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27 May

Join ABA’s Upcoming Marketing, Technology Meetups

The June 4 Marketing Meetup will look at customer retention, while the June 11 Technology Meetup will feature a bookseller who has created a chatbot to take e-commerce orders.

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27 May

Author Isaac Fitzgerald to Present Keynote at Virtual Children’s Institute

Fitzgerald is the indie bookstore champion who hosted a young adult tweet-a-thon and produced a YouTube video to urge support of #SaveIndieBookstores during the COVID-19 crisis.

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27 May
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A Look at Fundraising Platforms for Small Businesses

Booksellers should be aware of costs and fees associated with running a campaign, built-in tools each service offers, available reports and analytics, and more.

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20 May

Virtual Children’s Institute Scheduled for July 15–16

The event is open to all ABA member booksellers. Watch upcoming issues of Bookselling This Week for details about programming and links to participate.

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20 May
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How to Avoid Copyright Infringement on Your Website

As bookstores around the country shift their focus to online sales due to the coronavirus outbreak, avoiding copyright infringement is becoming an increasing concern.

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20 May

Technology Meetup Recap: New Ways of Doing Business

Guest speakers covered shipping services, map routing services, scheduling services, and QR codes. 

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19 May

June 4 Marketing Meetup to Look at Customer Retention

Jordan Brannon and Cass Cross of Coalition Technologies will return to discuss how to maximize the value of each new visitor to your site through social media marketing, retargeting, paid advertising, and more. 

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13 May

Marketing Meetup Recap: Retaining New Customers

Guest speaker Jordan Brannon of Coalition Technologies shared best practices for communication and other ways booksellers can retain new customers. 

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13 May
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Is Your Website ADA Compliant?

As bookstores around the country shift their focus to online sales due to the coronavirus outbreak, web accessibility, or ADA compliance, has become increasingly important. 

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12 May

Join a Technology Meetup on Tools for New Ways of Business

The May 14 Technology Meetup will look at services and tools that are helping booksellers manage new ways of doing business.

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06 May

Join ABA Meetups on Retaining New Customers, Tools for New Ways of Business

The May 7 Marketing Meetup will help booksellers come up with strategies for retaining new customers as online sales increase; the May 14 Technology Meetup will look at services and tools that are helping booksellers manage new ways of doing business.

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05 May
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Marketing Meetup Recap: Virtual Events, Part III

Representatives from Penguin Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Macmillan, and Hachette Book Group discussed virtual events. 

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29 Apr

SIBA to Host Webinar on the Future of Independent Bookstores

Booksellers from all regions are invited to attend the webinar, during which they will hear from the CEO and management team of Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, California.

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29 Apr
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April 30 Marketing Meetup on Virtual Events to Feature Publisher Panelists

Publisher panelists will share what online platforms they are using and the types of events being held, tips and best practices, whether to ticket or offer free events, and how they work with bookstores and the platforms they are using.

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28 Apr
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Marketing Meetup Recap: Hosting Virtual Events, Part II

The guest speakers discussed Sqweee, Crowdcast, Facebook Live, and Streamyard. 

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