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When most writers set out to write a book, they’re interested in telling a story. Maybe they dream of one day being published, and of sharing their story with others. Few people think about having to go out and promote their work. In fact, for many authors, the idea of self-promotion has them shaking with fear. After all, many writers are introverts. We’re most comfortable sitting at the computer or with a notebook and communing with our characters. And many of us were raised to be modest, to not talk about ourselves, and above all, to avoid bragging.
If you find yourself approaching the idea of self-promotion with dread, you’ve come to the right place. One of my goals for this workshop is to show you ways to promote yourself and your work within your comfort level. After all, the most effective self-promotion is that which is well done. If you’re not comfortable with something, you’re liable to do a poor job. Poorly done self-promo can be worse than none at all.
Sure, stretch yourself a little. Try new things. But if something begins to feel like a burden, or you’re losing sleep over it, strike it from your list. Find something else you can do.
If your friend the author just spent $500 on custom postcards and postage to mail them, don’t feel that if you don’t do this too, your career is in the toilet. Don’t compare your self-promotion plan with another author’s. We each do what we can reasonably do, and comparison is not only irrelevant but stressful and often disheartening
I’m going to show you a lot of free or very inexpensive promotion strategies that can be just as effective, or even more so, than efforts that cost much more.
That’s it ‘ three easy rules to keep in mind as we go through this workshop.