Sunday, April 26, 2009

Blogger Challenge, Shama, Jeremy, and Google Analytics Videos

This is a non-traditional post for Marketing Tips For Authors. Normally, I post Monday through Fridays, but I am particularly excited about the upcoming week and I want to give you a preview of what's coming. I also want to share with you a blogger challenge that I finally decided to take and I encourage you to take it too. So, here's what's got me all excited that motivated me to share this post with you.

1. Darren Rowse of ProBlogger fame, issued the 31 day challenge for bloggers to build a better blog. Each day, he gave tips on how to make your blog better and then ended with the days challenge. I have been reading, watching, and even acting on some tips. He is now on day 21 of the challenge, and this day's tip pushed me over the edge and caused me to officially sign up for the challenge.

Instead of going back through the last 21 posts, Darren has it set up so that when you sign up, he will send you each day's challenge, starting at Day 1, one at a time. That way, you can start this challenge anytime you want. Currently, close to 12,000 bloggers are enrolled in this free challenge. You can visit his 31 Days To Building A Better Blog sign up page to enroll now. Oh, what was the post topic that finally pushed me to sign up for the challenge? Breathe Life Into an Old Post [Day 21 - 31DBBB]- This is one of the best advice pieces I have read on blogging.

2. I am also excited to be reviewing/telling you more about a great resource called The Zen of Social Media Marketing, a marketing e-book by Shama Hyder, owner of Click To Client. This is a great book that has valuable insights and very practical advice on Social Media Marketing. I have had many people ask me to review their books, but so far, I have been able to reserve Wednesday's for reviews I have proactively initiated because I found a resource I wanted to share with you. This is one of those books, so mark your calendar for Wednesday to read more about Shama's book.

3. In my effort to bring you the best authors and professional book marketers as guest writers on Tuesday, I quickly found myself scheduled over three months out and had the luxury of slowing the rate I found new experts and authors to introduce to you. But this Tuesday, I have one of my personal author heroes, Jeremy Robinson, who will give you a few words on book marketing. Jeremy has the record for having the biggest best selling novel at Lulu.com. Since then, Jeremy has created his own publishing company and has inked two book deals with traditional publishers, Variance Publishing and Thomas Dunne Books. This is just the tip of the iceberg for this prolific writer. Mark your calendars for this Tuesday to hear what Jeremy has to say.

4. I have totally rerecorded my training videos on Google Analytics and will be releasing them for my Weekly Video Marketing Tips For Authors newsletter subscribers. The newsletter is free to join, so sign up today to watch the Google Analytics training training tomorrow. You will also have access to over 45 minutes of free video book marketing training as soon as you join.

5. Finally, we are a week away from the serial release of my award winning action-adventure novel, The Samson Effect. I encourage you to participate in this event and engage in the ongoing conversations as I release the novel a chapter at a time each Monday.

This is not a complete list of everything planned this week, but hopefully you have read some things that have you excited. This is definitely one of the most exciting weeks to me.

Tony Eldridge

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