Writer's Words of Wisdom: #Wwow - Creative Online Promotion Tools #2 #promotion

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

#Wwow - Creative Online Promotion Tools #2 #promotion

Creative Online Promotion Tools

Last week I shared Online Promotion Tool #1 (Powtoon). This week, I have another three favorite tools to create original, fun promotion for your books.

Tool #2: Animoto (www.animoto.com)

Animoto is a fun tool to create videos of photos and/or videos. The best part is you can create a 30 second video FREE. You can pay for the more advanced version. Tammy posted about that HERE.

Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.

Just to show you what you can do in 30 seconds, here’s a video I created for release day of my debut novel, Time Changes Everything.

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Tool #3: Jib Jab Freebies (www.jibjab.com)

Creative tool to create hilarious videos/ecards/minimovies. You add in your photos to people’s bodies and it makes for a great laugh. Here is a video to promote ST Bende’s Elsker and my books, Time Changes Everything, Breaking the Rules and Trouble with Gold. Our heroes become Chippendales!

Tool #4: Face in the Hole

This is another funny way to promote your characters or book. Face in the Hole allows you to place your “character” photo onto any photo you want. Here are a few ways I’ve used this:

This is ME with Jake (aka Matt Bomer) from Time Changes Everything.

As you can see, I have a rather strange sense of humor, yet I’ve found these tools to be different than the regular blog post or FB post. Something different catches attention.

I’d love to see what you’ve put together! Share your links below!

Melinda Dozier is a contemporary romance writer. Her three debut novels were released in 2013: The Boy Next Door and Time Changes Everything from Entranced Publishing, and Breaking the Rules from Crimson Romance. Her next release, Love and Other Games: Trouble With Gold will be released in October from Swoon Romance. You can find more information at her website:www.melindadozier.com

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Author Contributors

Paloma BeckAfter a circuitous route, I rediscovered my passion for writing. I'm now a happily married carpooling mom writing erotic romance. It's almost naughty and I love it! I write both contemporary and paranormal romances that are anything but PG. I published my first book with Secret Cravings Publishing in August 2012, then branched into self-publishing in April 2013. I have many WIPs on the fringes. 
The Blue Ridge mountains have been my home for years though there's still a special place for New England in my heart. The lakes of Maine call my name and someday I hope to find my way back there. There's just nothing like sipping coffee in the morning out on a dock. As an admitted caffeine and book addict, I believe a daily dose of espresso and a good book make any day better.

Melinda Dozier
Reading romance has always been at the top of Melinda’s favorite past times. After hectic days of teaching English to middle school students, Melinda finds time to write and read in the evenings. She lives in Guatemala, Central America with her husband, three boys and German Shepard. She enjoys being the queen of her household and dreams of being pampered fully by her boys once they are grown. Melinda loves reality t.v., traveling, blogging and playing Words With Friends.

Tammy Dennings Maggy
After an amazing career as a veterinarian, I am now pursuing my lifelong dream of becoming a published author. On September 13, 2011, the first book in my Now and Forever series was released.  For the Love of Quinn  had been my baby for two years and I thank the Goddess daily that I listened to my friends and family who encouraged me to get off my butt and send it in to the publisher. Writing erotic romances has been a fantastic experience and one I hope to continue for many more years to come.  With the release of The Island (Now and Forever 2) on November 13, 2012 and the next three books in the series in various stages of editing and polishing before they are sent to Siren for consideration, my life has been completely taken over by my characters.  It’s become even more convoluted with the addition of two more pen names and all the characters that go with them, as well as continuing with publishing my poetry. 
I am a Midwestern girl who lives in California.  I feel like a fish out of water most of the time out here, but I have met a lot of people who help to make me feel a little less homesick for Michigan. With my wonderful husband and muse by my side, I know I’ll find HOME wherever we end up but at the moment it looks like we will be heading up toward Seattle, Washington after he retires next year from the Coast Guard. Who knows, maybe I will write another series set in that area. The possibilities are endless and I hope you all come along on this fantastic journey with me.

Lacey Wolfe
I have always had a passion for words, whether it’s getting lost in a book or writing my own. From the time I was a child I would slip away to write short stories about people I knew and fantasies I wished would happen. It has always been my dream to be a published author and with my two children now of school age, I finally have the time to work on making my dream come true.
I live in Georgia with my husband, son and daughter, our six cats and one black lab who rules the house.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

#Wwow - Creative Online Promotion Tools #2 #promotion

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