{"id":730,"date":"2010-02-14T06:24:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T14:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=730"},"modified":"2010-02-14T06:24:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T14:24:30","slug":"use-outrageous-seasonal-prompts-for-book-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"Use Outrageous Seasonal Prompts for Book Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine\u2019s Day is just one of hundreds of reasons to promote your book. How many of you used a Valentine\u2019s Day theme in order to pick up a few extra or many additional book sales this year? If my new print version of Catscapades, True Cat Tales <\/em><\/strong>was published, I would have been promoting it as a sweet Valentine\u2019s Day gift.<\/p>\n

But I haven\u2019t really missed the boat on this great promotional opportunity. First of all, it will be ready in plenty of time for Easter! Also, I know that there will be many, many other seasonal prompts I can use to promote this book throughout the year. Here are a few: Happy Mew Year for cats, Responsible Pet Owner\u2019s Month, Hug Your Cat Day, Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, World Animal Month, Adopt a Senior Pet Month, National Be Kind to Animals Week, Pet Appreciation Week, Take a Pet to Work Week, Sylvester the Cat\u2019s Birthday and even Scoop the Poop Week.<\/p>\n

I discovered these and many other fun and serious reasons to celebrate (and to promote) at three different seasonal\/holiday sites. (I just found a new one this morning.) Here are some of the other great prompts you can use in promoting your book: National Hugging Day, Thank Your Customer Week, National Ghostwriters Week, Celebrate Your Name Week, National Words Matter Week, If Pets Had Thumbs Day, Read an E-Book Day, Family Reunion Month, Make a Difference to Children Month, National Tooth Fairy Day and Read in the Bathtub Day.<\/p>\n

Can you already envision ways that you can use some of these prompts to promote your book? Find more at these sites:
\n http:\/\/www.brownielocks.com<\/a>
\n http:\/\/www.holidayinsights.com<\/a>
\n http:\/\/www.gone-ta-pott.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

Have fun!!<\/p>\n

Special Offer for Cat Fans and Fanatics<\/strong>
\nIf you love cats (or know someone who does) and if you love a bargain, you may want to take advantage of this. I\u2019m offering a discount on Catscapades, True Cat Tales <\/em><\/strong>during the next few weeks\u2014shipping date around March 15. Here\u2019s what you get, the newly revised and designed print version of Catscapades<\/em><\/strong> (130-pages, 46 cat photos, over 40 stories and vignettes featuring cats in a wide variety of circumstances and lifestyles) for $12.95 plus tax of $1.06 per book (California residents only). I pay the shipping (to one address only) and you get a gift for each book ordered. Learn more at my Catscapades blog:
\n http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades<\/a> <\/p>\n

Questions: Contact me here: PLFry620@yahoo.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentine\u2019s Day is just one of hundreds of reasons to promote your book. How many of you used a Valentine\u2019s Day theme in order to pick up a few extra or many additional book sales this year? If my new print version of Catscapades, True Cat Tales was published, I would have been promoting it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t