Is there a new way to market stuff?
Oh I know my timing sucks, the weekend and all, I should have asked when you all had your business brains on. Still, those who haven't disconnected them yet -Can you think of a new and fresh way to market something in a flooded and saturated market? I'm interested for books, but marketing is marketing, other products could have a fresh new angle that could be twisted. Whether you're selling holidays, cars, double-glazing, yourself, clothes, or pebbles you picked up on the beach and lovingly hand-polished ...
There's nothing new under the sun but sometimes a fresh look from an outsider can spark a new idea. I'm not, I promise, going to market anything at you, I want YOUR ideas.
Summary so far, the freshest ideas -
From Ish #1 'message in a bottle' advertising (roping in the international CS community)
From Ish #2 lingerie and even doll lingerie to catch the eye
(and Non-smoker is up for a fish 'n chips date with any female who buys a promoted book )
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Man I'd be annoyed if they're making money out of that
This woman went viral with her facebook post and now we have all seen her photos
The books I'm trying to get new thoughts on are novellas so when I sent the first to my agent she said no chance, double the length and she would try it. Or, she said, go ebook, where the length doesn't matter. So I did.
Been fun but I seem to be permanently following well-trodden paths on the marketing front. I just wondererd whether anyone could think outside the box because for sure I can't.
I mean I can't get engaged to one of my books but she totally thought outside the box, love it
I know they're not doing well, because I'm not selling many paperbacks at trade price
The hope of the blog was unconventional offbeat ideas and, as I say, not necessarily books. Shifting product is shifting product.
I've got two PDFs, want to read one? You've probably been offered about 6 today already, I for sure ignore at least 40 a day on Twitter. (I do follow a LOT of writers)
But it was a great idea when it burst on the scene
okay, who's going to be a sweetie and offer to chuck a couple of bottles in the sea? DC, love you babe, thanks!
Er, will I get stuck with a fine for encouraging pollution?
Deal?
Can you publish you book in braille?
Promoting at the moment and it is going slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwly (hence the blog) with only 100 takers in the last few hours, so I had better get back to that and follow Scotty's advice to stick to the traditional.