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Become a Local Celebrity with Your Book
How to Become a Local Celebrity With Your Book for Increased Visibility and Sales
Perhaps you have written a book and have run out of ideas as to how to sell more copies. As is typical for most new authors, once your family and friends have purchased copies for themselves and to give away as gifts your book sales may come to a complete standstill. Here are my ideas on selling your book, based on my decade of experience in writing, publishing, and selling many, many books on a variety of topics. It involves knowing how to become a local celebrity with your book to better connect with your readership and others who may be influencers in your area of expertise.
Even if you are not known in your community for the topic of your book, local marketing must not be overlooked. In addition to your online marketing efforts through social media and on Amazon, promoting your new book locally can bring you “local celebrity” status while increasing your fan base and significantly increasing your sales.
Keep in mind, these ideas may not bring in a massive number of sales initially but they will go a long way to expanding your name recognition within your local community. And instead of book sales in the numbers you aspire to, you may gain some new friends and clients and you will…
