Launch New Products to Leverage your Brand: Christian Fiction Blog

We're still receiving fabulous responses to our 1question interview Shine in 2009 Series. The question is

In this New Year what publishing goals have you set and how do you plan to accomplish them?

Mimi Pearson of First Alliance Blog Tours responds...

My husband and I are starting an Independent Press this year, launching in April. The first book will be published in August.

Book Marketing Coach Pam Perry also responds...

I am not looking for a breakthrough - this is my year of BREAK OUT! Everything I ever dreamed, thought or imagined is going to happen this year. I have my exspectors on and 2009 will be divine.

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Author Linda Leigh Hargrove responds...

My publishing goals are more like platform-building goals. This year I plan to finish my third novel, continue blogging (on three separate sites), and scheduling more speaking engagements.

To keep me on task with my novel, I've contracted with a freelance editor and set a hard and fast date to deliver 'something of substance' to her by.

On my blog 'Reconciling Faith and Race' (17 Seeds.com ) I've set up themes for certain months of the year and I schedule posts ahead of time. I use Google alerts on certain keywords that keep my mind spinning in the right direction. These alerts also help feed me material for the other two (team) blogs for which I write. I use twitter and several ning groups to get the word out. I'm considering setting up lenses on Squidoo.

As for speaking opportunities, I regularly send out press releases to key individuals, churches, and ministries about the more news-worthy things I've blogged about or initiatives I've got going on in the area of biblical racial reconciliation or writing. In the press release I make sure I mention I'm available for speaking engagements. It's taken time but I'm starting to get bookings. My platform is growing. Praise God.

Links:
http://17seeds.com
http://llhargrove.com
http://urbanfaith.com

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Magazine Writer & Blogger Vera Marie Badertscher responds...

With the business climate becoming very difficult for commercial print magazines, I will continue to try to broaden my client base with more custom publications and seek work at trade magazines. I will do that through researching markets and sending letters of introduction.
But while I am working on expanding what I am doing now in print, I am also starting a new blog. It has a name and url, but it is not yet ready for public viewing. The subject is books that inform and inspire your travel, linking my two passions. Along with the blog, comes a new realm of marketing. I will need to ratchet up my social networking and read and comment on more blogs. Thanks for asking.

Experiment with New Media to Brand Your Niche

Good Thursday Morning. We are still asking the question How Will You Shine in 09? Magazine Founder Emmy Horstkamp responds.

Emmy Horstkamp wrote:

I have been experimenting with new media for the last few years but will spend this year creating a magazine for print. The first issue will be released in March on a subscription basis. The magazine currently exists in audio format at www.sofiamagazine.com. We tested with podcasts and decided to focus on developing creativity and innovation. The magazine will be published initially in Singapore but will be available internationally.

I think that is a big enough goal for this year. To help the magazine find its niche, nurture it and make sure it makes it through the first year.

Links:
http://www.sofiamagzine.com
http://www.sofiaverlag.com

Let's keep it coming. Good Ideas. Answer on your blog, email me, send an audio response on Utter, Video your response on Ustream, Twitter or Facebook it, then let me know. Have a great one!

Using Newsletter Marketing to Shine in 09

Good Wednesday Morning. This Month we are having our Shine in 09 1question interview series. You are welcome to participate. You can email me, DM me on Twitter, Facebook me, send me an Utterli response or leave your comment here, in the forum or link back your response from a blog post.

The question for the month is:

In this New Year what goals have you set and how do you plan to accomplish them?

Today Jennine Arena, Owner at Mark Anderson Productions, LLC, a Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Minnesota communications firm that specializes in: media relations, media training, events communication and video project management responds...

I plan on getting more involved with Linked In and answering questions like this. Especially if there is an opportunity where it will be posted elsewhere, as a public relations avenue. My company will continue sending out its monthly e-newsletter that is a quick tip and showcases one of our latest projects. Another goal for 2009, for myself personally, is to write about my experience with my father's fight with lung cancer, and how we made the most of the last few months of his life. Where will it be published? I don't know if it ever will, but I want to have the opportunity to write it, not only for myself, but to give others hope and ideas while going through such a difficult situation.