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As of this morning - 13 days into the contest, you guys are doing fabulous! Just from March 1 - March 13 (ooh goodie Friday the 13th) we have had:
- 1,407 Unique visitors (in 13 days!)
- 704 Comments (now I know how agents feel about queries - I have to log and approve each one! )
- 61 people (thanks for taking your time to comment!)
I have met some great people and found some more fab blogs! Thanks for all the off-comment messages. :) Remember - it is not over until the fab lady writes - that's me :). So don't give up!
Persistence is key in this biz - right? :)
Practice makes perfect!
Friday Fabs: Marketing Round Up!
I am going to start doing a round up of marketing posts on Friday. Here are some fabulous posts out there on promotion and marketing I saw this week. These include ideas bloggers have done to get more blog traffic, authors unique projects that spreads the word about their book/cause, and editors/agents advice.
- Lisa Schroeder's Unique "Feel Good" Marketing - Book Angel project.
- Call My Agent: From Blog to Books
- Buried in the Slush Pile: What kind of Marketing does an author do?
- Blog Book Tours: The perfect promotion web page
- Shrinking Violets: Marketing CoOps
- Seth's Blog: Difference between Pr and Publicity
- Plot This - Prepublished Authors front page news
Remember - we have Sarah Davis from Greenhouse Literary talking about her marketing on Monday. And it is fabulous. Very thorough and insightful!
Thanks for the great links!
ReplyDeleteAwesomeness!! Marketing info from an agent - that's, like, GOLD! Looking forward to it. :)
ReplyDeleteThat marketing round up is really helpful; I hope you'll keep it.
ReplyDeleteAnd have a terrific weekend!
Looking forward to reading these links. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome links. Once again, though, when do you sleep?
ReplyDeleteLisa Schroeder's Book Angel project is very creative and inspiring. How do people come up with these ideas?
ReplyDeleteThe "Buried in the Slush Pile" blogger says we should compile the biggest mailing list ever. makes sense but do you think she means literally "snail mail" mailing list or email mailing list?
ReplyDeleteI really like the Marketing Round Up!. What great posts and blogs. I hope you keep doing this. I get so much from and through your site. Thanks. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeletecan't wait to se Sarah's!
ReplyDeleteThat Blog Book Tours site is very helpful. I'm not clear who puts the blog out though--I guess I always look for the "person" behind the blog. Still, it looks like a gold mine of help.
ReplyDeleteshrinking violet's marketing co-op idea is also fascinating. It's kinda what the PAL-level membership of SCBWI is trying to do. I also totally agree with the comment, "but really, just how many skill sets can one person have?" So true.
ReplyDeleteThe Plot This (love the name) site made me smile. I totally felt their well-deserved joy for the publicity and attention they are getting. Also, Shelli, that web site you did for Katie? It is a-a-a-a-awesome! When you flashed it on the screen at Springmingle, it didn't do it justice. Just gorgie.
ReplyDeleteThese are great links, wonderful information and I can't wait for Monday's Marketing post.
ReplyDeleteWe fly home today, so I'll read them all when I get back! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe book angel thing is such an interesting idea.
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What cool links, Shelli. Thanks for posting them!
ReplyDeleteHey, have you seen the Squad365 blog? It's at squad365.blogspot.com. They've got some marketing and promotion ideas "from the writer's point of view," and although I just found them, I think I'm going to keep reading!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I haven't really seen you address is book video trailers. Waddaya think of them? Ever done one for anybody?
ReplyDeleteCarrie, that Squad365 blog looks awesome. Great find. The "Blog, But Blog Deep" post is particularly interesting.
ReplyDeleteOkay, it's been more than 11.75 hours because it's the next DAY...taking another look at your link, Seth's line caught my attention: "Publicity is getting unpaid media to pay attention...make a commotion." It's tricky to get publicity though because aren't media outlets so OVER news releases since they get umpteen million every day?
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