Book Marketing, Publishing, Author Resources
We’ve been watching the trends towards using the social media (blogs, podcasts, and online networking sites) to launch and promote you and your book.
Now Rohit Bhargava ups the ante with the promotion of his new book Personality Not Included
Rohit put out a call to bloggers and got 57 blog interviews for his book launch
As an author, should have a blog and post about you, your book, and your book launch and online promotion of our book.
To get started, I’ve got a FREE MARKETING STRATEGY COURSE
Most authors I meet have important ideas to share. That’s why we want to sell a lot of books.
We want our message to be heard.
In the social media (web 2.0) world of online marketing and book promotions today, I talk to a lot of authors who tell me that they need to get more people to listen.
But are you listening to your readers?
Robert Scoble is one of the most connected people in the new technologies being used in online marketing today. His best selling book Naked Conversations is a must read, and he always draw a crowd.. online or offline.
This week, he took on the subject of twitter.com, one of the fastest growing sites.
Most people try to get people to read their tweets (twitter.com messages). Robert says that’s backward.
Read this short article about listening on twitter.
You can follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/warrenwhitlock If you do, I will be subscribing to your posts, looking for your feedback.
Post a comment here about your experiences on twitter.com. I’ll be reading and listening here too
Studies show that the average user of social networks is more affluent and better educated.. much like book readers in general.
Here are some more facts about the wealthy and affluent populations using social networks.
We’ve been encouraging you to post videos about your book, yourself, your topic and reviews of other books and website.
Here’s a tutorial with lots of links, ideas, and resources for you when you have a video that the whole world should view
http://ryanshamus.com/2008/03/26/this-is-one-virus-you-need-to-catch/Â