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TEN DEADLY MARKETING MISTAKES ALMOST EVERY AUTHOR MAKES

By: Penny C. Sansevieri @bookgal

People always ask me what's the single biggest mistake authors make. I'm not sure it's just one mistake, though the truth is that one mistake can sink your entire book.

Often when I tell a group of authors what I'm about to share with you they shake their heads in disgust, yet so many authors continue to make mistakes that can be fatal to their book's success. Most of the time, though authors know that publishing a book is like starting a business, they're still shocked when they their book is a failure, despite the fact that they didn't market it. "I don't have the time." They'll say. Well, guess what? If you don't have the time to market then don't spend the time to publish it. Unless it's just a "thing" you wanted to do, then fine. Publish away, but don't expect success beyond your immediate family and close friends.

Most authors, however, seek to publish for other reasons, most of them tied to their platform, business, or speaking. If you fall into this category, here are ten things you should avoid like the plague:

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. Ten Deadly Marketing Mistakes Almost Every Author Makes http://ow.ly/lN6zf
2. How to Keep Writing When No One is Reading http://ow.ly/lN6lf
3. 5 Things Indie Authors Do Very Well http://ow.ly/lN6wi
4. 5 Ways to Bond with Your Blog’s Audience http://ow.ly/lN6EU
5. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Email – How Social Sharing Drives Sales [INFOGRAPHIC] http://ow.ly/lN6LJ
6. How to Promote Your Book on Twitter http://ow.ly/lN6PW             
7. 6 Ways You Can Use Pinterest to Promote Your Brand http://ow.ly/lN7gR
8. So what are “Story Physics,” anyhow? http://ow.ly/lN7kM via @storyfix
9. Notes From Tabor Lane: Today's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/lNKf3
10. Improving Book Publicity in the 21st Century: http://t.co/srwwhCEWTL @doctorow RT @elizabethscraig
11. When Platform-Building Bites Back http://ow.ly/lNUhP via @elizabethscraig
12. How To Write Your Best Post Ever – Part 1: Planning http://ow.ly/lNUD1
13. The Importance of Professional Editing http://ow.ly/lNUK8 via @KMWeiland
14. Yeah! Someone Wants to Represent Your Book! Now What? http://ow.ly/lNUPa
15. How Good Books Can Lead to Spotless Floors http://ow.ly/lNV4k via @RachelleGardner
16. What to Write About When There’s Nothing To Say: 3 Tips for Generating Content http://ow.ly/lNVcL
17. Why Traditional Publishing Will Fail (and What They Could Do About It) http://ow.ly/lNVmp via @PassiveVoiceBlg
18. The Readers Haven’t Gone Away http://ow.ly/lNVvs via @jfbookman 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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