Book Marketing, Publishing, Author Resources
I’m getting many interview requests as author of Twitter Revolution, but still find time to help authors market their books.
Jim Kukral has become a good friend over the past few months. He’s a blogging and social media genius and wanted to know more about my Book Marketing Strategy course
So I gave him carte blanch to ask any question he wanted, provided he post it for you to see.
Listen know to learn more about book marketing
If you are an author of a book, writing a book now, or hope to write a book someday, here are some important statistics for you from Mert Erkal and the Internet Business Blog Search for Blogging site
- Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
- More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
- Over 57 million Americans read blogs.
- 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.
- 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.
- 9% of internet users say they have created blogs .
- 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog .
- Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs .
- over 120 thousand blogs are created every day .
- There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day .
- 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs .
- 120,000 new blogs are created every day .
- 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006 .
- 51% of blog readers shop online .
- Blog readers average 23 hours online each week .
If you don’t blog, and wonder how you could sell more books, attract readers for you book, or make money as an author. You have your answer here.
Start bloggin
YouTube gets thousands of videos everyday and while many are awful.. we are drawn to watch them.
What draws people to the social media? What makes an average person become a producer?
And, how do you get over the odd feeling of talking to a camera alone to share your thoughts, promote your book and connect with the community?
Maybe you don’t need to. You are great just the way you are.
a thought provoking, entertaining and enlightening video.
I just read Guy Kawasaki’s post:
How to Change the World: The Wall Street Journal Lesson
Great lesson for authors who want to get media coverage for their books.
You’ve probably taken a class, or listened to a teleseminar where you are told “how the media works”
Guy sets us straight, talks about how he learned something new.. and offers suggestions for reaching out to media today.
Before you hire a PR firm or agent to get you media coverage, make sure you use the online tools we’ve been talking about here. Post to your own blog, interact on other blogs and read the blogs of the media outlets you hope to connect with.
Then, make sure the professionals you hire know to do the same.
Have you received media coverage from your social media connections and blogging? Post a comment here and share your story.
I just completed an interview with TT “Mitch” Mitchell for Mitch’s Blog
Reminded me that it was time to talk to you about this easy way to gain access to authors and personalities that can add credibility to you and your book or message.
Mitch is a friend on Facebook and we’ve been talking about buidling our networks and adding value to our online promotions. When he asked if I would do an interview, I said yes. Mitch sent 5 questions in an email, I answered them back and he posted it to his blog.
The whole process took minutes.. but look at the outcome
You probably already have a blog, so all you need to do is ASK. Connect with the authors and people that you’d like to interview using online social media sites or a blog search for keywords or names you’d like to be associated with.
A email interview for your blog is just one way to create this informative content. You can also record live audio and video, like my Twitter radio show on BlogTalkRadio
Thousands of authors and entrepreneurs have shows now. Guess what? They are all TALK RADIO and need guests. You can invite them to be guests on you show, or just search for shows of like minded people and log into their chat rooms during the show where you can talk to people that are interested in your subject.
When you get there, don’t just post a link to your stuff. That’s like handing our flyers at someone else’s party. Instead, be a resource, answer questions and get to know the host. After the show, send a note and tell them you are available for an interview. (you wlil know if they are interested becuase you just listened to a show)
Can’t be there live? No problem BlogTalkRadio automatically records show for poscast (mp3) listening later. These are great links to refer to in your own blog. Just as I did in this post.
Do you have a show? Tell us about your experience in a comment. If you talk to authors, entrepreneurs or people who want more success in life, let me know. I have clients who are available for intervews, and I might be a good guest for you too.
When we connect, you know that I”ll be posting a link here, on Twitter and other social media.