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How to use Author Buzz UK like a boss

3rd January 2022  in Uncategorised  tagged Author Platform / blogs / groups / guide / readers by Matthew Brown

Do you want to know how to use Author Buzz to generate SEO, book promotion, and buzz generation? I assume you do. After all, you just clicked on this article. Author Buzz UK Basics At the heart of a good Author Buzz strategy is a well-defined user account. It pays […]

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A happy and book-filled Christmas and New Year to you all

23rd December 2021  in Uncategorised  tagged Christmas / new year by Matthew Brown

The Authorbuzz team (me, basically) will be taking the rest of the year off. We will see you in the new year. Until then, we wish you love, joy, and many new readers. Have a great holiday season. P.S. If you have external (RSS) blog feeds in your group, you […]


How not to promote a book on Facebook: A case study

25th September 2021  in Social Media  tagged Author Platform / case study / Facebook / spam by Matthew Brown

It was my birthday recently and with that day came a perfect case study on how to not promote a book. In this post, I am going to break down three things: What the author did wrong, why it was a bad idea, and a few suggested changes that should […]


Author Jane Wenham-Jones, 59, has passed away

6th September 2021  in Writer News  tagged death / sad news by Matthew Brown

Author Jane Wenham-Jones from Broadstairs in Kent has passed away following a battle with cancer. This was just days after the publication of her seventh novel. Jane Wenham-Jones’ novels are: Raising the Roof (2001) Perfect Alibis (2003) One Glass is Never Enough (2005) Prime Time (2011) Mum in the Middle […]


Bookshops – we would love to give you free advertising

5th September 2021  in Author Buzz  tagged bookshops / directory by Matthew Brown

As our members know, Author Buzz UK maintains a directory of useful resources. Our aim for September is to grow the bookshop section of our directory by at least twenty newly added independent bookshops. To kick this off, we have been searching for bookshops with a social media presence. Our […]

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Post-Brexit uncertainty threatens UK book market says Penguin

31st August 2021  in Writer News  tagged books / Brexit / EU / Penguin / UK by Matthew Brown

We said at the time that Brexit was a bad deal for authors. Now it seems that we were right. Penguin are calling on the Government to put in place protections for publishers and authors that have been taken away by Brexit and the ongoing post-Brexit uncertainty. Government uncertainty over […]


Focus on the remarkable

26th August 2021  in Business  tagged books / remarkable / sell more books / USP by Matthew Brown

What is remarkable about your book? I do not mean what is amazing but what is worth remarking upon. Whatever it is about your book, your blog, or your author platform that is worth remarking upon – it is that which should be your main focus. Saying something is worth […]

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Everything you need to know about online marketing in 30 seconds or less

13th May 2021  in Blogs and blogging / Publicity  tagged leadership / marketing / sell more books / selling by Matthew Brown

Here is everything you need to know about online (blog) marketing. For books or anything else. Get ready – if you blink you might miss it. Provide something valuable that people want or need Do it regularly That’s it. Now you know how to make a blog that gets customers […]


How to run a fully ineffective author Twitter account 2 Comments

12th May 2021  in Social Media  tagged failure / sarcasm / satire / Twitter by Matthew Brown

All you writers are being too effective with your author Twitter accounts. Some of you are even getting readers. This is because you are not doing all the things that make your Twitter account fully ineffective. Forget the 80% content 20% fun rule – this is how you make sure […]


The Collis Valle Saga: Book 1: The Salt Mine

2nd May 2021  in Love Books  tagged A J Gillham / new authors / new release by Matthew Brown

The Salt Mine is the debut book from author, A J Gillham. Five unique individuals have been kidnapped from different settlements in Collis Valle. The kidnapper – a scheming sorcerer and his cohorts. Put to work in a salt mine, what chance does a spiritualist, two very different half-breeds, an […]


Innovations in book publishing: Free prize inside (some) books

15th March 2021  in Uncategorised by Matthew Brown

I happened upon this headline demonstrating innovation in book marketing while searching for something completely different. The headline was so striking that I had to drop what I was doing and check it out. Here is that headline: Corby entrepreneur and new author offers prizes hidden in between paperbacks’ pages […]


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How to quickly write a pretty decent blog post

12th March 2021  in Blogs and blogging  tagged headlines / how to / ideas / posts / Writing by Matthew Brown

In this blog post, I will show you how to snap out a pretty decent blog post in almost no time at all. Even if you are having an uninspired day. We all have off-days. Days when we feel supremely uninspired. If you are running a blog, you cannot let […]


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