Organise for Efficient Marketing and Promotion with Sandy Lender

Effectively Using Social Media to Promote with Khalid Muhammad

Marketing for Authors with Jenny McKinney

Your Editor is Your Friend: No really, Why are you Laughing? with Stacey Brewer

How Reviews Help Build Your Author Brand with Brandy Potter

From Book to Film: Realm Travel! with Dianne Gardner

How to Submit Your Work to an Independent Press with Daven Anderson

How To Use Public Appearances to Improve the Visibility of Your Author Brand with Clay Gilbert

Webinars at #PD15, Register now at www.PromoDay.info


Register now for access to all of the above webinars.

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Jo Linsdell explains why she created the Promo Day event

Jo Linsdell explains why she created the Promo Day event, www.PromoDay.info
The first Promo Day event took place on my website www.JoLinsdell.com back in 2007. It was just a chatroom embedded onto a page of my website. Very different from what the event is today, but it was based on the same idea right from its simple start.

There were several online conferences for writers with presentations about how to write, edit, and revise. Although some of them offered opportunities to network with other attendees none of them really addressed what to do AFTER you've written something. I saw a niche that needed to be filled and so Promo Day was born.

The idea for Promo Day was to give writers, authors, and other people connected with the publishing industry an event where they could come together to promote their work/services, network with each other, and learn about marketing, and author branding. And that's still what Promo Day is for. Promoting, networking, and learning.

I wanted to make it available to everyone and so I decided to make it a completely online event and free to attend.

It was a huge success right from word go and has continued to grow each year. With so much demand it was time to give the event a home of its own and so I got the www.PromoDay.info domain and introduced more features.

The event now takes place in forums, allowing for registered users to personalize their profiles and even upload images and files, and private message other attendees. Attendees can read threads from earlier in the day so they don't miss out on great conversations and tips. The webinars are now all in video format and viewable directly from the forums. As well as the numerous social activities going on in the forums during the event, there is now also added opportunities via social media channels so that attendees can put into practice straight away some of the tips and strategies mentioned in the webinars. 

Last year I introduced pitch sessions with Publishers during the event and it turned out to be a big success. Several authors signed with Publishers following the pitch sessions they took part in at Promo Day. 

Both the website and the forums are now mobile friendly meaning that attendees can also join in the fun from their smartphone or tablet. No need to even be at your computer! 

I love how the event has developed over the years and plan to keep on improving it into the future. The feedback from past attendees has been awesome, and the support from sponsors has meant that I've managed to keep it a free event.

Hopefully Promo Day will continue to grow and develop for many years to come, and offer more and more opportunities to promote, network, and learn.

I look forward to connecting with you all more during the PD15 event on Saturday 30th May and welcome suggestions for how I can make the Promo Day event even better.
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Connect with Promo Day on Social Media

As well as all the action taking place in the conference on site, Promo Day also offers lots of activities taking place on social media sites through out the day.

There will be Live Twitterchats, Facebook wall chats, Google+ hangouts, and more happening throughout the day on Saturday 30th May. Loads of opportunities to jump in and promote your books and services, and join in discussions about topics e.g. book marketing, the publishing industry, etc...

The official hashtag for the event is #PD15.

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How To Get the Most Out of #PD15

Promo Day is a one day event packed with webinars, pitch sessions, and loads of opportunities to promote and network. 

How To Get the Most Out of #PD15 (register now at www.PromoDay.info)


How to get the most out of the PD15 event:

1) Register in advance and set up your profile. 
Although it will be possible to register on the day there are advantages to signing up earlier. Once you've registered you can set up your profile. You can upload an avatar and program a signature to show on all your posts to the forums during the event. 

2) Let people know you'll be attending. 
Part of the Promo Day event is networking and connecting with others from the industry. Let people know you'll be at the event and that you're looking forward to connecting with them there, using the hashtag #PD15. 

3) Prepare a media kit to use during the event. 
The Promo Day event is fast paced with lots of activities happening through out the day. Having a file with all your information (author bio, links, book descriptions, short excerpt, etc) will save you time during the event as you'll have everything to hand in the one place. Also useful for quick turn around should someone offer to host you on their blog for a spotlight piece (which often happens during the Promo Day event). You can even take it a step further and upload a copy of the file to Google Drive (or a similar tool), that way you can easily share the link to the document... even in tweets during the event (obviously using the hashtag #PD15 ;)).

4) Be pitch ready.
If you're planning on pitching one of the publishers during the PD15 event, it's a good idea to work on your pitch beforehand. Give them your best pitch and increase your chances of success.

5) Use the hashtag #PD15 to join the conversation.
Promo Day is attended by hundreds of people from all over the world. Make the most of this opportunity to network and promote your work to a global audience by using the hashtag #PD15 on your tweets and status updates on social media before, during, and after the event. 

As you're all attending the Promo Day event you already have a conversation starter. Reach out and say hello. Chat about the webinars. Support each other by sharing promotional tweets and updates. Say thank you to the presenters for giving their time and experience. Join in discussions about the publishing industry and book marketing techniques. 

6) Take part in the giveaways.
This year there will be a variety of giveaways taking place during the event. Join in and you could be a winner!

7) Join in the promotional activities during the event.
As well as all the action happening in the forums, there will be plenty of social media action too. You'll have the opportunity to promote your books and services and even be interviewed in live Google+ hangouts, Twitterviews, and Facebook wall chats through out the day. Don't be shy. Just pick the format you feel more comfortable with and jump on in.

Promo Day gives you a platform with lots of opportunities. Use it. The more involved you get, the more you'll get out of it ;)
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Who Should Attend #PD15?

Who Should Attend #PD15? www.PromoDay.info

Promo Day is a whole day event dedicated to promoting, networking, and learning. Whilst other writers conferences concentrate on how to write, Promo Day is geared towards what to do AFTER you've written. It's emphasis is on Book marketing and promotion, and building your author brand. Through the pitch sessions that take place during the event, Promo Day also helps writers on the road to publication. The event also provides loads of opportunities for authors to promote their books and for companies to promote their services.

So who should attend PD15?

Anyone and everyone interesting in book marketing and the publishing industry. Writers, authors, publishers, editors, book cover designers, illustrators, virtual book tour companies and other PR companies, virtual assistants... basically everyone who wants to learn more about promoting and networking, that wants to connect with people in the publishing industry, or that offers services related to marketing and/or publishing.

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How To Register for #PD15

Registering for the 2015 Promo Day event is super easy and will only take you a minute. Just click on "REGISTER NOW" in the navigation bar above and you'll be taken to this screen:

How To Register for #PD15 www.PromoDay.info
As you can see the form is very short and won't take you long to fill out.

Once you've clicked on "Submit" you will have access to the forums where the Promo Day event takes place. Free webinars, pitch sessions with publishers, opportunities to promote and network... You'll have access to it all! 

Did you register to take part in past Promo Day events? If yes, you can just log in using the details from before. No need to re-register. 


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Live Pitch Sessions with Publishers at #PD15

Last year live pitch sessions were introduced to the Promo Day event and resulted in several authors having success. This year the pitch sessions will therefore be returning during the PD15 event on Saturday 30th May.

LIVE pitch sessions at www.PromoDay.info #Free #Event #Writers #Authors

So how do the pitch sessions work?

Each participating publisher will have a thread in the the forums where they will post their guidelines. Authors can then send them their pitch in a private message via the forums though out the Promo Day event. 

There are no fixed time slots. You can send them your pitch at any time during the event.

The publishers will then read through all the pitches and send you a reply by the end of the day to let you know if they are interested or not. If interested, they will then give you details about the next step in their submission process. 

No waiting for weeks, or even months, to get a reply. No need to hire an agent. You simply send in your pitch and get an answer back the same day. 

Everyone who is registered to attend the Promo Day event will be able to take part in the pitch sessions. 



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#PD15 Sponsor Cedar Loft Productions

Promo Day 2015 is proudly sponsored by Cedar Loft Productions

Official sponsor PD15, Promo Day, Cedar Loft Productions


Here's a bit of information about them and what they do:

"Cedar Loft Productions is a small publishing company with many options for our authors. We publish both new and published authors.
Our team of professionals is eager to work with you to make your publishing dream come true!
If you are looking for extraordinary personalized service, you've come to the right place! We aim to be friendly, helpful, and available to all our clients.
We are here to serve you, answer any questions you may have, and work with you through the entire publishing process. We also coach those who want to self-publish. 
As a new publishing company, we are positioned to offer outstanding service to each of our clients. When you sign with us, you aren't just a number or another client, you are an important part of our publishing group. We get to know you and your visions for your creations. This same respect for our clients will follow as we continue to grow."

They are currently accepting submissions for their 2015 Paranormal Horror anthology until 1/31/15. You can find submission guidelines at http://www.cedarloftproductions.com/submission-guidelines/


Find out more about Cedar Loft Productions on their website: http://www.cedarloftproductions.com/

Click here for details about sponsoring the PD15 event.
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#PD14 Orientation: How it all works

To avoid any confusion about how the Promo Day works, watch this orientation video that gives you an overview of this years event and all the different sections.

You'll find information and screenshots of how to register, how to set up your profile, and how to navigate the various parts of the forums.

There is also information about some of the activities that will be taking place during the event e.g. live pitch sessions, social media chats, etc... and how you can take part in those.

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Interview with #PD14 Presenter Gina Alzate


Yesterday I interviewed #PD14 presenter +Gina Alzate in a Facebook Wall Chat where we chatted about her experience with internet radio and her presentation at this years event. If you missed the live event you can check it out here:


"There is a segment of the population who are auditory, meaning their style of communicating is through verbal means. They retain information more when they hear it as well as they could sense whether or not they vibe with the speaker. 
So, authors would be able to reach auditory-focused audience through Internet Radio. It is also podcasted and this allows for people who cannot attend live to also be able to listen in their own time. Podcasts could also be downloaded which makes it easier for listeners to take the broadcast with them."  
Gina Alzate
Register now so you don't miss out on the great presentations happening this Saturday!
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#PD14 Orientation: How to register


This quick video takes you through the step by step of how to register for this years Promo Day event.

Click the Register Now tab above now so you don't miss out on all the action!
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