promotion – Helen Glynn Jones

An Experiment with Facebook Promotion*

*Before we begin, I’d like to clarify that this promotion was not by using paid ads through Facebook, but rather by contacting community pages on Facebook for promotion. I recently ran a five-day free promotion for Oak and Mist, the first book in my Ambeth series. I’d run one before, back in September last year,Continue reading “An Experiment with Facebook Promotion*”

Another Marketing Foray

The other week, I wrote a post about a free promotion I ran for a limited time on my first book, Oak and Mist. It was a pretty successful promotion, increasing my readership and leading to further sales, so I was happy with the result. I decided to test out another marketing option by placingContinue reading “Another Marketing Foray”

A Marketing Experiment – Follow-up

Last week, I wrote a post about a marketing experiment I was doing, the main objective being to increase my readership and, hopefully, generate some interest in my upcoming new release, No Quarter. I decided to offer Oak and Mist, the first book in the series, free on Amazon for a limited time, hoping toContinue reading “A Marketing Experiment – Follow-up”

A Marketing Experiment

Tomorrow I’m going to be running a little experiment in marketing. Oak and Mist, the first book in my Ambeth Chronicles, will be free on Amazon Kindle for five days starting tomorrow. The paperback will still be full price, but the e-book – free. I realise there are differing schools of thought on whether weContinue reading “A Marketing Experiment”

The Turning of the Year

It’s the last day of school holidays. Autumn beckons, though no doubt we’ll have several weeks of warmth and brilliant sunshine once the kids have gone back to school. And I am having the slight wobble I do at this time of year, as the wheel turns and my daughter goes into a new year.Continue reading “The Turning of the Year”

Be Like Water

I was reminded of this phrase the other day. It is from a quote by the late great Bruce Lee and, like so much of his philosophy, is an idea that can be applied to life outside martial arts. The fuller version of the quote is as follows: ‘Don’t get set into one form, adaptContinue reading “Be Like Water”