• Requesting a review for your book is one of the most productive marketing tools to promote your book that you can find. The legitimacy that comes with a good review can do wonders for your sales, so it’s definitely worth making an effort and tracking down some of these online reviewers (bloggers, instagrammers etc.), contacting them and asking them for a favor.
• Below we leave you 7 tips that will undoubtedly allow you to request a review successfully:

·     Do your research before requesting a review?

• I don’t like indiscriminate bombardment, there are authors who send messages massively to random accounts that they don’t even follow, they don’t know what the content of their profile is, for me the minimum is that they have stopped for a minute to analyze my account and See if it fits your profile. – Maria, Out of pure vice
• I think that authors should take some time and investigate the profiles from which they request reviews, since it is not good to send the same thing to everyone, much less if that profile is not in the least interested in the genre of your book. – Kathy, Sweet Readers
• Many of these bloggers will be so busy that they may decide not to accept any more requests, and this will probably be clearly stated on their various websites. They will most certainly also include specifications about what you should include in your application (drafts, covers, publication date, etc.). Checking all of this before you start memoir ghostwriters will save you a lot of time and a lot of hassle.

·      Customize your review request

• I just ask that the writer be respectful and not make it obvious that the request is a copy and paste, that the author has at least bothered to put my name in the message and see what I read. – Rocio, Rociombouzon
• Whatever you do, never forget that there is a person behind that blog or book account. As such, basic manners and some recognition usually have good results. The idea is this: you are going to ask a stranger to do you a favor, so all you have to do is find out her name and use it when you write the request. This indicates that you respect and value their work enough to have at least skimmed their platform.
• If the reviewer in question uses an alias and you can’t find their name anywhere, then you can use that alias for the first approach.

·      Plan everything in advance

• The deadline that an author gives me to prepare the review of his book is decisive; since maybe at the moment he offers it to me it is not possible because I have other collaborations. Therefore, if he gives me a long deadline, he is usually more likely to say yes. – Rocio, Rociombouzon
• If you’ve put together a long-term marketing strategy for your book (which we highly recommend), then you probably already have the ideal time when you want the review to be published, whether that’s right before the book’s publication to give something advertising, or right after so that people can buy it after reading the review. Whatever your marketing strategy, it’s best to contact the reviewer early. As we mentioned before, book bloggers generally have a tight schedule, so if this review is an essential step in your marketing plan, we recommend you hurry up a bit.

·      Include all the necessary information (and present it clearly!)

• Generally, I only get by with the synopsis and the cover of the book, but a first chapter never hurts to get to know the author’s prose in more depth before diving into reading and committing to a review. – Kathy, Sweet Readers
• Put your writing skills into practice and make reading your email as pleasant as the structures and formatting of the text allow. Adding a little personality when requesting a review is a trick that usually works quite well.

·      No is No

• Many times people insist on me when my answer is no. With that they only get negative opinions about them, bloggers and Bookstagramers talk to each other about these things. – Rocio, Rociombouzon
• If when you request a review, it is rejected, accept it and move on. Even if there is no reason, comment, response or other clear evidence for the rejection of your request.

·      This would be it!

• We hope this article has provided you with some clarification on how to approach these book bloggers or Instagrammers to request a review. If you have tried to get one without success, perhaps you can find some clues on how to increase your Book Marketing Services by reading this article.  Just remember to do your research before submitting any requests, respect their different rules and timing, and try to make your request stand out as much as you can.