- New this year at SavvyAuthors!
- New!!
- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Basic Member Pricing: $30.00
- Category
- Business
- Indie Publishing
- Writer's Life
- Class Length
- 2 Weeks
The best way to make connections with potential readers is face to face - but many of us don’t know the first thing about selling our books in person!
In this course we’ll explore the art of hand selling your books, including the benefits of the perfect elevator pitch and ways to find hand selling opportunities in your community. Don’t be afraid - get out there and put your books on readers’ shelves!
In this course we’ll explore the art of hand selling your books, including the benefits of the perfect elevator pitch and ways to find hand selling opportunities in your community. Don’t be afraid - get out there and put your books on readers’ shelves!
- Syllabus
- Course Goals: By the end of this course students will:
- Feel empowered to hand sell their own books at events ranging from bookstore signings to comic conventions
- Understand the benefits and drawbacks of hand selling.
- Have tools to deal with awkward situations and uncertain buyers.
- Be able to set up hand selling events in their own community.
Week One:
- What is Hand Selling?
- Benefits and Drawbacks of Hand Selling
- The Elevator Pitch
Week Two:
- Hand Selling Energy
- Awkward Situations and Uncertain Buyers
- Setting up Hand Selling Events in Your Community
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
Please note that you do NOT need to be online at a specific time to access the lectures. This is NOT a live video based class.
