One quick announcement before we begin. I just launched the presale of my new video e-book called, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests. The book ships March 1st, but you can preorder it this month for substantial saving. Check it out and enjoy a couple of videos I made available for you to watch for free right now.
Well, my vacation from blogging and my internet work is over. That means I am back in the swing of things. Since it's Friday, that means that it's time for out trip around the net to see some of the best book marketing articles out there. I was just told that I have to make a snowman, so let's get started!
1. The Art of Retweeting- Phyllis Zimbler Miller has a site up devoted to helping businesses tap into the power of Twitter called Twitter And Your Website. In The Art Of Retweeting, she gives great advice on retweeting messages. She gives some great thoughts on Twitter's official retweet function that you will want to read.
2. What the Heck is Twitter and Why Should You Care?- With all the Twitter talk out there, it can be rather intimidating for people who just haven't brought themselves up to speed on it. Dana Lynn Smith breaks it down for you in an easy to understand way.
3. How To Launch A Book With No Traditional Media Like Seth Godin- Joanna Penn takes a page from Seth to show you how you can launch your book the guerrilla way.
4. What Do You Talk About On Your Blog If You Write Fiction?- Carolyn Howard-Johnson gives some great advice for anyone who writes fiction and has a blog. Having problems knowing what to include in your blog? Take a look at what she says.
5. Locate new profit ideas by exploring how other authors leverage their books to back-end profits- Roger C. Parker gives some sound advice when it comes to finding ways to make more money as an author. As an added bonus, check out Roger's guest post he did for Marketing Tips For Authors this week: Choose The Right Designer To Set Up Your Author Platform
6. Enthusiasm a Must for Today's Authors- Telling it like it is, Angela Wilson gets to the core issue of success for authors. Do you have what it takes to be successful at selling your book?
7. Selling Your Books In Bulk- Dream of selling your books more than one at a time? Penny Sansevieri tells you how you can.
8. Learn How to Properly Format an E-Book (free class!)- Jane Friedman shares how you can take a free class called eBook 101: Designing for Kindle and ePub. This webinar is on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 1pm EST, so if you are interested in it, check it out now and register today.
9. What's YOUR Top Question? Ask our Experts!- In a little over a week, you will have a great opportunity to access a huge panel of book marketing experts (including yours truly). This opportunity is brought to you by Lynn Serafinn. It will be hard to find this many experts gathered in one place, so make sure you check it out.
10. How to Be Found- Sandra Beckwith goes to the heart of every marketer's question. Her advice may have you rethinking your strategies.
BONUS: The Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon- Many of you may have heard of Dr. Mani already. He is a doctor and an author who sells his books to raise money for kids with congenital heart defects. This Valentine's Day, he is having a "Tweetathon" to bring awareness to his work. Dr. Mani has a link for you to make donations, but you can also show your suppport just by following him and sending out a Tweet during this Tweetathon. There is a wonderful Fast Company article written about his selfless work. He is even giving away a copy of my new video e-book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests, for a lucky follower of his on Sunday.
That's it for this week. Enjoy your weekend! I'm about to bundle up and take off to make Frosty. There are some things I don't miss about the winters in Indy... The snow is definitely one of them...
3 comments:
Good links as always!
Have a great Valentine's Day, Tony.
Hi Tony .. that list is really helpful and I know at some stage I'll be back to check each of the sites out. It's just so kind of you to give us a summary and some ideas for us to tap into .. great and thanks .. and
did you enjoy the sledding with the kids????
Bye - Hilary
Hey Hilary,
I sure did! We found the only hill in Forney, Texas and had fun sledding with a few families. It was odd seeing my 3 year old twin boys walking waist deep through the snow- in Texas! I hope thew are oold enough to remember some of it.
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