About Promo Day 2019

About Promo Day 2019

Date of the event

Promo Day will back on Saturday 11th May 2019 with a brand new format!

As always, it will be an all day event. Webinars will be available on demand throughout the day so you can join in regardless of your time zone making Promo Day a truly international event. 

No registration required

You no longer need to sign up for the event. That's right, you can take place directly on the website. Registration is no longer required. 

You will have immediate access to all the webinars, live events, and the giveaways directly through the navigation bar on the website. 

Awards

New for 2019 is the Promo Day Awards. Attend the event and you might win a certificate, and acknowledgment in the awards ceremony. 

Support Promo Day

Sign up as official sponsor of Promo Day 2019 or have your book added to the Promo Day bookstore.

Check out the media page for Promo Day 2019 promotional materials.

To offer a giveaway prize get in touch via email.

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Webinar: Your Author Marketing Plan with Brandy Potter

Webinar Title: Your Author Marketing Plan

Presenter: Brandy Potter

A brief outline of what will be covered:

• What is a Marketing Plan
• Definition
• Purpose
• Where to begin
• Size up the competition
• Set goals for you and your book
• S.m.a.r.t. goals
• Identify your brand
• Define your audience
• What needs does my audience have
• How will my book affect them
• What do I have for them that other authors don’t
• How can I help my audience
• What is your budget?
• How to reach your audience
• Where do they socialize online
• Key bloggers in your area
• Ideas for guest blog posts
• Local papers
• Local key places library, grocery store etc
• Podcasts
• Speaking engagements
• Writers conventions
• Getting reviews.
• Free copies
• Soliciting
• Doing reviews in exchange
• Book trailer yes or no?

About Brandy: 

Brandy Potter lives in Maryland with her husband and their 3 children. She has been writing since she was 9 years old, but Venomous Lives was her first published novel. Currently she is working on a romance suspense and a romance thriller. Her character development focuses on the psychology of the everyday person, fictionalized visions people overcoming their conflicts. She enjoys watching people and observing their behaviors. What makes us and at times what breaks us. She likes strong female leads but maintains that they are strong in different ways. She does reviews for an online blog magazine and facilitates an online author’s group.

Important info:

When: Saturday 5th May 2018 (available all day)

Where: In the event forums

Cost: FREE!

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

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: Rapid Release for Beginners with Skye Hegyes

Webinar title: Rapid Release for Beginners

Presenter: Skye Hegyes

A brief outline of what will be covered:

This webinar will discuss what rapid release is, the pros and cons it has for self-published authors, and examples of how it works.

About Skye:

The author of the urban fantasy series, Shifters & Mages, as well as the contemporary romance series, Surrender, S.D. Hegyes lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, and a few pets where she spends any time she’s not working (at Dell) writing stories about fantastical worlds that exist only in her head, reading books with a good cup of cocoa in her hands, or trying her hand at bullet journaling or Project Life.

Website: http://skyehegyes.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkyeHegyes

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkyeHegyes

YouTube: https://goo.gl/DU1h9V

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2EamPOn

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

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.

Connect with Chris:

Website: http://buildyourbrandacademy.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildYourBrandA

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuildYourBrandAcademy/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Ks1J4RhOVQubacuNpPeCg

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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Welcome to #PromoDay2016!

The big day is finally here and the action is already underway. Things have already kicked off in the forums, and discussions are already taking place via social media using the hashtag #PromoDay2016.

Not registered yet? No problem! Registration will remain open all day long to give any late arrivals the chance to join in the fun. 

Don't forget to let people know you'll be taking part in Promo Day today. Shout it proudly by sharing this image on your website and social media channels:

or click to tweet:

I'm attending #PromoDay2016. Join me at www.PromoDay.net #FreeWebinars #PitchSessions #BookMarketing and more! 

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Molten Publishing will be taking pitches at #PromoDay2016

Molten Publishing has confirmed they will be taking pitches during this years Promo Day event on Saturday 14th May.

Molten Publishing is a new dynamic publishing house passionate about phenomenal young adult fiction. 

Formed by two bookworms, one a writer, the other a speaker, Molten knows how words can shape lives. The publishing industry can be a daunting place but here at Molten we're excited by the words and the story - feel free to let your characters do the talking! 

We love fast paced, action packed rides with a protagonist to cheer for!

*Please note we are only accepting young adult fiction*

Please submit a brief cover letter telling us how excited you are about your story, a synopsis (we'll give you two whole pages!), and the first five chapters of your manuscript.

Social Media Links

Facebook: moltenpublishing  https://www.facebook.com/moltenpublishing/

Twitter: @MoltenPublish  https://twitter.com/MoltenPublish

Instagram: molten_publishing

Register Now for access to the forums where the pitch sessions take place!

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Krysten Lindsay Hager To Present Webinar at #PromoDay2016

I'm pleased to announce that Krysten Lindsay Hager will be part of the presenter line up for this years Promo Day event on 14th May. Krysten will be presenting a webinar about Marketing a Book Series.

Bio: 

Krysten Lindsay Hager is the author of the Landry’s True Colors Series, a clean reads young adult series and the new Star Series. Krysten writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, frenemies, the celebrity world, values, and self-image in True Colors and Best Friends…Forever? as well as in, Next Door to a Star. Best Friends…Forever? was ranked at #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Values & Virtues Fiction and True Colors was an international bestseller. Her work has been featured in USA Today, The Flint Journal, and on the talk show Living Dayton. Krysten has worked as a journalist and writes young adult and adult fiction. She is originally from Grand Blanc, Michigan and has lived in Portugal, South Dakota, and currently resides in southwestern Ohio. She received her master’s degree from the University of Michigan-Flint.

Webinar: 

Marketing a Teen Series: Discussing the ways to best market a series for younger teens, older teens, and how to incorporate social media in reaching today's youth.

Follow Krysten at:

Website: http://www.krystenlindsay.com/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/krystenlindsay

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Krysten-Lindsay-Hager/e/B00L2JC9P2/

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/krystenlindsay/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KrystenLindsayHagerAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrystenLindsay

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8298036.Krysten_Lindsay_Hager

Click "Register Now" for access to all the webinars, pitch sessions, live panel discussions and social media chats, promoting and networking opportunities, and more.

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Cedar Loft Publishing Marketing Strategies

Today's post is brought to you by #PromoDay2016 sponsor Cedar Loft Publishing.

As you’re probably aware, we are a small press working as a traditional book publisher. We have been in business for three years and are just now getting known in the book world. Our marketing team is working to attract retail book stores to stock our books and this is looking very promising. We are currently in the process of applying to Barnes and Noble and hope to soon have a working relationship with them. We will also be looking into Books a Million along with several independent book stores in various locations. This takes time but we are now in a position with our business to work with these stores.

We are working with a marketing consultant to enhance our marketing strategies and develop our approaches to the book stores. In addition, we are creating a company blog where we will feature our authors and their books along with writer tips.

We will be attending book fairs in future so all our books will get exposure at those.

We list books in the Library of Congress Online Catalog so they are available to libraries and schools. Our books are also listed in Books in Print.

As soon as a book is released, it will be made available to most online books stores and will be displayed on their web sites. It will also be available for order at retail bricks and mortar book stores whether or not they stock it.

Our books will also be listed on our Facebook business page, Twitter, and in our catalog on our web site.

We expect our authors to market their books and we have marketing packages available for authors to purchase.

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Jenny McKinney To Present Webinar at #PromoDay2016

Jenny McKinney returns to Promo Day again this year. On Saturday 14th May she'll be presenting a webinar "Tips For Working with a Publisher". Her company Cedar Loft Publishing is also the sponsor of this years event. 

Bio

Jenny McKinney retired from a successful IT career in the corporate world to launch her writing career and Cedar Loft Publishing. She writes both fiction and nonfiction books. She feels she has finally found her calling and through her writing and publishing company has an opportunity to help others make their dreams come true. When she isn’t working, she enjoys reading, traveling with her husband, or just sitting on the front porch listening to the sounds of nature and looking at the beautiful mountains that surround their home.

Webinar outline:

Tips to Impress a Publisher.

Do you want to land a publishing contract? Listen to this webinar for some tips for presenting your best self and work to a publisher. Publishers are in the business of publishing books and make a profit. To make this happen, they have some very strict guidelines for the work they accept. In this webinar, you’ll learn some of these guidelines. 

Connect with Jenny

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cedarloftpublishing/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cedar_loft

Web site: www.clpublishing.net

Register now for access to all the webinars, pitch sessions, and opportunities available during the Promo Day event.

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