Mountainside Marketing Retreat
—Due to Hurricane Helene, we've had to cancel this event for 2024. Look for our return in 2025.—
Marketing is an integral part of the publishing journey. It’s vital that we learn the basics of marketing to ensure our work lands in the hands of our readers.
A commitment to writing quality books means ensuring the work captures the eyes of the reader and leaves them wanting more. Learning the craft is critical—no shortcuts allowed—especially if writers want to succeed. Along with this, we must acknowledge that learning how to market is an integral part of our journey. It’s vital that we scale the peaks of marketing to ensure our work lands in the hands of our readers.
We understand the difficulties. The publishing journey isn’t a day trip but a climb toward excellence. Many of us have begun and gotten lost—miserably. This website was created out of our experiences navigating the rigorous requirements of branding, blogging and social media. The good news is we’ve learned how to avoid the detours and dangers, and we are here as your mountain guides.
Our goal is for no writer to be left stranded on a cliff with nowhere to turn. We can’t guarantee a smooth trip every step of the way, but we can show you how to avoid a lot the obstacles.
Grab your backpack and your spirit of adventure. We’re headed onward and upward!
Details
Due to Hurricane Helene, we’ve canceled this event for 2024. Look for our return in 2025.
Note – the information below is a reference to what this event typically covers.
This is a hands-on event. Each person should have a laptop while participating in the sessions and be ready to put into practice what’s being taught!
- Program Fee: $TBD per person
- Registration: 1-800-588-7222
- Branding
- Blogging
- Meeting Reader Needs
- Goodreads
- How to Build an Email List
- BookBub
- How to Launch a Book
- Ask Us Anything!
- One-On-One Appointments
Tentative 2021 Mountainside Marketing Virtual Event Schedule
Monday, February 15, 2021
8:00 – 8:20 Welcome & Announcements & Devotion – Edie and DiAnn Devo
8:30 – 9:30 Facebook: What’s New, What’s Good, and What’s Changed – Edie
9:45 – 10:45 Book Bub – DiAnn
11:00 – 12:00 Building an Email List – Edie and DiAnn
Lunch Break
12:15 – 1:00
1:15 – 2:15 Blogging Continuing Class – Edie
2:30 – 3:30 Book Launch Continuing Class – DiAnn
3:45 – 4:45 Twitter: What’s New, What’s Good, and What’s Changed – Edie
5:00 – 6:00 Fifteen minute appointments with Edie and DiAnn
7:00 – 8:30 Large Group zoom session – Q and A
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
8:00 – 8:20 Announcements, and Devotion – Edie Devo and DiAnn
8:30 – 9:30 Meeting Reader Needs – Edie and DiAnn
9:45 – 10:45 Instagram: Hashtags, Stories, and Growing a Following – Edie
11:00 – 12:00 Large group Zoom session: Ask Us Anything! Edie and DiAnn
Lunch Break
12:15 – 1:00
1:15 – 2:15 Blogging Continuing Class – Edie
2:30 – 3:30 Book Launch Continuing Class – DiAnn
3:45 – 4:45 The Power of Pinterest – Edie
5:00 – 6:00 Fifteen minute appointments with Edie and DiAnn
7:00 – 8:30 Large Group zoom session – Q and A
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
8:00 – 8:20 Announcements & Devotion – Edie and DiAnn Devo
8:30 – 9:30 Blogging Continuing Class – Edie
9:45 – 10:45 Golden Goodreads – DiAnn
11:00 – 12:00 Fifteen minute appointments with Edie and DiAnn
Lunch Break
12:15 – 1:00
1:45 – 2:45 Blogging Continuing Class – Edie
3:00 – 4:00 Book Launch Continuing Class – DiAnn
4:15 – 5:15 Creating Memes & Working with Images
5:30 – 6:15 Large Group Zoom – Q&A and Farewell
Schedule
2022 Detailed schedule to come.