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Roses are red, violets are blue?I can finish this poem, I bet you can, too!???

April is National Poetry Month and a perfect time to market a poetry book or even write one of your own if you haven?t already.? Once you have published your volume of poetry, these 5 tips can help you effectively market it:

Know your audience. Understand who your readers are and where they are. Find ways to connect with your target readers.?
Create a website. Create your own professional website for your work. Include samples of your poetry ?and your biography. Creating a blog helps to move you up in the search engine rankings.
Enter poetry contests. Submit your work to various contests locally, regionally and even nationally. Winning, or even simply entering, contests draws attention to you and to your work. If possible, include your biography and your website.
Promote on social media outlets. The best way to spread the news about your poetry and you as a writer is through social media. Join poetry and writing groups through Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Engage in poetry forums. Join a poetry forum or poetry related website to share your work with other poets and writers. Be sure to engage others and invite them to participate in your poetry. Any time you post, be sure to include your website address.

Keep in mind that there are many ways to promote and market your book. These are only a few of the effective areas. Celebrate National Poetry Month in April and start writing!

Poetry is a great way to inspire images through spoken word in the minds of the readers.?Do you want to publish a beautiful, high-quality, professionally-formatted volume of poetry? Outskirts Press offers an exclusive Poetry Formatting Kit, which is the fastest, easiest way to literally ?cut?n'paste? your poetry into a pre-formatted document that is already formatted and ready for printing!

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