This past week I have been talking publishing with you – books, products and courses – while my Bestseller In A Day is (for a few more hours) open.
I have been focusing on that because this is one of the few boom markets right now in these difficult times and it is something I know you can learn and leverage so that you not only survive but thrive.
To complement that, in this newsletter I am going to focus on ways to sell more of all of those things as well as places you can do that.
Let’s start with this – 20 places to sell your books:
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/websites-sell-publish-ebooks/
Then move on to marketing with 127 places to promote your books:
Then there are some more here along with a handy tool to help you submit to these sites:
https://www.readersintheknow.com/list-of-book-promotion-sites
With more great ideas and ways to promote your books (and other creations) here:
Joanna Penn is the absolute doyenne of indie book marketing so it’s always worth taking in her wisdom and there is a wealth of it here:
https://www.thecreativepenn.com/marketing/
But suppose it’s a course you’ve created – no problem. Here are some places and ways to promote that:
With more here:
https://www.thinkific.com/blog/55-proven-marketing-strategies-to-increase-online-course-sales/
And ideas specific to social media here:
https://www.postplanner.com/blog/9-ways-to-use-social-media-promote-online-course
Of course, having the right mindset to achieve all this is everything and I heartily recommend the Indie Author Mindset podcast to help you do that:
https://indieauthormindset.podbean.com/
With some excellent tips on mindset for course and product creators here:
And here, including a podcast:
https://mariahcoz.com/blog/course-launch-mindset
Your TED talk this week is from one of the greatest living authors and is on how to live passionately no matter your age:
