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Every Book Needs a “Who Else Needs This?” Strategy

Every Book Needs a “Who Else Needs This?” Strategy

by HeidiRich | Aug 28, 2026 | Sales and Marketing

How one enthusiastic reader can lead to more readers, speaking opportunities, introductions—and opportunities you never saw coming Authors spend a lot of time thinking about how to find readers. We build websites. We post on social media. We send emails. We arrange...
Stop Asking for Reviews. Ask This Instead.

Stop Asking for Reviews. Ask This Instead.

by HeidiRich | Aug 28, 2026 | Author Collab, Sales and Marketing

If you’ve ever asked a reader to “please leave a review,” you already know the results are usually underwhelming. A handful of people say yes. Most say nothing at all. And even the ones who do leave a review often write two flat sentences that...
Selling Books Without Chasing Readers

Selling Books Without Chasing Readers

by HeidiRich | Aug 28, 2026 | Author Collab, Sales and Marketing

Sometimes the best book marketing begins with a conversation. A recent conversation with fellow author Dawn Jacqueline Adams – author of Finding America Again, Art of Online Dating and Joyful Noise – got me thinking about what it really means to sell our...
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