Do you want to build readership for your book while you write it? Get beyond the slush pile and attract the attention of publishers and agents? Build your online platform and create an audience that will turn into readers who buy your book? Do you have a published book and need a strong online presence to help promote and market your work more effectively?
Whether you work with an agent or publisher or decide to self-publish, you need to take advantage of the many powerful online tools to be successful in today’s book marketplace. You need an effective strategy and the know-how to apply it. Orion Wellspring can help.
Website design & development – Your website is the anchor of your online book marketing strategy. All other components in your internet marketing mix should lead back to your website. Our proven process will allow you to have a compelling website up and running quickly.
Search Engine Optimization – Without a good strategy to rank well in search listings, it will be difficult for potential readers to find your site. Our proven search engine optimization techniques will help quickly build and sustain traffic to your website.
Social media – Want to build a large audience? Start with a lot of small audiences. Social networks are a great place to find the readers most likely to buy your book. Orion Wellspring will help you find and cultivate these groups, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Podcasts & video blogging – There are hundreds of millions of mobile digital media devices in use today with the capability for audio and video. Multimedia is a personal and engaging way to connect with your audience. Use our multimedia experience to help you reach them.
Blog tour – Take your book on a virtual tour to blogs that will help you connect with interested readers and generate sales.
Book trailer – Create a compelling 2-3 minute video introduction to your book to post on YouTube and many other Internet video sites and generate sales.
Ghost blogging – While blogging is an effective audience-building technique, it does take time. Many authors are already multi-tasking trying to write, edit and market their work and may not have the time to invest in regular blogging. If that is the case for you, Orion Wellspring can help by “ghost blogging” for you.