WFFrederick.com » Authors http://wffrederick.com/blog Helping You to Earn a Living from Your Writing. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:11:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Day 5: Setting Up a Virtual Book Tour in 5-Days Challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-5-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-5-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-5-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:15:46 +0000 wffrederick http://wffrederick.com/blog/?p=39 I finally made it to Day-5! I thought today would never get here …

Did I succeed in setting up my 10-Day, 10-Stop Virtual Book Tour? I don’t know yet. It’s still early in the day and I’ve got several more bloggers to contact. Check here for itinerary updates.

In this video I review the previous 8 steps in setting up a virtual book tour and then I show you the email I use to contact bloggers asking if they’d be interested in participating in my virtual book tour. I explain each section of the email and why it’s included. You don’t want to skip a paragraph. I encourage you to copy my email formula, not my words. Put your personality into your email, you’ll be more successful.

Good luck in setting up your own virtual book tour.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll be glad to help you in any way that I can.

Until next time …

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    ]]>     http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-5-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html/feed 2     Day 4: Setting Up a Virtual Book Tour in 5-Days Challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-4-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-4-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-4-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:09:46 +0000 wffrederick http://wffrederick.com/blog/?p=38 Welcome to Day 4! We’re over the hump … but we still have a lot to cover before the Challenge is over, so get your pen and paper out. Ready?

    Today’s lesson is Step 8: Determining a Blogs BR. In this first video I explain my Blog Rank (BR) Formula and how it works. When you’re ready click play …

    In this video I demonstrate the BR Formula in action and show you how to evaluate the blogs that we’ve been receiving in our Google Alerts emails. Once you get the hang of it you should be able to evaluate and categorize 10 blogs in about 30 minutes.

    Whenever you’re ready, click play …

    Tomorrow in Step 9, we finally start contacting blog owners! I’ll show you the email I send them that gets around an 83% positive response rate. After you get good at determining a blog’s BR, you may even get a higher response.

    That’s all for today. I’ll see you tomorrow.

    Until next time …

    No day without a line.

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      ]]>       http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/11/day-4-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html/feed 1       Day 3: Setting Up a Virtual Book Tour in 5-Days Challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/09/day-3-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-3-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/09/day-3-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:04:05 +0000 wffrederick http://wffrederick.com/blog/?p=37 Welcome to Day 3!

      Today marks the half-way point in this challenge; there’s still a little work to do before we actually contact blog owners to ask if they’d be interested in hosting a stop on our virtual book tour. Let’s get started …

      Today’s lesson is Step 7: Creating Your Media Kit. The earlier you get this step done the better. This is where we’ll direct the blog owners we contact to for additional information.

      Your Media Kit should contain these 8 items:

      1.) Your Authors Bio
      2.) Your Photo
      3.) Cover images
      4.) Reviews of your book
      5.) Testimonials
      6.) Press Release
      7.) Sample Chapter/Excerpt
      8.) Contact Information

      You can include your Media Kit as a page on your blog, that’s what I did. Or, you can make a static web page on your web site. It doesn’t matter.

      In today’s video I reveal several ideas for each item in your media kit. Got your pen and paper handy? Good, let’s get started with today’s video …

      NOTE: Don’t forget to go to Google Alerts and set up the other 3 Alerts that I mention in the video.

      That’s all for today.

      Until next time …

      No day without a line.

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        ]]>         http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/07/09/day-3-setting-up-a-virtual-book-tour-in-5-days-challenge.html/feed 1         “I’d Rather Be in the Studio!” An Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/04/04/i%e2%80%99d-rather-be-in-the-studio-an-artist%e2%80%99s-no-excuse-guide-to-self-promotion.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i%25e2%2580%2599d-rather-be-in-the-studio-an-artist%25e2%2580%2599s-no-excuse-guide-to-self-promotion http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/04/04/i%e2%80%99d-rather-be-in-the-studio-an-artist%e2%80%99s-no-excuse-guide-to-self-promotion.html#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:22:10 +0000 wffrederick http://wffrederick.com/blog/2008/04/04/i%e2%80%99d-rather-be-in-the-studio-an-artist%e2%80%99s-no-excuse-guide-to-self-promotion.html I was just on Cynthia Morris’ Original Impulse Blog this morning listening to her interview Alyson Stanfield, author of, “I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion.” I came away with some fresh insights that some writers might find hard to swallow. I know I did.

        Ms. Stanfield said that as writers (and artists,) we need to get past the excuses. We must “want” to succeed as writers. To make a living as a writer you, must leave excuses behind. Otherwise, we will feel overwhelmed and won’t be able to complete our novels, plays, short stories or whatever projects we’re working on. It is the writing, not the money, that must motivate us.

        A known artist coach, Ms. Stanfield shares encouraging insights that you can “do it,” and how to find the support you need to complete your project. You’ll also learn what to do when you get stuck in the creative process, as we all do at some time. Every writer, every artist needs to get a copy of this book.

        Until next time …

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