Your Author Brand, Part 2: Nailing Your Style Guide

You should be purposeful about creating your author brand. Consistency in your brand — the way you appear to others — brings a level of professionalism, quality and even trustworthiness to book buyers. … More Your Author Brand, Part 2: Nailing Your Style Guide

Five Reasons That A Not-Yet Published Author Should Use Social Media- By Guest Blogger, Mindy Baker

5 reasons to use social media BEFORE you publish your book. … More Five Reasons That A Not-Yet Published Author Should Use Social Media- By Guest Blogger, Mindy Baker

Your Author Brand, Part 1: Nailing Your Focus

I overthink everything. But I knew that Cindy Lynn Sawyer, Wannabe Author of Several Genres, just would not be an appropriate branding title or tagline. As a journalist-turned-marketer-turned-aspiring author, I am diverse in my writing skills. But how do I harness this tangled web of ideas and genres and messaging to create a beautiful, focused … More Your Author Brand, Part 1: Nailing Your Focus

Grateful Marketing: Saying Thank You

Looking for marketing ideas for your book(s)? Whether it’s a new release or a backlist title, here’s an idea to help market your book that fits perfectly in this month of thanksgiving. And no worries about learning a new skill. This is something we all learned in kindergarten . . . Almost as soon as … More Grateful Marketing: Saying Thank You

Create Free and Easy Lumen5 Videos For Social Media by Ava Pennington

Create Free and Easy Videos for Social Media Using Lumen5 videos (Note: This is an update of a previous Write2Ignite post.) Ever feel like Sisyphus? In Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus for his greed and deceit by assigning an impossible task. They required him to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to … More Create Free and Easy Lumen5 Videos For Social Media by Ava Pennington

Combat!- Part II

“In the Christian life, one fact is crystal clear: we are at war. It involves every Christian—and collectively the entire Church—and it is a holy war. It does not involve physical combat; it is against spiritual enemies. It is a hard-fought war, demanding everything a believer has and is…To do their part in this war, … More Combat!- Part II

The Minimalist Writer

As a writer, I can get caught up in FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out. Each time a new blog post or newsletter alerts me of a webinar I must attend, a book I should be reading, or a social media task I need to engage in, I get panicky. Which is the most important? What … More The Minimalist Writer

It’s Not Self-Promotion

I was excited when my first book, Daily Reflections on the Names of God, was published several years ago. But my delight at the release of this project was tempered by the need to market it through a website, blog posts, newsletters, Facebook author page, Twitter, book signings, and other activities. A conversation with an … More It’s Not Self-Promotion

Looking for an Afternoon Pick-Me-Up? **PLUS A GIVEAWAY**

Here’s a sneak peek at conference presenters with descriptions in their own words. We’ll be posting a teaser page each  Monday. You still have time to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. To register, visit: https://write2ignite.com/registration-2019/   Kim Peterson – Selling Snappy Sidebars Sidebars fill the pages of magazines, our computer screens, and even … More Looking for an Afternoon Pick-Me-Up? **PLUS A GIVEAWAY**

Benefits of Growing Your Email Distribution List

Platform. We hear it so often we want to scream, “Enough, already!” Yes, we know we need a growing platform. It’s why we spend hours on social media, trying to grow our lists of friends on Facebook, followers on Twitter and Instagram. And it’s why we wrack our brain attempting to come up with clever … More Benefits of Growing Your Email Distribution List