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323 Authors Work To Build Your Network

Here’s a SMART NETWORKING idea.

Liz Lynch wrote Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online to teach you how easy it is to use networking to grow your business, attract new readers for your book, and build real relationships whether you meet people online or face to face.

The book has done well and reach best seller status.

Liz has been leveraging her best seller status and using her networking to grow rapidly this year. To celebrate, we got together for Smart Networking Day… a twist on the “buy a book and get gifts” promotions we’ve been doing for years.

Smart Networking by Liz Lynchyou go to the book promotion web site, you won’t be required to buy a book to get gifts. That’s right. Liz teaching to GIVE first when building a network. She knows that a few people might download the 74 free networking gifts and not buy the book, but trusts that most will.

Take a look at the promotion site. Go ahead and download one or many of the free gifts. Share the promo link with your friends, followers and readers and help grow the network of all the authors and businesses involved. (These are great people to know.. the are all GIVERS).

Plus, 11 Smart Networking Tips and a FREE Audio Training Program that goes with the book. No purchase required. We know you will want the book when you see the power of Smart Networking

Will It Work?

Yes. A Resounding Yes!.. We asked authors, bloggers and online businesses to join us in the give first network building program. They responded, without pay, to offer up samples of their best work, gifts that have previously sold well on other sites, and special programs for our new friends.

323 responded… All sharing this site with those that follow them (you can too.. just share http://SmartNetworkingNow.com with your friends and readers.

Here’s a partial list of those who help (GIFTS listed at the Smart Networking Now site). Thanks all you agreed to spread the word:

Gladys Gort

Mitch Axelrod

Stefanie Hartman

Willie Crawford

Beth Fitzgerald

Brysen Bristow

Bob Marconi

Don Hinz

Sharon Horne-Ellstrom

Dan Kushell

Anita Jordan

Edward Philipp

Erika Duffy

Eva Gregory

Irena Whitfield

Greg Roworth

James Maduk

Ozer Tayiz

Sharon Montero

Jacqueline Jones

J. Kyle Howard

Joan Eisenberg

Joel Orr

Kathleen Gage

Knud Christensen

Krishna De

Larry Anderson

Lori Smith

Mark Freeman

Tahiri Abdelkrim

Mary Kraemer

Michael Rter

Mike Webster

Albert Hallado

Meredith Ndleton

Opher Brayer

Pat Thorpe

Peter Fogel

Norman Ramsey

Ray Hall

Nigel Solomon

Rosemary Heenan

Saundra Jackson

Shay Unknown

Shawn Wiederin

Tom Justin

Cathie Sherwood

Wayne Buckhanan

Elena Zanfei

Noel Lyons

Tom Huberty

HHG Architects

Paula Tarrant

Rey Misoles

Thom Scott

Penny Gabardi

Celia Westberry

Robert Garland

Katherine Scott

Tom Ramrod

Ivan Zitek

Michael Varada

Ron Henley

Georgette Pann

JP Maroney

Lisa Young

Carmen Smith

Walt Laurel

Warren Wojnowski

Erfan Hettini

Kenth Nasstrom

Gary Huynh

Dr Mani

Dechen Lau

Shane Hall

Lael Johnson

Robert Hill

Doris Helge

Rayna Litchen Litchen

Ronda Boccio

Randall Dean

Steven Arinze

Cynthia Rowland

Lincoln Ong

Kathy Atkinson

Cheryl Antier

Ed Sykes

Mark Bossert

Andi Shi

Tom Bice

Barbara Hayes

Doug Terry

Jim Sniechowski

G House

Louis Weiss

Sheryl Schuff

Sabine Nebel

Corey Lewis

Douglas Bench

Victory Darwin

Wayne Buckhanan

Bob Marconi

Martin Howey

Curtis Schmitt

Nick Romer

Keith Choy

Sherrie Koretke

Jennifer Schaecher

Mike Jay

Sarah Lewis

Chuck Bartok

Sergey Baklykov

Chris pirkey Pirkey

Paul Klein

Jerry Shamvis

Jill Koenig

Alex Garcez

Sheridan Randolph

Joe Rubino

Ken Thomson

AJ Mams

Warren Dixon

Dawn Lundquist

Tom King

Nickolove Lovemore

Manju thirani Thirani

Gayleen Williams

Denise Mense

Mike Konners

Opher Brayer

Rob Carey

Charles Kirkland

Barbara Hofmeister

Toni Shrader

Marla Bollak

Clayton Schmitt

John Mignano

Jinger Jarrett

Brian Johnston

Lisa Moreau

Phil Hughes

Todd Rhoad

Sonja Bendz

Zhexiang Chen

Dominique Goh

Rita Losee

PaTrisha-Anne Todd

Bronwyn Ritchie

Mary Grace

Barry Marks

Tara Albers

Amy Bush Bradley

Liz Lynch

Yael Cohen

Odinn Sorensen

Keith Debolt

Daniel Remon

Charles Huggins

Aniita Cohen

Sheila Betker

Carma Spence-Pothitt

Ruth Hegarty

Pam Clemons

Theresa Napa

DeAnna Troupe

Britt Michaelian

Essa Adams

Sylvia Wilson

Miracle Paul

Gary Oatis

Roz Silverberg

Mohammad Ataur Rahman

Charlene Nelson

Jerry Koh

Onyebueze Nmeribe

Jean Louis

Jennifer Aderhold

Andrea Tannouri

Blaine Berger

Catherine Behan

Tracy Needham

Glenn Smith

Ravi Bhanot

Widianto Zhu

Joe Nunziata

Wendy Evans

Peggy Murrah

Debbie Wade

Lynnette Lyles

Halli Casser-Jayne

Kirk Wilkinson

DeeDee Bader

Judith Sherven

Carolann Jacobs

SaRita Hartin

Ronda Del Boccio

Travis Campbell

Philip Mutrie

Haseena Patel

Jerold Richert

Chris Manieri

John Rodger

Nancy Marmolejo

Jane Allison Austin

Colleen Trombley

Peter Fogel

Tom Osypian

Tom. Moore

Connie Green

Rosalie Arnold

Carol Cheshire

Laura Sopp

Robert Frost

Victor Cohut

Joni Waseity-beadle

Patricia Lucey

Lisa Dingman

Lance Wantenaar

Susan Horne

Bryan Pullin

Dr John Williams

Jan Malloch

Raymond Hanna

Dennis Stewart

Lloyd Wentworth

Daniel Sladen

Phil Mutrie

Jim Schibly

Tim Mitchell

Carol York

Nan Akasha

Carol Dickson-Carr

Chris Sherwood

Alan Holmes

Ed Zimbardi

Nancy Farris

Sheri Hoff

Nancy Marmolejo

Fiona Fay

Warren Whitlock

Paula Tarrant

Carola Goetze

Telan Hosaka

Warren Wojnowski

Caroline Ceniza-Levine

Pat Thorpe

Jay Aaron

Jan Vermeiren

Brian Buckley

Ivan Zitek

David Schwartz

Biba Pedron

Andy LaPointe

Amethyst Wyldfyre

Noah St John

Brysen Bristow

Wanted: 7 Authors Who Want To Be Best Sellers

benmackenzie.pngA few years back, I helped an author become an instant best seller with his book Think Two Products Ahead. It topped the Amazon Best Seller List for non-fiction for a week and was #2 overall (beat only by the wizardy of Harry Potter)

Through that process, I got to know an extraordinary man named Ben Mack.

We’ve become friends and now mastermind together on projects large and small.

How You Can Join A Mastermind And Make Your Book A Best Seller

I’ve been working with legendary brand-marketing genius Ben Mack with his new weekly 7-Person mastermind groups and I see how this what we need to do, you and me.

Ben Mack is a guy who sold $250 MILLION worth of yo-yo’s and was a VP at Cingular where we had a $500 MILLION marketing budget.

WOWZERS!

So you know that his strategies work BIG and if you want to learn more about how I’m applying this to authors you will join us Saturday to learn the exact details about how a small 7-person mastermind with me can get you the success for your book you deserve.

This isn’t a coaching thing — this is you getting a chance to be in a peer-mastermind group with me.

This is especially for authors wanting to start writing a new book or have a book about to be published.

Ben & I will announce details on our teleseminar Saturday at 9am Pacific / Noon Eastern

You will want to get on this call — Click now for details

YOU KNOW getting this kind of hands-on coaching on making your book profitable from the start is what will ensure you are best prepared to get your book the best seller sales you deserve.

It’s time to get to getting your book done right,

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Connect Your Book With Real World

One of the few areas growing in publishing is the Blogoshpere. While others are shutting down, worried that e-books or the economy will kill sales.. the bloggers I know are talking about bigger advances, best sellers and respect from media and publishers.

How to connect with Bloggers.

There are millions of blogs and bloggers. The vast majority are splogs (blogs set up to spam) or static, underutilized locations with a few posts talking about themselves.

These are NOT the ones to talk to 🙂

Instead, meet the bloggers. They love to congregate. There is a blog meetup or seminar every week in some cities.

This is how Twitter Revolution got started. I wanted to connect with bloggers to promote books, found them online, at blogger conventions and on Twitter. I started using Twitter just to promote other’s books.

At a recent convention, I met Murry Newlands. He pulled out a camera and asked me about my book. You’ll see that I didn’t have one in hand.

Murray did not edit the interview.. put it up on YouTube and I just grabbed th code from them to embed here (a simple cut and paste).

Now I’ll add a link back to Murray to thank him and encourage him to talk about my book and this site.

Watch the video and see how easy this is:

http://www.murraynewlands.com/2009/10/warren-whitlock-an-interview/

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GUEST ARTICLE: Want to Get FREE Publicity for Your Books? Try Pitch Rate

As an author you are considered an expert in the field in which your book is written.  The press is always looking for experts to interview, especially during a timely news release. For example, my book on Social Networking for Authors recently drummed up some good press as someone interviewed me about the popularity of Facebook.  The press called me because they noticed I was an expert in the field of Social Networking.  You can get the same exposure for free, by going to PitchRate.com.

Pitch Rate is a free service that connects journalists with subject experts for free media coverage.

Simply create an account at Pitch Rate and fill in your profile as completely as possible. Your profile is what members of the press read before they decide to contact you.  This is your chance to show the world what you are an expert at and why you should be considered an expert. 

You can set your account to receive daily emails from Pitch Rate to see who is looking for experts in your area.  Requests can be easily sorted by category or keywords by visiting the “Search Requests” tab once you’ve signed in.  Once you’ve found a request you’re interested in, simply make a pitch and all of your contact info contained in your profile will automatically be attached.  At this point, it’s just a matter of playing the waiting game to see if someone is interested in you and your book.

One of the constant struggles I see with authors is the need to be continually marketing your book to be successful.  A website like PitchRate.com is great for authors to be able to quickly set up an account and receive marketing opportunities for an extended period of time.  With just a few minutes of work, an author can expose him or herself to potentially hundreds of press opportunities.

For more tips and tricks on how to sell a ton of books, go to Michael Volkin’s new website SellaTonofBooks.com and purchase his new book Social Networking for Authors-Untapped Possibilities for Wealth.

Guest Article: Sell More Books with a Successful Viral Video

Viral videos are a great way to sell books.  According to Wikipedia “A viral video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of a Internet sharing, typically through email or a Instant messaging, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature”.

There are three key points to consider when creating a viral video campaign:

  1. Provide great, but ambiguous, content – Everyone loves to hear a great story. But in a viral video, the story has to be short (less than three minutes). Don’t think of creating a video that will sell your book, think of a video that will keep people entertained.
  2. Generate a “residual” fan base – Once your video is built you can integrate other social media tools to build a user base and communicate with them.  To do this, follow the lessons learned in Social Networking for Authors-Untapped Possibilities for Wealth. It could be as simple as a subscribe link that notifies users of your updates.
  3. SEO it– Your video has to be easily discovered through YouTube search and other popular online video sharing sites. Videos
    should have clear titles, an accurate description and appropriate
    keyword tags so that they can appears correctly in a YouTube search and
    targeted specifically.

A good viral video will spread over the Internet like wildfire. See the
top 20 viral videos circulating around the Internet now at:

http://viralvideochart.unrulymedia.com/

Check out this viral video I created for an author during the last
presidential election. It got great coverage. The video is ambiguous
but gets people curious as to what is coming next. A typical viral
video will cost about $2,000 but will be a great return on your
investment if it works properly:

http://revver.com/u/jspinx

Michael Volkin is the author of the new hit book: Social Networking for Authors-Untapped Possibilities for Wealth. His book can be found at SellaTonofBooks.com