Four Promotional Ladies Share Their Formula For Promotional Success

A post by Phil Harris – author, publisher, owner of All Things That Matter Press. Phil asked several of us about our formula to promote books — see what we shared with him. I asked four book marketing gurus, all of which have catapulted books to the #1 spot on Amazon.com, to write formula that [...]

What does Amazon Sales Rank Mean?

I saw this on a friend’s blog and had to share — to take a look at his blog, click here – http://allthingsthatmatterpress.blogspot.com/2010/07/amazon-sales-rank.html Amazon Sales Rank We often get questions about the elusive phenomenon-AMAZON SALES RANK. While the following is not perfect and does not apply to Kindle Editions, “Dog Ear Publishing” put together a [...]

Authors – Selling Your Books and Gaining Visibility is as Close as Your Keyboard

Years ago being an author meant you would write a book, get published (if you were lucky) and hope for the best when it came to selling and gaining visibility for you and your masterpiece. That is unless you had star status or were a professional speaker who could sell from the platform or to [...]

12 Benefits of Social Media Marketing

12 Benefits of Social Media Marketing By Nikki Leigh Customers in these tough economic times are looking for the best ways to spend their time and money. Business people who have a strong social media presence have the opportunity to communicate directly with their potential clients. Which of these benefits appeal to you? · Generating [...]

50 Best Websites for Audio Book Addicts

This post was shared with me this morning and I like to share details about various book release options along with distribution and promotional opportunities — so, the top audio book sites seemed like good information to share. These sites are the ones that are selling the most audio books. 50 Best Websites for Audio [...]

“The Tempestini” As a Promotional Tool for Cafe Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island by Barbara Bonfigli

Imagine – using a cocktail as a promotional tool.  Read on for details about the ingredients for this cocktail and how it has worked into the promotion of Cafe Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island by Barbara Bonfigli Retsina has been given a bad rap, starting about 500 b.c. when some picky Athenians turned [...]

Blogging Tips

Here are some tips for bloggers. • Keep your posts “on topic”. This will enable you to promote your product and website when you keep your posts and blog on topic. • Make your posts informative and interesting. This isn’t just busy work to entertain your visitors. You can share information to help them make [...]

Every Author Needs A Blog

In the 21st century, it’s no longer optional to have a blog. All authors need to have a blog to promote their books. Before we go any further, let me expand on that a little bit. Every authors needs to have an active and relevant blog. That means there should be fresh and interesting content [...]

Book Promo 101 Promotional Articles and Tips – Voted Best Non Fiction Article

You may have noticed the new graphic in the right margin of this blog. If not, its also in this post. I’m very happy to announce that this blog and my non fiction articles recently won the Preditor and Editor Non Fiction Article award for 2008. In honor of this accomplishment, I can display this [...]

Book Promo 101 Promotional Articles and Tips – Voted Best Non Fiction Article

You may have noticed the new graphic in the right margin of this blog. If not, its also in this post. I’m very happy to announce that this blog and my non fiction articles recently won the Preditor and Editor Non Fiction Article award for 2008. In honor of this accomplishment, I can display this [...]