When I first considered writing a Blog I felt overwhelmed, but Stimulating Conversation gave me the help I needed to feel confident enough to begin this step in my writing career. Both Renee and Naomi gave clear explanations of the steps and options available to me when I visited their office. I especially like using the "Analytics" to keep track of my progress in increasing my following and audience. I highly recommend Stimulating Conversations to help you get your Blog off the ground and working for you.
Helene Burnett
http://burnetthomeplace.blogspot.comShe is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to social web marketing so you couldn’t be in better hands should you choose to work with Renee and her team.
Rita Mills
Co-founder of The New Era Times (TNETimes.com)Renee of Stimulating Conversation has had to drag me kicking and screaming into this realm of marketing my novels. But with each tightening of her grip around my ankles, she's showed that she and her team know what to do, and how to help me (and other authors) get the word out about their books.
Tracy Fabre's
most recent book is: Sending Rupert HomeBusiness and financial plans are essential to success, whether you can write like John Grisham or not. Promote your book and yourself: that takes planning, commitment and a budget: both in time and money. You need great partners, like Renee, Naomi, Kendyll and Chelsea at Stimulating Conversations, to get you going and planning.
Gary Giroux
current books: The Dark Side of American Capitalism and Primordial Soup and Other Ancient RecipesRenee is a delight to work with. I have worked with her using most of the services that her firm offers. We are currently in the process of building a huge website for an online newspaper, and I am very impressed with the knowledge that is at her fingertips. And, I have to say no matter how much pressure she is under with deadlines, she always has a cheery voice and is willing to take my calls.
Rita Mills
Owner ABC press, and co-founder of The New Era Times (TNETimes.com)As a client, I am extremely impressed with the amount of usable information you have available on your website. I found it to be a valuable tool for me. I can't thank you enough for the professional work you did on my video/trailer and website; you really can tell you have passion for your work.
Coach Bruce Benko
author of: The Gymnastics of Love & Discipline, A Parental Template for Giving Children a VoiceUsing the team at Stimulating Conversation helped me get a quality product in a website in a short period of time. The other important component for me is the responsiveness if I have a problem. Renee and her team have gone above and beyond to accommodate us. www.angelacaughlin.com
A. Caughlin
current book: Journaling Through: Unleashing the Power of the Authentic Self.Virtual Author Tour:
Our most popular program! This ultimate online promotion program positions you and your book on your target readers’ favorite websites. We study you and your book to learn exactly what you’re all about, then strive to bring out your voice and share it with the book- reading world, internationally. We zero in on high traffic sites, blogs, niche sites, book- related sites—everything that will bring you lots of traffic and high exposure. Choose from 45, 60 or 90-day tours that fit your budget!
Virtual Author Tour- $1895 to $2895
Twitter Micro-Blogging:
The hottest wave in social networking. Micro-blogging is the practice of sendingbrief posts to a personal blog on a micro-blogging website, such as short content bursts or sound bites up to 140 characters long. These laser-focused, lightening-fast messages can be sent directly to target readers who want to follow you and your book.
Twitter Micro-Blogging- $325 to $3295
Red Hot Blog:
Our 90-day, Red Hot Blog Tour gets the word out about your book on relevant, high- traffic blogs—some boasting over 100,000 members! We target blogs that are relevant, on topic, in your market and have high traffic. How many do we target? As many as are appropriate to your target market! Our Red Hot Blog Tour make sure you and your book become content on genre-specific blogs. We use “pull” marketing—a method that’s a hundred times more powerful than advertising. In essence, we “pull” interested readers first to the blog, and then “backlink” readers to your website. Build brand through online bloggers and reviewers.
Red Hot Blog- $2695
Red Hot Blog/Virtual Author Tour Combo:
This powerful combo package boosts your online reach! Add the Red Hot Blog Tour to your Virtual Author Tour for even more results! Doing both of these tours together gives you amazing book publicity and promotion for your dollar. Plus, it’s value priced, so you save money.
Red Hot Blog/Virtual Author Tour Combo- $4095
Social Bookmarking Program:
Position you and your book in online communities. Raise your site’s profile, also called “page ranking,” draw more traffic and essentially create a people-powered search engine. It’s the direct feed into today’s buzz about you and your book—the quintessential way to tap into today’s buzz, promote your book and draw website traffic.
Social Bookmarking Program- $1095
Red Hot Buzz Tour:
Social Networking is one of the fastest growing ways to build a loyal fan base and attract readers to your website. When you combine the power of social networking programs Facebook and Twitter, you reach folks who are interested in your topic—and drive traffic to your website by the thousands!
Red Hot Buzz Tour- $2795
Internet Radio:
Want to broaden your book marketing reach and brand you online? Let us provide you with a fascinating interview on one of the hottest author sites around the globe! Check it out at www.fascinatingauthors.com.
- Your interview will consist of a 15-30 minute program
- We’ll syndicate your program through The Virtual Book Review Network and Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
- Once your interview is complete, we will announce it to our mailing list (over 5,000 book lovers).
- We’ll syndicate your interview into 16 of the largest podcasting directories, including iTunes!
- We’ll craft a press release and pitch it to the wire services and online press sites to help you promote your interview and book!
- We’ll update the Fascinating Authors site with your picture, bio and a link to your website. After the show is over, the interview is yours to keep. Use it to enhance your website and promote yourself to other shows!
Internet Radio- $395
Media Leads Package:
Our online marketing team and journalists will handpick genre-specific leads for you. Traditional media mentions and book reviews still sell lots of books. When a journalist, TV and Radio talk show host or reviewer praises your book, it’s a stamp of approval for your book. One small review or mention can draw thousands of readers. One of our clients recently sold over 2,500 books because of one review we landed for him. With our Genre-Specific Media Leads Package, we’ll comb the media and wire services for you 24/7. We’ll create a custom list of Media Leads, hand-picked by our expert journalists and editorial team. Typically we’ll send you relevant media leads several times every week and sometimes, every day. This special program is bound to put you and your book on the map.
Media Leads Package- $155 to $415
Back Cover Copywriting Service:
This proven service delivers a back cover for your book that converts browsers into book buyers.Your back cover copy is the key decision driver that compels your target readers to buy! Our in-house copywriter will craft your book’s back cover copy, capturing your special voice and book’s unique features and benefits, such as the characters and storyline in a fiction work or the solutions and benefits in a how-to.
