Online Book Marketing Ideas for Every Step in the Writing Process

Need some online book marketing ideas for your next book launch? Or how about some ideas while you’re still working on the first draft?

You’re in the right place.

No matter where you are in the writing process, you CAN talk about your book online. And you should! The more you talk about it, the better chance readers will have to find it — and fall in love!

Ready? Keep reading for 30 online book marketing ideas you can do RIGHT NOW to tell the world about your amazing book.

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Editing While Writing Your First Draft: Should You Edit While Writing Your Book?

Have you ever edited your book while you were writing it? You have? Me, too. 🙈

In this video, you’ll learn if I recommend editing while writing your first draft, how I came to that conclusion, and why I made that decision. And because it’s me, I’ll throw some inspiration in there for you, too. Because as writers, we all need encouragement!

Watch the video below! 👇🏻

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How to Write Your BEST First Draft the First Time

Ready for some tips for writing your first draft and finally getting it done??

Writing is definitely a ton of fun, but it can be difficult, too! And sometimes you don’t even know why.

When you’re writing your first draft, it can be easy to beat yourself up for not writing more, get confused about all the technical aspects of the writing process, or get so bogged down in the details of the story that you forget to tell it.

If any of this sounds familiar, THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU.

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Tips for Writing Your First Draft (Let's Get Technical)

When you’re looking for tips for writing the first draft of your book, you might not think of all the technical pieces. But they can be just as important as mindset (Related: Stop “Aspiring” to Be a Writer Blog Post) and writing craft tips! At the very least, you definitely don’t want to neglect them.

You want writing to be as easy as possible, right?

If you do (I know you do), you’re gonna want to check out this list.

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How to Get Started Writing (Ideas to Help You Develop a Pre-Writing Routine)

Have you ever struggled with starting your book? Maybe you have an idea, but you just can’t seem to actually sit down and get words on the page. Or maybe you’ve written a little bit, but you’re having trouble getting back into it.

This video is for you!

In this week’s video, I’ll give you ideas for developing your pre-writing routine so you can get in the right mindset — and once your mindset is right, the writing will come a whole lot easier!

Watch below!

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My Thoughts on the Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Today, my heart is broken. I've been watching, as most of you probably have, the news coverage on the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the insurrection in D.C. for several hours. I've been sad, scared, worried, astounded, angry, mortified, and nauseous as I watched domestic terrorists (no, they are not protestors) storm the Capitol building.​ I'm still watching the coverage as I'm writing this.

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Goodbye, 2020, and THANK YOU (A Little Inspiration for 2021)

On the last day of 2020, I shared a post on Instagram. And because I loved it so much, I thought I’d share it here. Seemed fitting for my first post of 2021!

Enjoy!

UNPOPULAR OPINION: I’m grateful for 2020.

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Indie Author Learning Black Friday Sale! 🛍 (and special announcement!)

Happy Friday! Hope you had a safe and healthy Thanksgiving.

Black Friday 40% Off Sale!!

Indie Author Learning is having its biggest sale of the year! From now through Monday the 30th (is it still Cyber Monday if we're all shopping online for the whole weekend anyway?), you'll get 40% off EVERY RESOURCE on the Indie Author Learning site! Just use code BLACKFRIDAY40 when you check out.

Here are just a few resources you could buy for yourself this year — why not invest in yourself and set yourself up to win in 2021?

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