I have been getting a ton of DM offers of marketing assistance for my book via social media and email. Either from my web site, or through Linekdn, easily 50 in the past two months offering to revamp all of my marketing, Amazon, Goodreads and other marketing approaches to cater to changes in Amazon, or just get better reviews and results. To be clear marketing (Just ask Sarah, Shane and the team) is my worst thing. I hate it. Cannot...will not self promote. Here are my concerns: 1. Cost. When monthly profit is somewhere between 0-20$...its difficult to justify spending hundreds on revamping the campaign/accounts. 2. How do I distinguish quality professionals from scam artists? 3. How can I trust someone with my Amazon and Goodreads accounts?

I am getting book club offers that ask for a payment in order to have my book as a highlighted topic for their club. Often this involves a Q&A session virtually and some marketing materials. Is there any benefit to these and how do you delineate between reliable ones and scams?

This is probably one of the reasons why you wrote your book in the first place, but try and think of a mistake people typically make. (bonus if you can name a few!) Side note - this is an excellent thing to think of when creating social media content!

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As I continue the process of launching my book with Book Launchers, I received an email today suggesting I should consider opening a publishing company so the book looks even more professional. I do not really want to open another company....Having said that, here are some burning questions I have: 1 - How many of you HAVE a publishing company? 2 - What are the downside of NOT having one? 3 - Do you really think not having a publishing company would make you look not as professional? 4 - I completely understand the looking top-notch professional by having a publishing company "backing up" your book, but I do not want to deal with the paperwork. 5 - What else I do not know about this? Thanks so much for your input!