10-24-2013, 07:50 PM
I just checked it out. Don't be deterred. I can't tell you that "I" never go through the trouble of registering to leave a comment if it's a site I don't frequent. That just happened, I typed a nice note but then had to register.....yuck. I also had never heard of that site! It takes time. To give you a comparison, I uploaded a free 8 page ebook as a test before working on HS4CC. I did ZERO. I told NO ONE. I just let it set there to see what would happen (Amazon). 2 downloads in 6 months. LOL
There are certainly ways to market yourself, I especially LOVE the book called Guerrilla Marketing for Writers. It's 100 cheap/free ways to market yourself. Here's the thing, you either have time or money. Free things cost time. I have neither. So, in my case, I do exactly 2 things. I have a Facebook page that I post on about 5-6 times per week something interesting about college credit or testing. It has 360 likes, so it's not blazing any trails. (it's tied to a Twitter account, so it duplicates my FB posts- but I don't do anything else on Twitter, I've only been there about twice) The other thing I do is I have a link to my hardcopy in my siggy here. That's it. Now, early on I was tempted to try and make a big go of it- promote, drive sales, yap yap yap. Guess what? That's not my thing. I really don't care if no one buys my book. I talk here all day long for free. I've been talking here and I'll keep talking here. I'm not going to make any money selling my book, I'm not an author! I'm a mom. I home school. I teach culinary arts. I don't have brain space for a career. I just wanted to write down what was in my head. That's what I did, and it's there for anyone who wants it. So, for me, that's fine. I picked my 2 little things that I enjoy (posting here and on FB) and that's how I roll. The authors in Guerrilla Marketing are HIGHLY MOTIVATED.
There are certainly ways to market yourself, I especially LOVE the book called Guerrilla Marketing for Writers. It's 100 cheap/free ways to market yourself. Here's the thing, you either have time or money. Free things cost time. I have neither. So, in my case, I do exactly 2 things. I have a Facebook page that I post on about 5-6 times per week something interesting about college credit or testing. It has 360 likes, so it's not blazing any trails. (it's tied to a Twitter account, so it duplicates my FB posts- but I don't do anything else on Twitter, I've only been there about twice) The other thing I do is I have a link to my hardcopy in my siggy here. That's it. Now, early on I was tempted to try and make a big go of it- promote, drive sales, yap yap yap. Guess what? That's not my thing. I really don't care if no one buys my book. I talk here all day long for free. I've been talking here and I'll keep talking here. I'm not going to make any money selling my book, I'm not an author! I'm a mom. I home school. I teach culinary arts. I don't have brain space for a career. I just wanted to write down what was in my head. That's what I did, and it's there for anyone who wants it. So, for me, that's fine. I picked my 2 little things that I enjoy (posting here and on FB) and that's how I roll. The authors in Guerrilla Marketing are HIGHLY MOTIVATED.
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