Excellence in Marketing Awards Open Aug. 1st!

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The Christian Authors Network announces the Excellence in Marketing Awards opens Aug. 1, 2021! Updated name enhances the purpose of the Excellence in Marketing Awards: To recognize, educate, and encourage excellence in marketing and promotion skills of all Christian authors. Enter Aug. 1-31, 2021 — 2 categories: fiction and nonfiction. Open to traditional and indie. Need not be a member of CAN. To read the rules and prepare your entries: https://christianauthorsnetwork.com/excellence-awards/ We look forward to your entries! Awards Gala in November 2021, more details to come.

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Mistaken Identity, Grateful Heart

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Thank you to CAN member and contributor Michelle Medlock Adams for today’s edition of Fascinating Fridays! I had just finished signing my latest children’s book at the Guideposts Booth at the largest Christian Book Show. To celebrate my signing, my mom and my sister took me to lunch at a beautiful restaurant in downtown Atlanta. As we studied the menu, I couldn’t help but notice a group of women sitting at a nearby table. You know why I noticed them? Because they were all staring at me. I tried to ignore them, but their staring turned to pointing and whispering….

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2020 CAN Crown Gala

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Watch the CAN Crown Awards Gala Here Join us by watching this video of the CAN Crown Awards. Our winners share their success tips for book and brand marketing in the Christian publishing arena. Great for readers to get to know these wonderful people and the books they write, authors to learn from successful marketing campaigns, and we all get to celebrate with them! Congratulations to these winners: Outstanding Broadcasting Gold: Susan Neal for her book series— The Healthy Living Series Silver: Bethany Jett and Michelle Medlock Adams for their book/brand—Platinum Faith Bronze: Dr. Craig von Buseck for his book…

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Congratulations CAN Crown Awards Finalists

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Congratulations to our CAN Crown Awards Finalists November – 2019 The Christian Authors Network Crown Awards recognize, educate, and encourage excellence in marketing and promotion skills of all Christian authors. We are pleased to announce the CAN Crown Award finalists: Adria Wilkins for promotion of her book The Joy Box Journal.  Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith for promotion of her book Sacred Rest: Recover your life, renew your energy, restore your sanity. Linda Goldfarb & Kelly Harris for promotion of their book Lovey Mouse Easter (double-finalist). Linda Goldfarb & Kelly Harris for promotion of their book Lovey Mouse in…

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The #CANCrown Awards Are Open!

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Christian Authors Network Crown Awards #CANCrown on social media The CAN Crown Awards Celebrate Excellence in Christian Media and Marketing by Authors. Purpose of CAN Crown Awards: To recognize, educate, and encourage excellence in marketing and promotion skills of all Christian authors. Why? One crucial career area for Christian authors is marketing. (I know, stop rolling your eyes. Marketing can be fun!) The problem is that an author now has to wear so many hats. So many hats that the marketing hat may cause the whole stack to tumble if you don’t know how to make and follow through with a…

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New Release: Hello, Beautiful! Finally Love Yourself Just as You Are by Jeanette Levellie

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Hello, Beautiful! Finally Love Yourself Just as You Are  By Jeanette Levellie Elk Lake Publishing, Inc. (March 29, 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1950051311   About the book: Hello Beautiful is designed specifically for women who feel the familiar internal pressure to perform without the satisfaction of hearing “Well done.” We find it too easy to think and speak hurtful words about ourselves while building up other’s self-esteem. Hello Beautiful strives to point out those lies, and replace them with the Truth. Learn the secrets of seeing yourself through love’s viewpoint and shake off feelings of inadequacy. Finally find the courage to look in the mirror and say,…

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Author Awesomeness!

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Davalynn Spencer will be speaking April 11 to the Canon City Public Library book club in Canon City, Colorado, on “Wrangling Words.” Her newest title, An Unexpected Redemption, is on pre-order for an April 27 release as Book 2 in the Front Range Brides collection.Various purchase options can be found at http://davalynnspencer.com/books/an-unexpected-redemption/.

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CAN Authors are Sharing their Passions!

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Great conferences are happening around the country! Maybe one of our authors are coming to city near you 🙂 Davalynn Spencer is speaking Feb. 27 at the University Men’s Club Valentine Banquet in Canon City, Colorado, on the topic “Who Needs Romance?” Book signing follows the event.               Discovering Your Ancestry March 24, 2018 11 a.m. Garden of Read’n Bookstore 2621 Brooks St, Missoula, MT 59801 Angela Breidenbach will present how to discover your ancestral stories, start the genealogical research, and how she uses her family stories and history in her novels so you can, too. All in-person…

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Get More Out of Blogging

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Marketing Tips From Cheri Cowell Blogging is a great way to connect to your readers. Blog readers tend to be your most loyal readers so follow these tips to get more out of your blogging. You may gain more readers in the process.

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