My Very First Book Trailer!

I consider myself fairly tech savvy. But when it comes to social media and promoting my books? Not so much. 

Recently I watched a webinar on some of the more advanced things you can do on Canva. I’ve been using Canva for awhile and love it. It’s easy to make graphics for social media and my website. But I’d hadn’t ventured beyond that. 

Until now. 

Being with my husband on one of his business trips afforded me a little more “extra” time than usual after I’d finished my must do’s for the day. I thought I’d use that time to play around with Canva, especially to experiment with the video options. One of the authors on the webinar had gone through the basics of how she created a book trailer—all in Canva. 

Honestly, I didn’t think I could do it. I didn’t think I’d be able to find the images I wanted or distill my story down to a few slides or add music—all so it didn’t feel at least too amatuerish. And I thought it would take forever. 

Boy was I wrong! In less than two hours I was practically jumping up and down and showing my husband what I’d created. I could tell by the look on his face he was skeptical. But after he watched it? His tune changed. 

I sent it to a couple of writer friends and got more encouragement. And so I decided to debut it for all of you! 

I’d love to hear your thoughts—even if you see something I could do better! 🙂 

Do you like these kinds of book trailers? Do they help you decide what books you want to read?