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Jim Got Me to Tell My Secrets to His Listeners

I’m getting many interview requests as author of Twitter Revolution, but still find time to help authors market their books. Jim Kukral has become a good friend over the past few months. He’s a blogging and social media genius and wanted to know more about my Book Marketing Strategy course So I gave him carte [...]

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How Authors Can Reach the Majority of Readers FREE

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. [...]

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Understanding YouTube and Participatory Media

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 [...]

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Media Moves Faster to Promote Authors Who Know How To Connect Online

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 [...]

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Be the Authority: Interview Authors on Your Own Blog or Show

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 [...]

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Does Your Book Get the Attention the Author Deserves?

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 [...]

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How Can An Author Find Time To Build A Netork of Authors and Readers Online

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 [...]

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Authors Join the Network for Network To Find New Readers and Sell Books

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, [...]

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Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal

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, [...]

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How To Write Blog Posts

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 [...]

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