Marketing your Books using Social Media

So, you’ve got your book published. You’re proud of your writing or illustration. If your book is traditionally published, you expect the publisher to advertise and market it? If you published it yourself, you expect your audience to find it? No. Your work is not yet completed. You have to advertise, to market, to mingle with your readers. How do you do this? Find out more by attending our next meeting.

Marketing your books using social media

Venue: Sandton Public Library

Date: 23 June 2018
Time: 09:30 – 13:00
Cost:  R300 non-members, R150 SCBWI members
RSVP: To Jenny at SCBWI.SA.Gauteng@mweb.co.za

About the event:

1. Social Media 101 - Is Facebook still relevant
2. Building your own website and updating it.
3. Paid vs Organic media - Which works, what are you driving and targeting?
4. Self-publishing. How to set business objectives and measure success on digital.
5. Sampling - Using samples to create virility.  

About the facilitator:

Hamish Pillay is a Marketing and Digital Consultant. He hails from East London, now known as Buffalo City. He published his first book ten years ago, winning the Citizen Book Prize and was a finalist in the Mnet Literary Awards. He’s been on the Corporate merry-go-round for the last eight years specialising in digital marketing. You can follow Hamish Pillay on Twitter: Hamish_Hoosen or check out www.hamishhoosenpillay.wordpress.com

This event is for illustrators and writers.