BONUS workshop! "Who’s Listening to You? Effective Online Marketing" by Kathleen Ortiz - Thursday evening, 7 - 9 p.m.
Description: From evaluating web site traffic, discussing effective blogging methods, and deciphering the ‘creepy’ term known as branding, this course taught by literary agent Kathleen Ortiz of Lowenstein Associates will cover a variety of online marketing topics so attendees can analyze their current online presence, uncover who their current audience is, who their target audience should be, and what they can do to make it more effective.
Cost: $45. Register here.
Faculty:
Jenny Bent (The Bent Agency) • Paul Cirone (Molly Friedrich Agency) • Jennifer DiChiara (The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency) • Stephany Evans (FinePrint Literary Management) • Molly Jaffa (Folio Literary Management) • Natanya Wheeler (Nancy Yost Literary Agency) • Lois Winston (Ashley Grayson Literary Agency) • Kathleen Ortiz (Lowenstein Associates) • Michelle Brower (Folio Literary Management) • Rebecca Strauss (McIntosh & Otis, Inc.) • Kirsten Neuhaus (Kirsten Neuhaus Literary) • Alexandra Machinist (Linda Chester Literary Agency) • Jason Allen Ashlock (Movable Type Literary Group) • Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary) • Suzie Townsend (FinePrint Literary Management) • Tamar Rydzinski (The Laura Dail Literary Agency) • Diana Fox (Fox Literary Agency) • Emmanuelle Alspaugh (Judith Ehrlich Literary Management) • Alanna Ramirez (Trident Media Group) • Brandi Bowles (Foundry Literary + Media) and more to come!
"The Fall 2009 Backspace Agent-Author Seminar was the most phenomenal conference I have ever attended. I was a winner of the previous scholarship contest, and I now have representation.
While I was there, I was impressed with the amount of personal and individual attention every attendee received on both query letters and opening pages. It's one thing to have someone try to explain what should go into queries and opening pages. It's another thing entirely to have professionals break down YOUR query and pages and tell you exactly what's wrong and right about them.
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I recommend this conference to all my writer friends and suggest they attend if they possibly can, whether they win a scholarship or not." -- Lisa Iriarte
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