BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry captured these key takeaways from the August BAIPA meeting, which featured the following three presentations: Lee Foster on How to Monetize Your Book Content More Effectively Bob Heyman on Getting Your SEO … [Read more...]
More Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss
Top Ten challenges for newcomers to social media: 1. Trying to do too much too soon: My suggestion to “students” — no matter what their age or discipline — is to understand that the learning process follows these four-steps: CONFUSION → SILENCE → … [Read more...]
Social Media Tips from Shari Weiss
BAIPA board member Shari Weiss will be speaking in the afternoon at the BAIPA meeting on August 13 about social media for authors. Here are some tips and topics to think about. Every new enterprise — whether it’s a new project, new class, new … [Read more...]
Shari Weiss will Speak About De-Mystifying Social Media for Writers at August BAIPA Meeting
DE-MYSTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WRITERS Presentation by Shari Weiss, August 13 – 2-3pm Social Media: Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? WHO is your target reader/purchaser? WHAT can social media do for you? WHERE do you need to … [Read more...]
May BAIPA Meeting Changed to May 7
ATTENTION, ALL BAIPA MEMBERS AND GUESTS! OUR MAY MEETING DAY HAS BEEN CHANGED! Well . . . as the cliché goes, "Due to unforeseen circumstances . . ." we need to change the date of our May meeting from May 14 to May 7. Although our monthly meetings … [Read more...]
Enjoy a Blog Article from Upcoming May Speaker Frances Caballo
Spending too much time on social media? Join author and social media manager Frances Caballo at the BAIPA meeting on May 7 And here's a blog article from Frances - just for BAIPA! Authors: Just Be Where Your Readers Are “The bad news is time flies. … [Read more...]
6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads
At this past Saturday's BAIPA meeting, I led a roundtable about the reasons that every independent author and publisher (as well as every “dependent” author) needed to have an active presence on Goodreads.com. It was one of three roundtable sessions … [Read more...]
David Kudler's Do-It-Yourself Book Marketing Tips
Every author wants to know how to get the word out about his or her book—and most are frightened that it’s going to cost an arm and a leg. To be honest, the most effective marketing that an author can do doesn’t involve paying money—just lots and … [Read more...]
Join Social Media Mastermind Group Sept. 13
Interested in joining a supportive group to make better use of social media? A great way to do this is through a "Mastermind Group" focused on Social Media. BAIPA's first meeting to organize a group will be 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 after the general … [Read more...]