By:
Sandra Beckwith
Tired
of trying to figure out how to use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest
effectively to promote your book?
Do
you wish there were other options that are a better fit for your style, skills,
personality, or preferences?
Do
you want to know how to promote a book without using social media?
You
are not alone. Keep reading.
Marketing beyond
social media
When
I asked authors in the Build
Book Buzz Facebook group what they’d like to learn about through this
blog, several wrote a variation of “marketing beyond social media.”
Easy.
Two
of my traditionally published books sold out a combined four press runs without
a single tweet, post, update, or share.
With
that in mind, here are nine things you can do to promote your book
without logging in to a single social media account. They’re in no particular
order.
1. Guest blogging
This
involves finding blogs that reach your book’s target audience, studying the
type of content they use, and contacting the owners to propose that you
write an article for the blog that will interest its readers.
In
fact, here’s a guest blog post I wrote about guest blogging: “Guest Blogging for Authors is Alive and Well.” Here’s more
advice on “How to be a great guest blogger.”
2. Book fairs
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