Thursday, October 6, 2011

Adding LinkedIn to your Marketing Arsenal!

Adding  LinkedIn to your Marketing Arsenal!

LinkedIn is not just a directory site. I was amazed to find that the place I signed up with a couple of years ago was, in reality, a great networking site. There are some amazing groups you can join and many ways you can expose yourself (In a good way) to new readers and new marketing allies.

Promoting Your Book on LinkedIn: Do's and Don'ts
http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/book_marketing_maven/2009/10/promoting-your-book-on-linkedin-dos-and-donts.html

Promote Your Books Using LinkedIn
http://www.theessentialebooker.com/promote-your-books-using-linkedin/

TGIF Book Marketing Tips: The Importance of LinkedIn Profiles for Book Authors
http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book-marketing/the-importance-of-linkedin-profiles-for-book-authors/

Book marketing - LinkedIn Groups for book marketing and more 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doK8J4-COCk

Learn How To Promote Your Book Using LinkedIn

How LinkedIn Apps Can Promote Your Business
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-linkedin-apps-can-promote-your-business/

Promote Your Books in the Publications Section on LinkedIn
http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/book_marketing_maven/2011/02/promote-your-books-in-the-publications-section-on-linkedin.html

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Putting Your Best Face Forward: Using Facebook to Market Your Books and Build Your Readership


Yesterdays post about using Twitter was a big success, so today I'm taking a look at the "Other" social marketing platform that has changed the way most people use the internet and interact with one another. Facebook is like another world. My goal is to provide you today with the results of my own personal research into the subject. I hope that it will help you learn to maximize your reach by using this social-networking  platform.

Friday, September 30, 2011

It's FREEBIE Friday!!! Using Twitter To Promote Your Books

As always be cautious and use your own common sense when determining whether to try any of these freebies.

Use this Free Resource to schedule your tweets.
http://www.hootsuite.com
Looking to spruce up your Facebook, MySpace or Twitter Profile, check this out.
http://www.worldsbestbackgrounds.com/?spu=true&partner=ZKxdm503

100 Totally Free
Twitter Power Strategies...
www.TwittinSecrets.com



The Twitter Guide Book
http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Article on Marketing Your Books on Twitter
http://www.sellingbooks.com/10-ways-to-market-your-book-on-twitter/

Promote Your Book on Twitter - Top 10 Strategies for Authors
http://www.publetariat.com/sell/promote-your-book-twitter-top-10-strategies-authors

Promote Your Book on Twitter in 10 Minutes a Day
http://website101.com/twitter/promote-book-twitter-minutes/

How To Promote Your Book Using Twitter
http://www.go-publish-yourself.com/book-marketing/twitter-book-marketing

9 Ways to Use Social Media to Launch a Book
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/9-ways-to-use-social-media-to-launch-a-book/

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kindlegraph!

I just signed up with Kindlegraph. I know it's not Really signing the book, but I really think this is an awesome thing.  If nothing else its a great place to see your book cover and it's linked to your Amazon Product Page. 

http://kindlegraph.com/books

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Authors Marketing & Tools

http://www.booksie.com/  You can post excerpts and it looks like you can post purchase links.


New and experienced authors and publishers can take advantage of BiblioScribe's free press release and article submission service to publicize their works.
http://www.biblioscribe.com/

Biblio Tweet http://www.biblioscribe.com/twitter-authors.php

http://hootsuite.com/  HootSuite  Social Media Dashboard...FREE OPTION

Tweet Deck  http://www.tweetdeck.com/

Bitly  Helps you track, shorten and analyze your url  https://bitly.com/

Storybook Software for plotting your novel  http://www.novelist.ch/joomla/index.php/en/about-storybook

Book Hitch  http://www.bookhitch.com/listtype.aspx  Create a free listing.