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Unless you live under a rock, chances are you know how BIG social media is right now...

It’s everywhere you look!

Did you know there are 1.55 billion monthly users on Facebook?

That means 1.55 billion people log into Facebook each month. And it’s increasing daily!

To put that into perspective…

The population of China (the most populous country in the world) is just 1.35 billion!

Similarly, there are 320 million active users on Twitter – about a million MORE users than the population of the United States…

Even Pinterest, which is relatively new to the playing field, has over 100 million users and drives sales even more effectively than Facebook!

These numbers are breathtaking and, frankly, should inspire you to act!

But how do you use social media? And more importantly, how do you use it effectively?

Lest you become just another author… in a sea of other authors…

When an author is traditionally-published, they get the luxury of (1) the publisher’s marketing department and (2) a marketing BUDGET!

Granted, the traditionally-published author typically gives away 80% of their revenue to the publisher (vs about 20-30% for most self-published authors). But they do so because…

They get a marketing department advertising and selling their book… a publicist building buzz and getting them appearances and their book in the press… entire campaigns that endeavor to get the book notable awards and reviews…

If you consider the cost of the marketing staff and all the paid advertising, we’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If you’re like most authors, there’s no way you can afford that kind of marketing budget.

BUT, you also can’t afford to do nothing. And just hope that people find your book online in some remote dusty corner of Amazon.

You’ve spent years of your life writing that book; you need to get it out there and give it its greatest chance at success. At being read. And at making a difference.

The risk of not marketing is that your book will never be seen…

Which means your career as a successful writer will be all but impossible.

And that’s not what I want for you at all.

It’s like climbing a mountain. Once you get to the top, you’re only half way. You still need to get down.

Writing is only half the work; marketing is the other half.

It’s fairly simple to create a page on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest…

But when it comes to building a strong online presence as an author, the simplicity stops there.

In order to stay relevant and at the tops of your followers, fans and friends’ newsfeeds, it’s a good idea to do six primary things.

I call them “The 6 Pillars Of Effective Social Media Marketing”

Pillar #1: Give More Than You Get

This is a concept that most authors don’t understand or do but don’t implement (to their peril).

Why? Probably because it takes a lot of work, time and forethought.

The idea here is that social media audiences don’t want to engage with ads all the time. They want to engage with content that entertains and delights them. That they find interesting.

If you’re saying, "Buy my book, buy my book" all the time, they're going to tune you out.

You need to GIVE them wonderful content, information, free stuff and cool stories.

My rule of thumb is to give 10-20 pieces of free content and valuable information for every 1 request I make.

Pillar #2: Post Often & Over Time

In today’s world, social media users are constantly inundated with photos, videos, content…

Which means simply updating your Facebook status once a week just isn’t going to cut it…

In order to stay relevant and at the top of your friends, fans and followers' newsfeeds, you need to constantly generate compelling content about your projects.

For example, a best practice for the frequency of posting on twitter is 5 times per day between the hours of 12 pm and 6 pm to get the most likes, retweets and new followers.

On Facebook, posting 1-2 times per day, 7 days a week between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm will garner you the most follower engagement on your posts like comments, photo likes, page likes, etc.

It requires a lot of time to create posts on a frequent and ongoing basis. Especially quality posts.

Pillar #3: Unify Your Messaging & Brand

Putting out a cohesive message to your audience across all platforms is necessary when attracting new followers as well as keeping the ones you have.

When someone visits your page for the first time and they like the content you’re putting out, they’ll follow you…

However, if you suddenly switch direction on your message and post something that has nothing to do with your brand, you risk losing followers…

The trick here is to understand your brand (and what your audience believes about you).

Pillar #4: Keep Tabs On The Competition

This is kind of business 101… you need to know what others are doing, and how you’re both the same and different.

It helps to choose a few authors who you think are doing well online—they have a strong follower base and their message is cohesive—and make it a habit to visit their pages often.

Determining what works and what doesn’t on their pages will help you avoid missteps of your own and get ideas for how to best promote yourself and your work.

Pillar #5: Use Data To Determine What Works

On social media, your audience is everything!

These are your readers, who will buy your books if they like your message and find you to be interesting…

The wonderful thing about most social media platforms is they’ll give you data you can use to see what your audience thinks, and what they do and don’t respond to.

Keeping them happy and engaged will help you achieve your goals.

Pillar #6: Continually Assess and Update Your Strategy & Goals

Continuously examining what you set out to do (and how it’s working) will motivate you to shift your thinking based on audience feedback, and help you to create the best, most effective marketing strategy for your book(s) and career.

Too many authors get lazy and simply keep doing what they’ve been doing for years, whether it works or not. This will burn your audience out and then people stop paying attention.

Okay, now that you’ve scratched the surface on what it actually takes to have an effective social media presence, you're probably thinking...

…How on earth do I have time for all that?!

…If I spend the time necessary to learn all this stuff and do it properly, I’ll never have time to write!

…I just don’t want to do ‘marketing & sales’. I’m just not comfortable with it.

BUT IF I DON’T MARKET…

…No one will ever find or buy my book.

…I’ll never have the writing career I’ve dreamed of and deserve.

…The story I’ve put years of my blood, sweat and tears into will wallow away on a dusty shelf, never to achieve the notoriety and impact I intended…

So...you face a decision:

Choice #1: You can take everything you’ve learned here and go at it on your own. And if you’re motivated, put your writing aside, do the research necessary to become an expert, and have a lot of time on your hands, then you might have some measure of success. And I’ll wish you the best as you get started.

But… If you’re like most authors, you’re a writer. Not a marketer. Your time is best used creating stories and books not learning the craft of social media and marketing. Which brings me to…

Choice #2: The savvy approach. This is the approach used by most successful authors who know that without marketing, it would take a miracle for their book to be discovered, yet who also understand that marketing expertise takes years to develop.

That’s why we’ve decided to share our social media experts with you…

Welcome To

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::: We Build Your Social Media Presence And Friends,
Fans & Followers FOR YOU (So You Can Keep Writing!) :::

Our expert social media team will roll up their sleeves and do the hard work necessary to develop your social media strategy, build your social media presence and grow your followers FOR YOU!

That’s right. You can do what you do best: write books; and our marketing team will take care of the marketing!

Our marketing team has worked with dozens of top personalities and authors and have a combined 20 years of experience in social media marketing (which in social media is an eternity).

Take Darren Kavinoky for example...

When Darren wanted to increase his web presence and social following, our marketing team increased his followers by 287,000 in just 5 months!

He now has nearly half a MILLION followers!  Not to mention, his retweets grew by 340% and his link clicks grew by a mind boggling 630%!!

Imagine if that were your Amazon book link…

April - September 2015
287K Increase In Followers
340% Increase In Retweets
630% Increase In Link Clicks

And then there's Ali Spagnola...

While Ali was already an internet personality in her own right, in just 7 months our marketing team increased her following by nearly 700,000 with a 48% increase in retweets and 90% growth in link clicks!

She now has over 2.5 million followers on Twitter… Impressive!

February - September 2015
690K Increase In Followers
48% Increase In Retweets
90% Increase In Link Clicks

Sometimes even experts at social media need a little help…...

Cynthia Johnson (better known as the Social Media Girl), a social media and branding expert, also enlisted our team to help up-level her web presence!

Cynthia now has nearly 100,000 followers on Pinterest alone!

Here's what Cynthia had to say about working with our team:

“The Voyage Marketing team is
always professional and delivers
high quality work! Very easy to
work with."

-Cynthia Johnson
The Social Media Girl

Just imagine what our INFLUENCE team can do for you!

Here’s Exactly What’s Included In

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These top social media experts will provide you with 3 months of laser-focused account development, posting, and analytics on one of the top social platforms including Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest (you can choose more platforms if you desire).

Here’s what you get:

√ Brand DNA Creation & Management

We will help you identify precisely what brand message you want to send to your followers and book-buyers.

Then, we will manage the placement of that message throughout your social media account.

This is to ensure that the message you send is cohesive and sticks to your brand goal so you can provide compelling content and build your audience.

Sound familiar?

This is pillar #3 of the 6 Pillars Of Effective Social Media Marketing!

√ Account Development & Optimization

If you do not have a social media account yet, we will create one for you.

We will create and manage compelling images, content and information that both stay on brand message and that engage readers.

If you already have a social media account, we will update that existing account to match your brand and optimize for the particular social media platform.

√ Friends, Fans & Followers

We will generate likes and followers for your page organically.

The process looks like this:

(1) We will identify your target audience and the influencers (people who have the most clout with their followers) in that audience.

(2) We will target the influencers with great, compelling content to entertain and delight them, which will then motivate them to mention you in a post.

(3) Once the influencer mentions you in one of their posts, their followers will see that and be motivated to follow you too.

To put it simply, we will utilize the influence certain members of the social media community to bring attention to your page.

√ Frequent & Ongoing Posts

We will use all the information we learned about your book, your brand and your target audience, and generate content for you.

We will be posting for you once per day on Facebook or 3 times per day on your Twitter account or create 1 board per week on Pinterest with a minimum of 10 pins.

This way, you can stick to writing!

√ Social Media Community Involvement

Engaging with members of your online community will make you a part of that community, which in turn will garner more attention for you and your book. In order to get attention, following and liking fellow members of your online community will create an environment of reciprocity…. (I like your photo, you like mine).

This will also allow us to keep tabs on the competition to see what works and what doesn’t with your shared audience (Pillar #4 of the Pillars of Social Influence Marketing).

√ Creating and Posting With Photos

Part of providing interesting and compelling content for your audience is showing them what they want to see…

Tweets with images, for example, receive 150% more retweets than those with text alone.

We will identify and create images that stick to your brand DNA and that also have the potential to gain attention.

You will be free to use these images even after you conclude your program.

I think it’s safe to say that your audience wants to see pictures!

√ Use Of Appropriate Hash Tags

A Hash Tag is a word or phrase proceeded by a pound sign (#) and used to identify trends on a specific topic.

We will use these key words to participate in trending topics, which will gain more followers and garner attention to your account and tie back to your brand message.

√ Designated Account Representative

Your representative will be available to answer any questions you may have during a kick-off call at the start of your program and at the conclusion of your program. In addition, email support will be available throughout your program.

He / she will walk you through everything that has been done to amp up your presence on social media and offer guidance for how to move forward on your own.

Make sure to register now because…

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While our social media experts have been at the top of the social media game for a combined 20 years, this is the first time we’re offering them to our author clients.

And they have limited time and limited availability, so while we’d like to take on everyone, we simply can’t.

You should feel honored to have been invited; it means we saw something of promise and potential in you and your work.

But it also means you need to take action now (or we have to give your spot to someone else).

I’ll get to the investment fee in just a second but before I do, let me share with you some unique bonuses I’m only offering you as a part of this inaugural group of authors…

Bonus #1

With this bonus, you will get a detailed creative & market assessment of you book’s film/TV potential by one of the Voyage Producer’s in your genre. Then we’ll shop your film & TV rights to buyers in the entertainment industry.

Here’s what comes with the Producer’s Action Plan:

• Recommended Adaptation Format– Determine if your book should be a movie, TV show, or web series in order target relevant buyers and avoid wasting time pursuing the wrong market.
• A “Logline”– A one-sentence description of your story that quickly captures the attention of buyers by helping them envision your story and characters on screen.
• 3-5 Page In-Depth Studio-Quality Analysis– This report will accurately describe your book or manuscript so that buyers can see its strengths and evaluate its potential as a television or film project.
• Creative Adaptation Recommendations– We will outline the strongest, most useful aspects of your story so a buyer can quickly envision how the story might be adapted and provide direction to screenwriters.
• Detailed Market Assessment– High-quality market analysis including sales potential and audience appeal metrics based on current market trends in the entertainment industry.
• Recommended Next Steps– A detailed roadmap for how your project will most likely be brought to market and innovative approaches for how you can maximize your financial return and creative influence.
• Film & TV Rights Promotion– Your film & TV rights will be presented to a minimum of 2 potential buyers in your market that are looking for new content like yours.
• Inclusion In Film/TV Rights Database– Your project will be added to our proprietary database, in which buyers search for projects to turn into TV shows and movies.

*If you don’t want us to market your film/TV rights you can opt out of this free bonus

Bonus #2

During this 1-on-1 call, we will discuss:

• Your individualized goals and how to clarify your road-map and next step action plan
• What key resources may exist for you and how to access them quickly and easily
• Accessing the cutting-edge opportunities and deal-making approaches used by me.

Bonus #3

I’m also giving you a copy of our acclaimed e-book, THE SECRET HANDSHAKE, over 100 pages of industry guidance from our elite producers.

• Learn the networking and sales techniques that separate the amateurs from the professionals
• Understand the new opportunities and avenues to success
• Learn how to build a reputation that can get you hired again and again

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We are setting the retail price for 3 months of INFLUENCE at $7,491.00. With all the free bonuses, the total value is $8,665.00.

But when you register today, as an inaugural member, you’ll get INFLUENCE, the 3-month done-for-you social media marketing program, plus all the bonuses for only $4491 (paid as only $1497 per month)!

To sign up over the phone, give us a call at the office at
310-392-4180 and ask for Elizabeth.

Here’s what Val Orr had to say about her experience
with the Voyage marketing team:

So, if you’re serious about expanding your reach on social media, promoting yourself and your stories, and selling more books, click the button above now.

Don’t delay!

And here’s the best part. I believe in our marketing team, their professionalism, and quality of work so much, that I guarantee you’ll be satisfied.

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That’s right, if after the first month, you’re not satisfied with the work that’s been done up to that point, you can cancel your program and you won’t have to pay for the remaining 2 months.

A couple specifics about the guarantee:

1. Social media marketing takes time. The first month of INFLUENCE is largely about creating the strategy and getting your social media account set up. You should NOT expect a lot of new followers during this first month.
2. To be eligible for the free bonuses, you’ll need to stay in the program for the entirety of the 3 months.
3. The first month is non-refundable since we will have spent a lot of time, working already.

1. You’ll be sent to an easy registration page.
2. Once you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from influence@voyagemedia.com.
3. Your confirmation email will contain information about how to sign up for your kick-off call with your INFLUENCE team to begin growing your fan-base.
4. Your INFLUENCE team will start building your social media presence!

It’s that easy!

So register right now...

To sign up over the phone, give us a call at the office at
310-392-4180 and ask for Elizabeth.

Nat

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To sign up over the phone, give us a call at the office at
310-392-4180 and ask for Elizabeth.

In short, what is INFLUENCE and what do I get?

INFLUENCE offers the expertise of highly skilled social media experts in building out and maintaining your social media platform of your choice (available for Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest) for 3 months.

Our experts will do all of the posting and content generation for you, and at the conclusion of your program you will be equipped with your social media accounts and the basic knowledge needed to continue to post, pin, tweet, etc. on your own.

Here is what actions will be taken to boost your social media when you sign on for INFLUENCE:

• Account Development
• Brand DNA Creation & Management
• Friends, Fans & Followers
• Frequent & Ongoing Posts
• Social Media Community Involvement
• Creating and Posting With Photos
• Use Of Appropriate Hash Tags
• 1 post per day on Facebook or
• 3 Tweets per day on Twitter or
• 1 Pinterest Board per week with minimum of 10 pins
• Access To A Designated Account Representative.

That answers my question, sign me up.

Who is INFLUENCE For/Who is it NOT for?

If you’re an author whose social media presence is nonexistent or if you’re just getting started, or if your existing social media presence isn’t garnering the followers you want or the attention from the audience you want, or if you don’t have the time or expertise to amp up your online presence on your own, INFLUENCE is for you.

If you have tens of thousands of followers and are significant book sales already, this program is probably not the best fit for you.

That answers my question, sign me up.

How long do I have access to top social media experts?

The duration of INFLUENCE is three months. You may elect to sign on for additional months with your experts should you wish.

That answers my question, sign me up.

How Does The Guarantee Work?

Social media marketing takes time. The first month of INFLUENCE is largely about creating the strategy and getting your social media account set up. You should NOT expect a lot of new followers during this first month.

That said, if after the first month, you’re not satisfied with the work that’s been done up to that point, you can cancel your program and you won’t have to pay for the remaining 2 months.

A couple specifics about the guarantee:

1. To be eligible for the free bonuses, you’ll need to stay in the program for the entirety of the 3 months.
2. The first month is non-refundable

That answers my question, sign me up.

What happens after I sign up?

Once you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email which will contain information about how to sign up for your kick-off call with your social media expert to begin growing your fan-base.

That answers my question, sign me up.