Aloha from Karen Whiting The last two posts I wrote talked about what to put in a proposal on marketing in relation to the key areas of Social Media Online presence Print materials Media Speaking Let’s talk about how to present the marketing ideas.
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NEW RELEASE–Oct. 2014–Active Boys by Jesse Florea and Karen Whiting
Releasing October 1, 2014 The One Year Devotions for Active Boys, 365 upbeat devotions, each with a twist of humor, combine Scripture and a spiritual message with jokes, riddles, puzzles, and hands-on activities to engage tween boys. About the authors: Jesse Florea, author or more than a dozen books, is the editorial director of youth publications where he edits Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. at Focus on the Family. Karen Whiting (www.karenwhiting.com), international speaker, author of 18 books, and former television host, loves to splash creativity n the pages she writes. New Releases are posted by Christine Lindsay author of Multi-Award-Winning Shadowed in Silk…
Marketing Section of a Proposal Part 2
Aloha from Karen Whiting Last month I started to share how to develop the marketing section of your proposal. If you missed it, check it out the August 13th post. Let’s look at the next few elements you can include in your marketing plan.
Marketing Section of a Proposal Part 1
Aloha from Karen Whiting Proposals are important even if you plan to self-publish. They layout a plan for the book and help you define the purpose, competition, and marketing plans. The marketing section of a proposal is becoming more important all the time, so let’s focus on that!
NEW RELEASE – Nature Girl—by Karen Whiting
NATURE GIRL a non-fiction book to share with your daughter. Activities, recipes, science experiments, and much more, Nature Girl offers fun ways to care for God’s creations while enjoying the wonders of nature! Enjoy a spa day with friends and make your own earth-friendly skin care products. Make recycled jewelry or team up to clean a park or a neighbor’s yard…
Christian Authors Network Blesses Retailers at the Christian Product Expo in Hershey
Three retailers won a total of $2400 in CAN (Christian Author’s Network) authored books at the Munce Christian Product Expo (CPE) in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Karen Whiting Leslie Vernick signing her new release The event began Sunday, January 19th, with training and a personality party where authors signed copies of their books. CAN author, Leslie Vernick, signed her newest release The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope; Linda J. White signed advance reader copies of Words of Conviction
Bookmarks and Postcards for Marketing
Aloha from Karen I love having bookmarks for my books. They make great little gifts and also promote books. It’s great to add more than a book title and even better to team up with others for some bookmarks.Bookmarks can hold an amazing amount of information. CAN creates bookmarks of the next year’s book releases from members. We recently created three to showcase 70 releases coming in 2014.
Cheering Each Other Onward
Aloha from Karen, I’m wearing a crown to celebrate my new release: The One Year My Princess Devotions. I’m thankful for CAN as part of the team that helps me spread the word on new books like this one with retweeting my appearances, having me guest blog, and some group activities that include speaking and signing books at a retailer event. Being part of a group is valuable in marketing. There’s so much competition with books that it helps to be part of a team. That’s what makes CAN work well, but you can also assemble your own team. Last…
NEW RELEASE The One Year–My Princess Devotions by Karen Whiting
Girls will be delighted to learn they are beloved princesses as daughters of the King. Each daily devotion includes a scripture (Royal Words), a special message (Royal Thoughts), a prayer, and an activity to apply the scripture (Princess in Action). Lovely artwork adds to the joy of these do-able devotions. Young girls will enjoy connecting to God and start a great lifetime habit of spending time with God…
CAN Presentation at ICRS (Successful Author In-Store Events)
CAN members attended the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in St Louis in late June. That's the place where the industry meets-publishers, editors, authors, and especially retailers gather and interact! CAN members shared a power point presentation on successful author in-store events and held a drawing for CAN authored books (gave away over $1600 in books to two retailers at the show).This photo shows a retailer from Nigeria with CAN members. She was one of the winners.