School marketing e-books by Bryan Foster are now available from Amazon.com

These school marketing e-books may be applied across numerous marketing situations in so many fields. The schools, parish and church are the target niche market for these books.

On Amazon.com there is the option to download in virtually any format for whatever device you want to read the e-books on... whether PC, Mac, ipad, ipod, Blackberry etc,. All you need is the free reading app supplied by Amazon.com applicable to your device. You also have the option to use an Amazon Kindle reading device when purchasing e-books.

"Your purchase will be sent automatically to your iPhone, PC, Mac, iPad, or BlackBerry device." (Amazon.com)

Amazon.com Bryan Foster is where you will find Bryan's 5 marketing e-books.

The author has 20 years experience marketing within the Church. He has held senior positions in both Church and schools at the local area, including deanery and parish pastoral council chair and school principal. This experience has proved to be extremely valuable for compiling these easy to read and use e-books written in summarized point format.

Bryan's latest e-books published this year and available on Amazon are:

• School Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (3rd ed)
• School and Church Marketing Blog Posts: My First 100+
• Church Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (2nd ed)

These e-books are also available on both of Bryan Foster's websites:  CPM Church Parish Marketing and SMA School Marketing .

Both these websites also have a raft of complimentary strategies and examples. There are over 150 blog posts and numerous Hints and Tips on everything from general marketing principles to specific church and school strategies and examples, along with general 'life' themed blog posts.

The School Marketing Manual in normal pdf format is 369 A4 pages, while the Church Marketing Manual in pdf format has 329 A4 pages. Both are written in easy to read summarized points format - a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips.



The 'Amazon.com Sells the School Marketing e-Books by Bryan Foster' blog post was written by Bryan Foster, author of School Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (3rd ed), 2010 - a 369 A4 page e-book written in summarized point form containing an exceptional number of strategies and step-by-step guidance on how to market your school, with copyright remaining with SMAPL.

How often have you thought of writing your own school book - that is right - being an AUTHOR of your OWN work, which schools or students could use!? I would imagine that most teachers and school administrators have at some time in their lives had this wonderful thought. The only problem is that most of these people did not go the next step - BEGIN THE WRITING TASK. And what a task it is!!! But well worth it - take it from me - extremely rewarding!!!

Yes, the Beginning!!!

I found the most difficult step was actually BEGINNING! That's 'write' - actually putting pen to paper - well not really - actually putting finger to key board!

In my case I got to the point where I knew I had something beneficial to offer others and that the time was now right.

I locked away a four week block of time - moved to a quiet island near my residence and reflected and reflected and reflected...

• put pen to paper for basic introductions and outlines
• did drawings and sketches which would hopefully help the process
• exercised
• paddled my surf ski through mangroves and observed turtles and sea hawks - day after day until I realized the theme I had planned on was not to be.
• My book of reflections and retreats would have to wait another day!

But No - There is More

But! When I sat down to my computer that night after realizing that it was probably all over, and that this whole experience was going to be either a waste of time or just a fantastic quiet holiday, another theme surfaced.

And before I really grasped the significance of this new direction, I had actually written almost a chapter on this new theme, over the first couple of days of this new session. From then on, as they say, the rest is history.

The first book was a hardcopy. It was written in two major sessions - the first three week block on the island, followed by over a year's break and then a four week Christmas holiday break. All up the final edition took eight weeks of intense work, spread over a fifteen month period. This was followed by another couple of weeks of proof-reading, final editing and deciding how best to market and sell the book.

The e-Book was Born

I eventually decided to change my hardcopy book into an e-book. I believed that this was the easiest and cheapest way to enter the world of the author! Since placing my first e-book online, I now realize that there are a variety of ways to sell e-books, each with varying costs, benefits and disadvantages.

The commercial online e-book store on the internet is still developing and is the new and probably best approach. It will in some cases allow for both the sale of the e-book and of the creation and then sale of this as a hardcopy through their online store - a double whammy! This is my main avenue now, which is combined with my own professional website.

The Challenge, Time, Sweat - Worth It!!!

Writing your own book or e-book needs dedication and commitment - no need to be put off by the challenge though. My marketing e-books are proof that it is possible! I am no different to anyone else.

I took the challenge, locked in the time and energy needed and went for it. Twenty-five weeks over three years and 6 books later, I am a very contented author, e-publisher and e-book seller.

You may also like to read the Write Your Own Book or e-Book and Get it Sold - the How to for Schools blog post for further information.

The 'How to Write an e-Book Yourself - Yes You Can - My Experience Writing 5 Quality e-Books' blog post was written by Bryan Foster, author of School Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (3rd ed), 2010 - a 369 A4 page e-book written in summarized point form containing an exceptional number of strategies and step-by-step guidance on how to market your school.

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The 'SMA: School Marketing Website Now Joins Forces with Yahoo Small Business, Create Space, GoDaddy and Print Place' blog post was written by Bryan Foster, author of School Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (3rd ed), 2010. This 369 A4 page e-book is written in summarized point form and contains an exceptional number of strategies and step-by-step guidance on how to market your school.

Knowing how to write a school marketing plan will assist your school in becoming more widely known for what it offers the community, along with its successes, etc, which should lead to better enrolments.

Each School Marketing Plan should be based on 7 Key Strategies:

1. Define what you have to offer
2. Define your target group
3. Budget
4. Personnel and Talents
5. Develop Marketing Aims and Objectives
6. Marketing Strategies
7. Evaluation

Sample School Marketing Plan

1. Define what you have to offer
• vision and mission, personnel, basic underlying content and structures within the school, curriculum offered, pastoral and welfare support programs, facilities, extra curricula activities, etc
• specific demographics targeted e.g. ages and groups catered for - coeducational or single gender, etc, and their particular niche market
• future plans - programs, staffing, facilities, etc

2. Define your target group
• through various data, including surveys, observations, experience, gifts and talents available / needed
• proximity to / involvement with similar and / or churches and parishes
• any expansion - programs, facilities, staffing

3. Budget
• realistically support this marketing plan
• be flexible and open to growth and change as the needs arise
• continually develop over time through needs and experiences

4. Personnel and Talents available - including School Marketing Manager

5. Develop Marketing Aims and Objectives - from previous information

6. Marketing Strategies
• Marketing Relationships
• Marketing Resources (including branding, advertising)
• Media Use
- Internet and other Contemporary methods
- Both for Free (Media Releases / Editorial, etc) and for
- Fee (Advertising)

7. Evaluation
• The plan should be evaluated at least yearly and appropriate adjustments made for the following year.
• Changes may need to be made throughout the year depending on changing circumstances.



The 'How to Write a School Marketing Plan' blog post was written by Bryan Foster, author of the School Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (3rd ed) 2010 - a 369 A4 page ebook, as well as the Church Marketing Manual for the Digital Age (2nd ed) 2010 - a 329 A4 page ebook, both are simple to read summarized point format ebooks, while the Copyright remains with SMAPL