By journaling,
I’m talking about keeping an account of what happens during your tour. If you’re
an independent author, you can simply visit your Kindle Direct Publishing
dashboard to check on what’s happening with your book sales.
Aside from watching
the numbers, you can put down your thoughts at each stage of the tour.
You can assess when you have peaks and troughs and connect them to specific activities.
- How do people respond to this or that post?
- Which ones were more popular? Have you figured out why?
- Can you make adjustments at this stage that will bring more attention to your tour?
- Are there any offers you might want to take up later (reviews, etc.)?
- Is there anything different you might want to try for your next tour?
The items
above are among the things you will want to think about as you go along. I
wouldn’t call what I did journaling, but I used a special book to keep me in order
as the month progressed and ideas hit me. The information I collected was
invaluable in terms of coming up with new features for the next time I do a
tour.
There’s also
the business of logging the new connections you’ll be making if you’ve hired
someone to do your tour. During this busy time, you’ll need to leave yourself a
trail of breadcrumbs to get back to the places you’ve been. I can’t the amount
of time I’ve lost racking my brain to remember information I should have
written. That journal you’ll be keeping is a good place to stash all kinds of information.
Juggling has
to do with the balancing act you’ll be doing while on tour. You’ll manage
better if you put some prior thought (a LOT) into what adjustments you’ll make
to your writing, social media, and day-to-day living time in order to
accommodate the tour.
Prepare yourself
and recognize that you won’t get any significant amount of writing done unless
you’re in it full time (and at your desk a lot) or you’re someone with an awful
lot of discipline and can compartmentalize and complete your tasks efficiently.
- Keep a record of the significant happenings during your tour.
- Use the information to plan subsequent tours and complete follow-up activities.
- Plan for adjustments to your schedule.
- Prepare for and adapt to decreased writing time while on tour.
Writing is pretty much out the window while on tour.
ReplyDeleteGood planning is always essential and not one of my strong points.
ReplyDeleteI like planning, but my weakness is tons of paper, which leads to fragmented information.
DeleteJuggling seems to be a popular topic today--both real and metaphorical. It's great that you're gathering data to use for another launch. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteGuess Juggling is a popular J word. :)
DeleteIt seems there is always something to distract us from our writing--and usually more than one something. Juggling becomes an essential skill, but it sounds like you've mastered it.
ReplyDeleteTrue that, Cynthia. My writing is what suffers from all this juggling. :(
DeleteI create a hidden page on blogger that talks all about a particular book I publish. It has all the links to my blog tour, tidbits, and extras for people who are fans of my writing. You should check it out and see what I'm talking about. I think it's my way of "journaling." You can get to them on the book page (never speak about them on my blog).
ReplyDeleteNow that's a good idea, Mike. It helps to keep all of that information together as you pointed out, where people can find it.
ReplyDeleteYour comment reminds me that I have a private blog with plot points for a story I've been wanting to write. Haven't looked at it in months. :(
Nice organization and I hope, one day, to take advantage of some of your knowledge when I have my own tour :)
ReplyDeleteAnother good piece of advice. I'm liking your series a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like good advice. Looks like I'm going to have to backtrack and do some more reading here! :)
I hadn't thought about this, but it makes a lot of sense to try to identify what worked best.
ReplyDeleteWork toward it, Mark. I'm sure it'll happen if you want it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Elise. Been thinking about writing all of this down for at least six months. The Challenge gave me the reason to get it done.
Thanks for coming by, Pat.
True that, Nick. A post mortem is a good way of figuring out what should happen next time.
Once again, good info here Joy!
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