Marketing Tips Around The Net: April 2nd

It's Friday and that means it's time for us to meander down the old paths of the internet as we look at posts from other book marketers. So sit back and relax with your favorite warm beverage and enjoy the lessons brought to us by some fine authors.

Before we get started on our weekly journey, I have a couple of quick items for you to consider. 1st, if you have not had a chance to sign up for my free Video Tips For Authors Newsletter, I encourage you to do so now. Not only can you preview a tip before signing up, but when you do sign up, you get over 45 minutes of instant video tips as my way of thanking you for signing up.

Also, check out my newest release, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests. Here is just some of what others are saying about it:

Tony takes you on a pre-launch to follow-up journey that even the most techno-phobic author or business owner can use to maximize their social media marketing- Roger C. Parker

If you'd like to boost your Twitter followers, I highly recommend Conducting Effective Twitter Contests- Dana Lynn Smith

Tony covers topics that go beyond basic contest running to topics such as protecting your Twitter relationships and everything in between. I haven't seen anything like this information- Phyllis Zimbler Miller

If you want to run a Twitter-based contest, read this first and avoid the sandtraps and cliff edges- Shel Horowitz

I've just gone through Tony Eldridge’s Conducting Twitter Contests and first reaction; Wow!... Saying his course is about Twitter Contests would be limiting it! The course has nuggets of information that will benefit your outcome of twitter even without conducting a contest- BookBuzzr Review

You can get your copy of Conducting Effective Twitter Contests today. Now, on to our tour...

1. Brand New Category: Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips- BookBuzzr is starting a new book marketing section of their blog. You will want to definitely put this on your radar.

2. Tips for Domain Transfers- When the time comes that you need to consider transferring your domain, Angela Wilson gives some tips that will keep you from getting a massive headache.

3. Your 10 Point Website Check Up- Now that you have a website, Yvonne Perry shares tips on how to make sure it's purring like a kitten.

4. Should I Go With A Country-Code or A .COM Domain?- Daniel Scocco weighs in on whether or not to choose a country code when you choose your domain.

5. Best Tweets for Writers- Jane Friedman gives you the best of the best tweets for the week, including some great book marketing tweets.

6. My Weekly Facebook Page Update Surprise- It's not often you get a nice surprise when marketing your book. Phyllis Zimbler Miller talks about one she found and one that may be waiting for you as well.

7. What Do You Talk About On Your Blog If You Write Fiction?- Dana Lynn Smith invites guest Carolyn Howard-Johnson to her blog to help out bloggers who write fiction.

8. Marketing Your First Book: 9 Tips For Authors- Joanna Penn invites guest author Graham Storrs to share his book marketing tips with you.

9. Branding your website with a home page graphic that tells a story- Roger C. Parker breaks down another website and mines valuable nuggets we all can learn from.

10. Collaborate to Reach Your Publicity Goals- Sandra Beckwith gives an example of how collaboration paid off for one retailer. It can do the same with you.

11. 11 Ways to Add to the Conversation of the Blogosphere and Stand Out from the Crowd- In this video post, Darren Rowse shares ways we can add our unique voice when we speak in the Blogosphere.

12. Why Do You Follow?- L. Diane Wolfe ask you to ponder the questions, why do you follow people; Why do you comment on posts.

13. Are you using 20th century communication techniques in the 21st century?- Phyllis Zimbler Miller debunks some myths that people may have when communicating with their targeted audience.

14. All Things Facebook with Mari Smith!- In the Blog Talk Radio on-demand podcast, Penny C. Sansevieri chats with Mari Smith, queen of Facebook and dubbed "the Pied Piper of the Online World" by Fastcompany.com.

15. Lessons From a Book Launch, Part 1 and Part 2: Shel Horowitz gives us two posts that has a lot of great advice packed into them when it comes to launching a book.

That's it for our trip around the net. My parents are visiting from Indiana this week. Somewhere along the way, it ceased being about just seeing me, their eldest son, and started to be more about seeing their twin grandsons. But I am not complaining. Somewhere along the way, my joy started to be more about seeing my sons interact with their grandparents more than just my interaction with my parents when they visit. But, whatever your plans this holiday weekend, I wish you joy, happiness, and peace. See you on Monday.