What authors can learn from car salesmen

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  1. "This car could really use a new owner."
  2. "I am in desperate need of a buyer for this car."
  3. "I know that you drive a Honda, so I thought you might like to buy my Honda."


Can you imagine a car sales man saying any of these things? 

Probably not.

Therefore, avoid phrases like
  1. "My book could really use a more reviews."
  2. "I am in desperate need of reviews for my book."
  3. "I know that you read ...xyz... (book title), so I thought you might like to read my book which is similar. 


 Car salesmen say things like,
  1.  "... 6-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the Audi R8 as "the best handling road car today"
  2.  "... This Ford Mustang's design characteristics include a fastback profile and a lower-set grille..." 
  3.  "... This 1967 Thunderbird Apollo's features include writing tables (for rear seats) and rear seat reading lamps..."

Be as specific as car salesmen are.  

What are your book's best "features?"

Please comment in the comment section. 

Think like a car salesman before you post!

Feel free to mention your book title. 
Please do not post a link because if blog readers do that I have to delete the blog.- I write #NakedBooks; hence you can believe that I do what I say. 

~*~



Gisela Hausmann dares to write what others' won't say or don't know. Her work has been featured in regional, national, and international publications including Success magazine and Entrepreneur, and on Bloomberg's podcast "Decrypted."

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    1. Gisela HausmannJuly 21, 2017 at 6:33 PM

      Awesome... I love the phrase "Described as 'brilliant, exceptional and original" topped with more suspense when you say "... though it's all one big misunderstanding." - Very cool

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  3. Toi ThomasJuly 21, 2017 at 3:27 PM

    Was logging with the wrong account. Let’s try this again.
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    1. Gisela HausmannJuly 21, 2017 at 6:35 PM

      Equally awesome "... Beauty and the Beast meets Jekyll and Hyde with a biblical twist. .." - That's what we need. People ask me all the time, "Do you want to read MY book?" - That doesn't say anything.
      Beauty and the Beast meets Jekyll and Hyde with a biblical twist. .." does.

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    I'm starting to describe my epic fantasy series with these words "George R.R. Martin may kill his characters but I do it better..." because I've done some rather ingenious "character killing" in my series The Wolf Riders of Keldarra. Especially at the start of Book 3 of the series. :-)

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