Guest Expert: Breana Orland The face in Facebook has changed dramatically over the last five years. No longer is it a meeting ground for fresh-faced college students. Facebook has become a one-stop virtual home for friends, families and businesses to inform and learn about life outside the confines of the World Wide Web. This change […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Mary Muhammad
Ms. Muhammad is an award winning author of poetry and prose. She is the author of two children books, one being a tool to help parents discuss the issue of sexual abuse with their children and the other a chapter book of short stories filled with adventure. She has also her first young adult novel […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Ten Ways to Sell Books On Amazon
Guest Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson Know this: I hate talking about book sales for a whole lot of reasons. The thing is today I have to talk about them because I want to to talk about Amazon ratings and I can’t talke about them without talking about selling books. You may be asking why I don’t […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Cristyn West – Author of ‘Plain Jane’
Cristyn West describes herself as, “I find catching serial killers (on paper of course), well… fun. Do you really need to know anything more about me? Ok, fine, I am also a veterinarian (for real, not just in my own head like the serial killer thing) and I find the thought of having a romance […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: How Faithful Are Your Social Media Followers?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva It’s so easy to click that Unfollow or Unfriend button. We work hard to connect with our niche on social media, so once we gain them how do we turn those followers into faithful followers who stay, and who will probably buy at some point. I can tell you in one […]
Book Marketing Mondays: Promote Your Book with Facebook Groups
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith Facebook groups are a great place to meet people who share your interests and to subtly promote your book. For maximum exposure, join existing groups and start your own Facebook group. To find groups to join, enter keywords in the Facebook search box. When the search results come up, click […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Frank S. Adamo
Frank S. Adamo is a life coach, certified career transition coach, international trainer and instructor, a published author of “31 Tips to Becoming an Effective Presenter” and a contributor to the books “Discover your Inner Strength” with Brian Tracy, Ken Blanchard and Stephen Covey and “Yes You Can!” with Jim Rohn and Dr. Warren Bennis. […]
How to Market Your Book Like Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga has become a music superstar in scarcely a year. She has 3 million followers on Twitter and more than 5.6 million fans on Facebook. While many in the industry write her off as being a little too garish, industry veterans such as Simon Dumenco comment that “Lady Gaga understands viral marketing better than […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Social Networks
Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri “I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said: ‘Outlook not so good’. I said: ‘Sure, but Microsoft ships it anyway’.” Author Unknown These days, you can’t go into a coffee shop, bookstore, or turn on your television without hearing about social networks like Facebook, and Squidoo. These […]
An Awesome List of Freelance Book Publicists
Yen who runs a website called “The Book Publicity Blog” has put up an excellent list of freelance book publicists. While the post is not exactly new, the information is still extremely useful. You can access the list here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p6VporhrtSRVwqIdyt-XeCw A special thanks to Yen for her generosity.
Book Marketing Mondays: Blogging – The BEST Post
Guest Expert: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen Compare writing the best post to an elevator pitch—amazing content with impressive presentation in concise format. Cyberspace is filled with competitive blogs. Attracting viewers and increasing traffic to your site can be challenging….but, it doesn’t have to be. You can *conquer all obstacles*…increase the traffic….plus, have many of these initial viewers […]