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What is a Virtual Book Tour?

Opening Windows is a marketing company that specializes in giving authors the audience their books deserve.  Not only do our authors gain world wide attention, but they do this while saving money, time and energy. Why get into a bout of "if only I could sell this book" when Opening Windows knows you can! Let us briefly explain how.

A virtual book tour is the journey an author takes when they decide to market their book to the on-line global community that is the World Wide Web. Taking this modern approach towards marketing is moving with the trends to which the business world is turning. Not only will it save in costs that typically pile up in traveling expenses, you will save a tremendous amount of time working with a schedule that best suits you, all while reaching not just your local community, but those far and near. Best of all, with the help of Opening Windows’ diligent research the audiences you reach on-line will be geared specifically towards your book’s target audiences.  

Through reasonable price plans, a devotion to deadlines and an unstoppable eagerness to serve, Opening Windows can help transform the way that you look at the power of the internet by managing your next virtual book tour.

Just a Few of the Services You Can Expect With Opening Windows

  • Home Base Management - We make sure that your prospective reader/buyer knows exactly where to go to learn more about your book, and perhaps more importantly, where they can buy a copy for themselves.
  • Press Releases and Social Media Accounts - Sure, you're no stranger to the press release, but have you discovered all that joining social media sites like Twitter and Facebook can do to boost your  readership?
  • Market Research - Before your virtual book tour even gets started, we do our homework to make sure that every tour stop it's about to make is worth your time and energy.
  • Tour Stop Management - It goes without saying that Opening Windows will be the number one contact between you and your tour guides. From first contact to wrap-up we're here to handle the details and make all of the arrangements so you don't have to. 
  • Wrap-Up - What good is a virtual book tour without results? We not only help you track sales, we also track on-line traffic, readership and of course, complete the many  thank-you's that both your readers and tour hosts deserve. 
  • Book Give-Away - Certainly not expected, but definitely worth the extra work, a book give-away is an excellent way to encourage readers to follow your tour along its adventure.