How to Pump Up Your Book Promotion With Do-it-Yourself Book Trailers

One of the things I have learned about bookmake your own book trailers at
promotion is that the more gimmicky your marketingRockYou ( What I liked about this place was that
becomes, the more valued your book becomes. Thethey didn’t charge you a cent and you can
reason I say this is that whenever I find someonesign up for free. If you’d like to see how I set
who has taken their book promotion to the nextup one for my paranormal, THE SEARCH FOR THE
level, no matter how crazy it is and no matter howMILLION $$$ GHOST, you can go to [
outside of the box , the promotion usually works inIt would all depend on what you are looking for.
the author’s favor.While I liked both places, I still lacked the freedom to
One of the most gimmicky things I have seen thatchoose the kind of music I wanted for my book
gives you more for your promotional dollars is antrailer so I kept searching.
incredible marketing tool called the book trailer.It was then when I found out that I had a program
A book trailer is simply a promotional video. Think of(anyone with Windows should have it) called Movie
it as a movie premier of your book. Some authorsMaker, and I knew I’d hit upon a program that
waste no promotional dollars when it comes tooutshined the rest.
putting out quality book trailers by hiring actors toMovie Maker is a little trickier than the two previously
play the parts of the characters, but if thementioned, but once you get the hang of it,
promotional dollars aren’t there, there is a lessyou’ll fall in love with it. You might want to
expensive route you can go and still turn out aread the directions first to get a gist of what you
quality book trailer.can do with it, but it’s a really nice program.
One thing we all must keep in mind when marketingThe main reason I liked it best of the three is
our books is that visual sells. When used right, thisbecause I could download my movies onto YouTube.
promotional video could mean fantastic sales, not toYouTube ( gets approximately 20 million visitors a
mention a very unique way to promote your book.month, and is perhaps the best place to advertise
When I became aware of book trailers a few yearsyour book trailer. I’ve got one of mine up
ago, I checked into a few companies who couldthere if you’d like to see how I did using
make one for me, but I wanted to see if I could doMovie Maker. The link is
this myself. I had a graphics program, but if youRemember, these are all first-time attempts, so it
don’t have one, there are public domainproves anyone can do it!
photos on the web you can use for this such as:No matter if you go it alone, or hire someone to
Once I accumulated what photos I needed, I beganproduce your book trailer, this is a wonderful device
my quest to find a place online to learn how to maketo visually show off your book.
my own book trailer.The next step will be to find places to promote your
The first place I discovered was Photo Show ([ Theybook trailer. Of course, the first place would be your
offered a month’s trial subscription, and if Iwebsite and blog, and don’t forget
wanted to keep it, I would have to pay $49, which iswriter’s forums. Other great places to
a paltry sum considering what others charge to makeadvertise your book trailer are Google Video ( and
your trailers for you.Yahoo Video (
My first attempt at making a book trailer for one ofBook promotion has taken a step in the right
my books, ROMANCING THE SOUL, can be seen atdirection with book trailers. Make one yourself and
my website atsee how well they can promote your book for you!
I found another wonderful place where you can