Cushcity.com offers the
following marketing/promotion programs for authors. Once your payment is
received, you will receive an immediate e-mail with instructions on your
next step. All payments for marketing programs are nonrefundable
after three (3) business days from the date the order was placed.
AFTER your
payment is made, submit your book's info here:
http://bit.ly/2TY4dpe
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Video Vroom
Marketing Program: Accelerate views of your videos
increasing public awareness of your book, film, or business venture.
Money-back guarantee if 30-day viewing target is not met.
Prices range from $129 to $299.
Click here for details.
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Black Authors Matter
TV Ad Package: Promote your book(s) via a Zoom interview live-streamed
on the National Black Book Festival's Facebook page with 92,000+ followers.
Only $179.00.
Click here for details.
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Triple Play:
Promote your book via social media,
e-mail and Cushcity's web site, all for one low rate of $159.00.
The Triple Play program includes four separate posts on social media via Facebook
and IG
(reach 90,000+), an e-blast to 200 African-American book clubs, and two
weeks on Cushcity.com's home page linked to wherever you'd like it to
go.
[ONLY $159]
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Social Media Power
Campaign:
Add more followers and fans
to your Facebook pages by utilizing our exciting new Social Media
Power Campaign. We offer the combined sphere
of influence of 92,000+ via social
media to promote your book(s). The Social Media Power Campaign
promotes your book via a sponsored ad for 30 days by posting it on our
National Black Book Festival Facebook page. Because of the large amount
of followers we have your post is guaranteed to garner at least 500
likes by the end of the 30-day campaign. [NOTE: Only ONE book
can be promoted within this program. If an author has multiple books,
each program must be ordered separately.]
[ONLY $139 for a 30-day
campaign]
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Book Club Bulletin
to 500+ Clubs: Cushcity
will customize an e-mail bulletin to 500+ African-American book clubs nationwide,
featuring your book and requesting that they consider it for one of their book selections.
Bulletin includes book image, synopsis, author's contact info (phone and e-mail),
link to author's web site and/or Facebook page.
[$150 for one-time distribution OR add $20 for
two distributions]
$170 for two distributions to
500+
Clubs
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Book Club Bulletin
to 200+ Clubs: Cushcity
will customize an e-mail bulletin to 200+ African-American book clubs nationwide,
featuring your book and requesting that they consider it for one of their book selections.
Bulletin includes book image, synopsis, author's contact info (phone and e-mail),
link to author's web site and/or Facebook page.
[$99 for one-time distribution OR add $20 for
a two-time distribution]
$119 for two distributions to
200+
Clubs
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Hot New Books:
Home page prominence for two consecutive weeks with image of your book and link to
your online destination.
Includes book cover, title, author name, price, and link. Designed for books released in the last 12 months.
[$49.00 for two
weeks]
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National Black Book Festival - Book Feature on Website - Your book will be featured on the
NBBF website's home page, front and center, for
one week. Feature includes
book cover, title, author name, and website link.
[$49.00 for one week]
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National Black Book
Festival - October 26-28, 2023 : Authors may register on the
NBBF website. The event is hosted by Cushcity.com. Visit
the Festival website for details: www.nationalblackbookfestival.com. Download the author vendor
packet here:
http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com/authors.pdf
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Book Feature - National
Black Book Festival News: This monthly e-newsletter is
distributed to over 500+ African-American book clubs 10K newsletter
subscribers and consumers, and 10,000 authors via e-mail. Your book feature includes an image of your
book, which is linked to your web site, Amazon.com page, Cushcity.com
page, or wherever you would like the link to go. [$69.00 per book per
edition]
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Featured Video of the
Week on National Black Book Festival Website: Provide a one- to five-minute
video that will be featured on the NBBF web site's home page for one
week. Video must be uploaded to YouTube. Book trailers,
interviews, performances, etc. are permitted. Cushcity.com
provides book trailer video production services, if desired. Video must be
tasteful and contain no nudity or excessive profanity. This
advertising may be scheduled to occur at any time author desires, as
long as the space is available.
[$59.00 per video for one week]
Other advertising options for the
National Black Book Festival are available online
HERE.
AFTER your
payment is made, submit your book's info here:
http://bit.ly/2TY4dpe
We are here to service your
specific needs and can design a promotional program to fit your budget.
Premium advertising space is generally sold out at least a month in advance,
so call or e-mail today to discuss your advertising needs and reserve your
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Cushcity.com offers the following video production and marketing
services:
- Business/Commercial Video Production:
Production of videos to advertise your business, event, theatre
production or musical project which range from 60 seconds to 3
minutes. Includes standard videos with a montage of images and
voice narration, as well as role play videos with two voice actors
portraying a scene. When completed, your video can automatically
be included on the Cushcity.com YouTube channel.
[Prices range from $250 to $700, depending on
production complexity]
View samples of business/commercial videos here
Cushcity.com offers the following author
video services and premium marketing
packages:
- Publicist Services:
Cushcity.com now offers publicist services through one of its
co-founders, Gwen Richardson. Gwen has a B.S. degree in marketing
from Georgetown University and 25+ years of experience with marketing
and promotion. Publicist services include:
** Serving as client's representative for media contact
** Writing/distributing press releases to appropriate media outlets
** Writing and editing web content
** Contacting media reps to arrange interviews or pitch feature story
ideas
** Book club marketing to arrange book discussions (via conference call
or in person) and increase book sales
** Book tour management for established and self-published authors
** Social media marketing
** Manuscript ghostwriting, editing and proofreading
Publicist Services are available on a customized basis and
catered to the individual client. Call toll-free at 1-800-340-5454
for additional information.
- Book Trailer Video Production:
Production of book trailer videos which range from 45 seconds to 3
minutes. Includes standard videos with a montage of images and
voice narration, as well as role play videos with two voice actors
portraying a scene. When completed, your book trailer can
automatically be included on the Cushcity.com YouTube channel.
[Prices range from $399 to $599, depending on
length of time]
View samples of book trailer videos here
View description and pricing of all book trailer video programs here
Toll-free
marketing/author services line: 1-800-340-5454
Gwen Richardson Email:
grichardson@cushcity.com
Web Site Manager, Cushcity.com, Inc.
Cushcity.com's Market Success and Track
Record
As a successful author, you know that writing and
publishing your book was just the beginning. Marketing your book and getting it in
front of the right audience can be extremely challenging--and costly. Cushcity.com,
one of the most highly trafficked African-American websites, is here to
help. We reach a worldwide audience of
African-American consumers and readers and have been in business since
December 1998. In addition, Cushcity.com:
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Sponsors the annual National
Black Book Festival in Houston, which will celebrate its 16th
anniversary in 2023.
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Was featured in Black Issues Book Review in its listing of "The Power
Behind Black Books."
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Has been featured in Essence, Ebony,
Black Enterprise and Upscale magazines, as well as in the business
section of The New York Times. Cushcity.com was also featured in a national
radio and print ad campaign by the U.S. Postal Service for its success as a growing
e-commerce enterprise.
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Reaches an affluent African-American audience online
that is 65% female, 66% college educated and with an average household income of $50,000+,
AND best of all:
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Cushcity.com has a variety of promotional programs
that fit almost any budget. Our ad rates start at ONLY $49, depending upon the
program you select.
Here are testimonials from satisfied
authors:
"Having written four books, and done extensive internet
marketing for all of my titles, Ms. Richardson and the Cushcity
family provides REAL top notch Internet marketing and I am a
witness that they deliver what they promise. Thank you Cushcity."
--Jihad, Author of Street Life, Baby Girl, Riding Rhythm
and MVP
"It is both wonderful and effective to
use Cushcity.com to advertise!! On February 22 of this year my book
Dark Things was ranked number 915,012 on Amazon. BUT
after my wife and I advertised our book with you, it rose up to the
ranking of 141,160!! That's AWESOME! Thanks for your
true professionalism and all you do."
--David Humphreys, Author of Dark Things
"As a new author, you can spend hundreds
of dollars in travel, hotel and food doing book tours. You may
sell out of books, but you've still spent more in expenses than you
took in. You were better off taking out a $500 marketing
program with Cushcity.com for a month. . .I have learned that I generated more
sales and got the word out on my book better by ad placing versus
traveling all over town."
--Joylynn Jossel (a/k/a E.N. Joy), Author of
One Sunday At a Time and More Than I Can Bear
For more information about
Cushcity.com and its co-founders, visit the following web links:
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