books

Podcast interview with expat author Toni Hargis

Authors need lots of publicity if they are to sell their books. On this blog I have often championed the brilliance of book reviews and love to share unusual methods for promoting your book. Only this week Robin Pascoe launched her online video ‘tour’ comprising 18 short video presentations (do watch them, Robin is witty, cynical and very [...]

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books

The brilliance of book reviews

A book review is worth gold, wherever it appears, even if it only gets in front of a handful of people. Because the moment someone places a review, even if only one other person reads it and is tempted to buy the book, that makes one more sale and compensates for the cost of that one you ‘gave away’. [...]

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inspiration

Why writers need to be copycats

writers should read other books in their genre. Five reasons why they must be inspired to copycat those who went [...]

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blogging

Why writers must blog

Blogging is the best way to get an internet presence and grow your online tribe, and a must-have for writers and [...]

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inspiration

Why you need to be famous

The following is my column from my November Inspirer newsletter, now in its seventh year. To subscribe and pick up a copy of ‘50 Steps to a Book in Your Hand’ please go to my website www.joparfitt.com

I often tell my students and clients that they need to be Googleable if they are to impress [...]

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events

Want to understand more about this blogging, twittering, social media business?

If you would like to know more about how to make the most of social media for your marketing then look no further than the workshop I’m running with Internet marketing guru Karin Elgin Nijuis on 7th May.

BOOST YOUR WEB PRESENCE –
WRITING FOR BLOGS, FACEBOOK, TWITTER
AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

Learn how to use today’s newest [...]

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