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Status: Drafting the fourth book in the PERILOUS series!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Creating a newsletter

There's a new gadget on the right-hand side of my blog. It's my newsletter sign-up form. Isn't pretty? I like it.

No, I don't have a newsletter yet. That's because I don't have anything to announce. And also because I don't have anyone to announce it to! :) But I will someday. And while most of you will get information about me from my blog, there will be people who's names and emails I collect through book signings and speaking engagements.

A newsletter is a great way to hold on to 'prospects.' Those people who looked at your book, blog, or website, but didn't buy. If they sign up for the newsletter, you know they are interested, but something held them back. So come up with a quarterly newsletter that details promotions, book signings, new releases, and maybe a few new favorable reviews.

Now I know what to put in my newsletter. I need readers.

There are many newsletter companies out there, but most of them aren't free. I found one that is. It's MailChimp. Mailchimp is free for the first 1,000 subscribers. So far, I've got 2, and one of them is me. If I ever get more than 1,000, I'll happily pay to upgrade my account! Chimpmail might be free, but it's got all the bells and whistles you could want. It gave me the coding for that sign up form on the right (and it works. Someone already used it). It creates your newsletter in pretty html designs. It--well, go check it out. It's pretty cool.

And in other news--my blog tour started today!!! You don't want to miss these contests. Not all of these reviews will be glowing, either, because I didn't pay these people. So hurry over to David J. West's blog and find out the good, the bad, and the ugly about Perilous.

6 comments:

Joanna St. James said...

ha ha u will do fine and, heading over to learn more

Joanna St. James said...

I did not find anything on his blog. did i get this wrong?

Tamara Hart Heiner said...

hi joanna! he doesn't have it posted yet!

Lydia Kang said...

Cool! I'll go check it out. AND I signed up for your newsletter!

RaShelle Workman said...

Hi Tamara. Can't wait to have you on my blog on the 26th!

Unknown said...

Yay for your awesome newsletter sign up and your blog tour kick-off! I look forward to following the journey!

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