A Great Way to Show Off Your NaNoWriMo Novel!

If you're taking part in the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge this month, you're super busy getting your word count up to 50K and one step closer to finishing your novel. After all the hard work you're putting in, I'm sure you'll want to shout from the roof tops when the novel is actually finished. Enter Promo Day...

Promo Day is the perfect place to let people know about your writing success, and promote your newly released/ soon to be released novel. The whole day is packed full of opportunities to promote your books and build your author brand. 

You can also make connections with bloggers, publishers, editors, illustrators, and other members of the industry that can help make your dream of being a success author come true.

Following the success of the last event, Publishers will be back taking pitches during the event on Saturday 30th May 2015. Your NaNoWriMo novel could find a home! 

Register now for the 2015 event by clicking "Register Now" in the navigation bar above.

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How To Personalise Your Forums Profile

A large part of the action at Promo Day takes part in the forums. Once you've registered for the event you'll have access to the forums and be able to personalise your profile.

This is a screenshot of what your profile will look like:

As you can see, you can upload both a profile picture and an avatar. You also have various fields you can fill in to give other attendees information about yourself and what you do e.g. your occupation, website url, etc...

You can also add contact information e.g. your email address or your links for messager, skype etc... should you wish.

If you click on the "Edit" button at the top right of your screen, you'll be able to edit all your profile details. One of the best features is that you can insert a signature that will show at the bottom of all posts you make to the forums (it's right at the bottom of the edit page).

Here you can add your full name, a link to your website, etc...

Filling out this information gives you extra publicity during the event and means you can promote your products and services without being too much of a walking sales pitch.

It's very easy to set up and will only take you a minute.

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CONTEST: Help Spread the Word and Win

The more people that know about Promo Day, the more people register for the event, and the better it is for everyone! 

I've decided to put together a simple contest to help increase awareness about the event and give you the chance to win some extra publicity for your book in the process. 

The prize: 1 of your books featured for free in the Promo Day bookstore. The book will be features on site until the next event and promoted via the social media sites and newsletter.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win is share about the event. There are various options available. Just check out the rafflecopter widget below. The more you share, the greater your chances of winning ;)

N.B. The winner will be select at random via the rafflecopter widget and announced on this blog on Saturday 18th May.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

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PD13: During the Event- Opportunities to Stand Out

Promo Day has always been packed full of opportunities to promote, network and learn. The 2013 event has even more than usual though as the opportunities will be both onsite and off. 

Standing out from the crowd is simple. The more active you are during Promo Day the more visibility you'll get. Posting comments about the presentations, working the forums and taking advantage of all the extra features will put you in front of a large international audience. You just need to be active and join in.

During this years event we'll be doing live blogging sessions using screenshots from in the forums and webinars along with embedded tweets and G+ status updates. If you get involved in the discussions and share about what's going on you could be picked out meaning more traffic to your profiles.

There will also be opportunities to be interviewed where you can share your thoughts about the event. These will take place either via a Google+ hangout which will be live streamed to YouTube or in written form. Again yet more visibility for you just for taking part.

There will also be "Book Pimping Sessions" via Google+ hangouts where groups of attendees will each get a few minutes to do a quick "show and tell" for their book. Again these will be live streamed to YouTube.

Photo's (screenshots) will also be taken during the hangouts giving you yet more visibility.

Example screenshot from Google+ hangout

The best comments of the day will be used in articles, blog posts and more following the event too.

Just think about:

1. Personalised signature with your web link on all your posts to the forum during the event including an avatar picture of your choice. Everyone sees this information every time you comment.
2. You tweet a comment about how great the presentations are or share a tip you learnt during Promo Day on Twitter using the hashtag #PD13. The tweet gets retweeted by other attendees and non. The tweet gets selected for the "best of PD13" and gets embedded into blog posts and articles. You just went viral across the board for less than 140 characters.
3. You take part in a Google+ hangout. Not only will the video be seen on Google+ but it will also be live streamed to YouTube where it can be shared on all social media sites and embedded into websites and blogs. Photo's will also be taken during the hangouts and shared on sites putting you in front of even more people.
4. You join in a Facebook Wall Chat on the Promo Day page. Again your comment could end up being used in articles and blog posts. Depending on your input you might attract new followers for your own page too.
5. With the right comments you could find a new writing assignment or even land a deal with a Publisher. Not to mention all the new connections you'll make through networking at the event that will open up opportunities to be hosted on blogs or get you some new reviews for your books.

Through all of the above you will; build and strengthen your author brand, increase your reach on all social media sites and have fresh content that you can use on your own website, blog or social media pages. You'll also reach a new, large audience and build your network.

Not bad for one day of FREE interaction ;)

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