In April, I will have my next book available: How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers and Boo-Boos. One, by one, I’ll reveal all 101 of them … below is your next Tip for this week:
85 Create Tip Sheets and Cheat Sheets
Authors don’t maximize their hot advice … yet readers love the idea of getting them in a nugget format. Enter the Tip or Cheat Sheet. For nonfiction, go through each chapter—what can you pull from them to create a Top 10 or How to list of tips and tricks? For fiction, how about 5 essential tips to create a villain readers love to hate; 10 ways to turn a destination into a major character … you get the picture. For the Fiction crowd, your tips could be created for other writers. A twist could be to create a Tip or Cheat Sheet on how to dig out the villain from a writer’s hints—use your imagination. What do your inquiring reader’s want to know?
Tip: Tip and Cheat Sheets are short cuts and ahas. They are great to use on your website as a lure to attract followers and gather emails.
Don’t Forget Video: Book and Author Tip Sheets
Now that you are creating Tips in writing, convert your words to a short Video Tip.
Upload each tip video to your YouTube account. Include keywords/phrases in the video title and description. Author Virtual Assistant Kelly Johnson (CornerstoneVA.com) suggests that you create a playlist to identify this “group” of videos as Tips on _________________.
Tip: Share the videos on your social media (including Pinterest—you can pin YouTube videos on Pinterest boards).
Source: How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers and Boo-Boos by Judith Briles©2016.
Judith Briles is a book publishing expert and coach. She empowers authors and is the Founder of Author U, a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously successful. She’s been writing 
about and conducting workshops on publishing since the 80s. Judith is the author of 35 books including Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms (ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year), Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers and a speaker at publishing conferences. Book #35 was published this fall grabbing #1 in Hot New Releases on Amazon for several weeks: The How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers & Boo-Boos. Get your copy now.
Each summer, she holds Judith Briles Book Publishing Unplugged, a three-day intensive limited to a small group of authors who want to be seriously successful. In 2017, the dates are June 22-24th. Her audio and workbook series, Creating Your Book and Author Platform is now available. Join Judith live on Thursdays at 6 p.m. EST for “AuthorU – Your Guide to Book Publishing” on the Toginet Network at bit.ly/PublishingShow .
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