Marketing Tips Around The Net: January 7th

Praise For Conducting Effecttive Twitter Contests

I just finished reading Tony's book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests and I have to say that I'm thoroughly impressed. Not only do you receive a step-by-step outline of how to implement a contest, but you also get tons of very helpful tutorial videos. This book is worth 10x what you pay for it... it's like getting an entire course! -Shelley Hitz, author of A Step-by-Step Guide to Guest Blogging * Tony Eldridge's "Conducting Effective Tweeter Contests" displays the same relevance, integrity, and attention to detail found in his daily Marketing Tips for Authors Blog. Tony takes a fresh topic and provides a highly readable, illustrate, step-by-step roadmap to success. 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, The "Best Selling $32 Million Dollar Author" and author of #Book Title Tweet * If you'd like to boost your Twitter followers, I highly recommend Conducting Effective Twitter Contests. The combination of video and text reinforces the message and is terrific for people who learn better by watching or who feel a bit intimidated by online marketing. Dana Lynn Smith, The Savvy Book Marketer and author of the Twitter Guide for Authors. * Conducting Effective Twitter Contests is amazing. 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. Tony has developed a step-by-step system to make it easy for you to follow. Phyllis Zimbler Miller, co-founder of Miller Mosaic Power Marketing and author of What You Should Know About Using Twitter Effectively and Strategically

Friday, January 7, 2011

Author: Tony Eldridge | Posted at: 10:19 AM | Filed Under: Tips Around The Net

It's a start of a new year and we have a lot of great marketing posts that I have been reading from around the net. I hope you enjoy the ones I have picked out for you today.

Yesterday, my parents and brother left to go back to Indiana after spending about a week with our family. One of the cool things we did was visit the Heard Museum in McKinney, TX. They have life-size animatronic dinosaurs now through the end of the January. It's an unsettling experience to take a picture of your 4 year old twin boys under a large T-Rex while it moves and roars.

Now onto today's post...

1. Blog tip – Show the books you’ve written & the books you're reading- Roger C. Parker shares a way to show the books you're reading to your blog readers via Shelfari.

2. How to Plan Your Virtual Book Tour- Dana Lynn Smith invites Sandra Beckwith to share tips on planning that perfect book tour.

3. How To Create A Book Trailer- Joanna Penn walks you through the process of creating a trailer for your book.

4. Publications: Another New Section on LinkedIn- Phyllis Zimbler Miller shares an exciting new section on Linked-In for authors and publishers.

5. Jerry B. Jenkins: A Best-selling Author From Whom You Can Learn- Todd Rutherford looks to best-selling Christian book author Jerry Jenkins for lessons we can use today.

6. 'Best of the AME Blog' Marketing Tips 2010 – New Year Kickoff- Paula Krapf shares some of the hottest tips in 2010 from the AME blog.

7. Book Trailer Contest Voting - Final Round!- L. Diane Wolfe is hosting a video trailer contest on her blog. You have 2 days left to cast your vote (voting ends at 9 PM on Sunday, January 9th). Hurry, go vote!

8. How Authors Can Use Facebook Pages for Their Book Marketing- BookBuzzr has invited Phyllis Zimbler Miller to talk about using Facebook to promote your book.

9. Amazon Kindle Lets Book Buyers Lend Books!- Carolyn Howard-Johnson talks about a new feature on your Kindle books that will help you sell more by allowing your readers to lend your title to others.

10. 5 Reasons Online Collaborations Can Help You Beat Out The Competition- Daniel Scocco discusses why it might be in your best interest to collaborate with others on your blog rather than trying to do it all by yourself.

That's it for this week's post. I hope you all had a great holiday. And for all you who are living in the DFW area, you should really try to make it to see the dinosaurs in McKinney before they travel to their next museum.

3 comments:

Tony Eldridge on January 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM said...: For the record, that man in the right of the picture next to the T-Rex is my father.
Paula Krapf on January 7, 2011 at 3:09 PM said...: Love the photo - and thanks for including us!
Hilary Melton-Butcher on January 12, 2011 at 2:35 AM said...: Hi Tony .. I'm so pleased you had a fun time with the family - the boys must have loved having their grandparents there and spending time with their uncle - memorable days.

Great list of informative blog-posts .. thanks for these .. Happy New Year .. Hilary