Interest piqued by last week’s post on why you should consider adding videos to your author marketing strategy? Suh-weet. Today’s post is for you! (For the video-phobes, it’s okay. Simply put, not every marketing strategy is for everybody. In which case, see you next week!) Today I’d like to offer some ideas for videos you might create to support your author platform. And I’m sure I’m just barely touching the tip of the proverbial ice berg, so if you have more ideas to add, throw ‘em at me in the comments! Welcome video: This is something I’ve seen on a lot of author websites. Consider creating a welcome video for your home page or your “About Me” page with a brief intro of yourself. Be witty, be fun, be you. […]
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Marketing Via Video Part 1: Why You Should Consider Vlogging
Let’s start out with a definition: Vlogging [vloging] Noun: The act of sitting in front of a webcam or other video recording device and talking to the good people of the world wide web. I know, I know: We’re writers. Most of us prefer working in our pajamas. Sans makeup. So why in the world would we want to get in front of a camera and film ourselves? Creating videos isn’t for everyone. So if it’s not your cup of tea, that’s okay. BUT I happen to think there are some great reasons to consider adding videos to your author marketing strategies. Here are just a few: 1) As writers, we’re often told the best way to meet and attract an agent or editor is by attending a writing conference. […]
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