How Authors Can Reach the Majority of Readers FREE
Posted on August 17, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, online promotion, sell books | Leave a Comment
If you are an author of a book, writing a book now, or hope to write a book someday, here are some important statistics for you from Mert Erkal and the Internet Business Blog Search for Blogging site
Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
Over 57 million [...]
Understanding YouTube and Participatory Media
Posted on August 9, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, online promotion, social media | Leave a Comment
YouTube gets thousands of videos everyday and while many are awful.. we are drawn to watch them.
What draws people to the social media? What makes an average person become a producer?
And, how do you get over the odd feeling of talking to a camera alone to share your thoughts, promote your book and connect with [...]
Media Moves Faster to Promote Authors Who Know How To Connect Online
Posted on July 22, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, media publicity, online promotion | 2 Comments
I just read Guy Kawasaki’s post:
How to Change the World: The Wall Street Journal Lesson
Great lesson for authors who want to get media coverage for their books.
You’ve probably taken a class, or listened to a teleseminar where you are told “how the media works”
Guy sets us straight, talks about how he learned something new.. and [...]
Be the Authority: Interview Authors on Your Own Blog or Show
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, media publicity, social media | 2 Comments
I just completed an interview with TT “Mitch” Mitchell for Mitch’s Blog
Reminded me that it was time to talk to you about this easy way to gain access to authors and personalities that can add credibility to you and your book or message.
Mitch is a friend on Facebook and we’ve been talking about buidling our [...]
Does Your Book Get the Attention the Author Deserves?
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, internet training, networking, online promotion | 1 Comment
We live in an attention economy today. There is no doubt about it.. so much information, you’ll never keep up.
For your book to stand out, you need to do something more than YELL THE LOUDEST.. no, yelling usually doesn’t work and is annoying.
The secret is.. we all really want more information. There are readers out there [...]
How Can An Author Find Time To Build A Netork of Authors and Readers Online
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, networking, online promotion | 4 Comments
By now, you have seen the power of social media marketing for authors to attract new readers, sell your books and build a launch promotion to make you a best seller online
There are many networks you need to join, accounts you need to create and update and then the myriad of relationships to keep track [...]
Authors Join the Network for Network To Find New Readers and Sell Books
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, networking, online promotion | 1 Comment
Author Alexis Martin Neely is no ordinary lawyer in a pinstriped suit
Her specialty is Family Law, where she uses her unique style to eductate and entertain while getting serious matters taken care of for America’s families.
So it was no surprise that Alexis chose to call her book Wear Clean Underwear: A Fast, Fun, Friendly [...]
Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal
Posted on April 6, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, write a book | 2 Comments
We see more and more stories about blogging with a paragraph like this:
Random House announces that it has purchased the rights to a book by
the blog’s founder, Christian Lander, an Internet copy writer. The
price, according to a source familiar with the deal but not authorized
to discuss the total, was about $300,000, a sum that many [...]
How To Write Blog Posts
Posted on April 2, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, write a book | 2 Comments
Authors who have no trouble writing a book ask me how to structure a blog post, what to say in a comment.
I personally just start writing (and my critics will tell you, I tend to ramble).
But Chris Brogran usually turns out some of the most readable and useful content on the net.. so let’s read [...]
Beef Up Your Book Promotion With Help From Bloggers
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under blogging, book marketing, sell books, social media | Leave a Comment
We’ve been watching the trends towards using the social media (blogs, podcasts, and online networking sites) to launch and promote you and your book.
Now Rohit Bhargava ups the ante with the promotion of his new book Personality Not Included
Rohit put out a call to bloggers and got 57 blog interviews for his launch today
As an [...]
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