Dialogue with my muse |
JOE: Good morning Calliope. CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. How are you today? JOE: Fine. Yesterday I talked with you about getting serious about the business aspect of writing. CALLIOPE: Was that just talk or did you do something about it? JOE: I did something. First I signed up for two workshops through Score in Rochester on Writing a Business Plan and Marketing on the Internet. CALLIOPE: Good start. anything else? JOE: I started looking for what I could find on Internet marketing in the obvious place, the Internet. CALLIOPE: What did you find? JOE: Lots of things, mostly advertising for expensive programs. I started wading through some of the offerings. CALLIOPE: Did you reach any conclusions? JOE: No. I felt overwhelmed and had to take a break. CALLIOPE: And then? JOE: Then I looked through my bookshelf to see if I had anything useful. CALLIOPE: What did you discover? JOE: Steve Weber's book Plug Your Book: Online Book Marketing for Authors, which I read a while ago. I realized that most of what I have done so far to market my book was based on his excellent suggestions. I started reading it again and found a treasure trove of ideas I did not explore before. I'm excited about the find. Talk with you tomorrow. |