Tag Archives: marketing

Marketing Fiction

Posted on September 13, 2011 by EDC

I run into people all the time who want to write a novel, kind of like this recent Doonesbury cartoon… Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau The ironic thing is that the vast majority of books published every year are non-fiction. The … Continue reading →

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Marketing Gumbo

Posted on July 19, 2011 by EDC

You ever eaten gumbo?  Gumbo is a stew with so much stuff in it, I can’t hardly describe it. But it’s good.  Well, here is some marketing gumbo… all sorts of marketing stuff I’ve collected over the past few weeks … Continue reading →

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Movie Marketing on Facebook

Posted on July 5, 2011 by EDC

Mashable has an interesting article on how movie marketers are using facebook to connect to potential ticket buyers. Not only are they using facebook and other social media to advertise, but they are becoming quite innovative on ways they interact … Continue reading →

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Social Networks

Posted on April 29, 2011 by EDC

As you know, I love a good infographic, especially one that is relevant to me as a speculative fiction writer. Not only am I trying to understand where our world is heading for any science fiction I write, but I’m … Continue reading →

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Writing for the iPhone Generation

Posted on April 9, 2011 by EDC

Recently I saw this infographic on the trends with smart phones (click link to view the whole thing). And after seeing it, it’s easy to believe our computing life will be much different in five years. The question on my … Continue reading →

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Can Authors Use Groupon?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by EDC

I’m sure everyone by now has heard of Groupon, the creative offspring of marketing and social networking. In a nutshell, a retailer submits the idea for a coupon, members (i.e. the “Group”) vote if it is a good idea or … Continue reading →

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Marketing (groan)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by EDC

I admit it, I’m fairly new at marketing and probably not very good right now.  My experience involves one whole semester of BUS321-Principles of Marketing and reading Guerrilla Marketing for Writers (which was the more helpful of the two). Occasionally, … Continue reading →

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