The Reason for the Blog - In Her Own Ink

The reason I started this blog is because I want to capture my marketing plan progress and share ideas with fellow authors. Yesterday and today, I spent several hours emailing my information to newspaper editors.

While my book was being edited, I developed my author media kit. It consists of a few pages and professional pictures looking over my work as an author. Thus, giving book information on all of my seven reads. This took me a few weeks to create. In addition to the portfolio, I made a separate press release and interview Q&A.

I feel good about sharing my author media kit. I haven't had any replies yet. I hope that means I developed enough information that covers potential questions. I'm looking forward to seeing results more so in my sales than the actual screen of published images of myself in the newspapers.

Tackling the newspapers is just one part of my marketing plan. I will target blogs for authors, too. Yet, I need to get book reviews. I need to send my book out...

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