"Fun Mind Game" post from Allen DAngelo on Book Marketing

janananna · 07-06-2012, 08:01 PM

Still struggling trying to sell my book lately... Just read this and it was helpful... Thought I would share it:
http://www.doubleyourbooksales.com/VN810343

Jana

fadeaccompli · 07-06-2012, 09:19 PM

Huh. Read that, and...I honestly don't see how that would help at all. I guess if someone is feeling really depressed about their marketing it might be nice to daydream about all the people who'd love it, but it doesn't seem any more relevant than "Have a cup of coffee and cheer up" would be. Maybe I'm missing something.

BenPanced · 07-08-2012, 04:16 AM

I'm seeing it as an ad to sell his own book on marketing for self-publishers.

janananna · 07-09-2012, 03:22 AM

Hey fade...

Well here's how I used it... I did the exercise and then made a list of all of the different kinds of people who I saw in the exercise. Now I am looking for ways to reach each one and it's really opened my eyes to who my targets are... I determined that I have 5 different segments of readers. I just did online searches for them and figured three ways to reach one of them. It was mindbending for me. But I am really serious about getting my book out there though and I am looking for ways to get an edge on myself so I can get it out there.

Jana

janananna · 07-09-2012, 03:27 AM

Hi Ben...

I signed up for his free membership and got two interviews with bestselling authors... not one sales pitch... so far his stuff has been great and he is giving away some valuable things... best I can tell.

Jana

P.S. Here's my second fav on special sales: http://www.doubleyourbooksales.com/VN810330

evilrooster · 07-09-2012, 10:53 PM

Hi Jana,

I'm beginning to wonder if you're spamming us. When you were last here back in April, introducing 'PMA Toolkit book marketing integration' into an uninterested thread, you were signing your posts "Sue".

Anyone reading this conversation has been around the internet a good bit. I'm sure they can come to a conclusion based on that, and the tone of your posts here.

janananna · 07-10-2012, 08:56 PM

Sue is my middle name... what my family calls me. Most call me Jana tho...

evilrooster · 07-10-2012, 10:11 PM

I see. Bluntly, I'm still suspicious.

But feel free to prove me wrong: range more widely around AW. Introduce yourself in the New Members area; join conversations; ask some questions for which you don't have the answers off of some website or other. Maybe crit others' work, or participate in threads in whatever genre-specific rooms suit your writing. Talk politics, talk crafts, make jokes. Find the secret room and see what they do in there. Listen. Talk. Interact.

I would be delighted to be wrong about this.

07-06-2012, 08:01 PM	#1
janananna New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 6	"Fun Mind Game" post from Allen DAngelo on Book Marketing Still struggling trying to sell my book lately... Just read this and it was helpful... Thought I would share it: http://www.doubleyourbooksales.com/VN810343 Jana

07-08-2012, 04:16 AM	#3
BenPanced Behold, yon interrobang! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: WIP it, WIP it good... Posts: 13,301	I'm seeing it as an ad to sell his own book on marketing for self-publishers. __________________ When you aren't looking, this sentence is in Courier font. i can haz blogg nao? On The Frizz Now available from Musa Publishing! .

07-09-2012, 10:53 PM	#6
evilrooster Glorious chicken of York AW Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Where eggs are small and dear Posts: 1,636	Hi Jana, I'm beginning to wonder if you're spamming us. When you were last here back in April, introducing 'PMA Toolkit book marketing integration' into an uninterested thread, you were signing your posts "Sue". Anyone reading this conversation has been around the internet a good bit. I'm sure they can come to a conclusion based on that, and the tone of your posts here. __________________ An extract from Bigglethwaite & Windemere's Manual of Proper and Exquisite English, regarding the Capitalisation of Heaveny Bodies: 1. Writers of steampunk novels, and of those set in alternate universes that branched from ours in the past, should always capitalise Sun, Moon, and Earth. 2. Writers whose works are influenced by early Robert A. Heinlein novels should capitalise Earth, but not sun. Sol may be used in dialogue, but must be capitalised and used in an offhand fashion. Moon should not be used at all in prose; the correct term in this body of literature is Luna. 3. Writers whose stories involve the Singlularity, nonhuman characters, or any political alliance extending across more than one solar system should not capitalise sun or moon. Earth should be replaced by Terra throughout. Those writing in the present day should determine what kind of future they expect and adjust their capitalisation accordingly. -- B&W 2:12

07-10-2012, 10:11 PM	#8
evilrooster Glorious chicken of York AW Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Where eggs are small and dear Posts: 1,636	I see. Bluntly, I'm still suspicious. But feel free to prove me wrong: range more widely around AW. Introduce yourself in the New Members area; join conversations; ask some questions for which you don't have the answers off of some website or other. Maybe crit others' work, or participate in threads in whatever genre-specific rooms suit your writing. Talk politics, talk crafts, make jokes. Find the secret room and see what they do in there. Listen. Talk. Interact. I would be delighted to be wrong about this. __________________ An extract from Bigglethwaite & Windemere's Manual of Proper and Exquisite English, regarding the Capitalisation of Heaveny Bodies: 1. Writers of steampunk novels, and of those set in alternate universes that branched from ours in the past, should always capitalise Sun, Moon, and Earth. 2. Writers whose works are influenced by early Robert A. Heinlein novels should capitalise Earth, but not sun. Sol may be used in dialogue, but must be capitalised and used in an offhand fashion. Moon should not be used at all in prose; the correct term in this body of literature is Luna. 3. Writers whose stories involve the Singlularity, nonhuman characters, or any political alliance extending across more than one solar system should not capitalise sun or moon. Earth should be replaced by Terra throughout. Those writing in the present day should determine what kind of future they expect and adjust their capitalisation accordingly. -- B&W 2:12

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

07-06-2012, 09:19 PM	#2
fadeaccompli here and there again Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 896	Huh. Read that, and...I honestly don't see how that would help at all. I guess if someone is feeling really depressed about their marketing it might be nice to daydream about all the people who'd love it, but it doesn't seem any more relevant than "Have a cup of coffee and cheer up" would be. Maybe I'm missing something.

07-09-2012, 03:22 AM	#4
janananna New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 6	Hey fade... Well here's how I used it... I did the exercise and then made a list of all of the different kinds of people who I saw in the exercise. Now I am looking for ways to reach each one and it's really opened my eyes to who my targets are... I determined that I have 5 different segments of readers. I just did online searches for them and figured three ways to reach one of them. It was mindbending for me. But I am really serious about getting my book out there though and I am looking for ways to get an edge on myself so I can get it out there. Jana

07-09-2012, 03:27 AM	#5
janananna New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 6	Hi Ben... I signed up for his free membership and got two interviews with bestselling authors... not one sales pitch... so far his stuff has been great and he is giving away some valuable things... best I can tell. Jana P.S. Here's my second fav on special sales: http://www.doubleyourbooksales.com/VN810330

07-10-2012, 08:56 PM	#7
janananna New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 6	Sue is my middle name... what my family calls me. Most call me Jana tho...