What's Working for You?

[John Kremer]

I'd like to start a new forum where people can talk about what's working for you right now in marketing your book.

I think this will help other authors to prioritize their activities if they can find out what's working for other people. This would be especially valuable to new authors.

I've share the hottest tool that I'm using right now. And that's Twitter. As you will note on the main page of this Book Marketing Network website, both my http://www.bookmarket.com website and this network have been rising in Alexa ranks (and visits) because of my use of Twitter.

[Theresa M. Moore]

See my blog posted today.

[Steve Miller]

Good blog, Theresa! That's what I like about this forum - I get to hear honest appraisals of what's working and what's not working, what takes more time or money than it's worth, etc. Thanks for adding your experiences to this body of knowledge. So, where can we purchase your newly-revised book on book publicity?

[Susan Klopfer]

Just got a great interview with the Christian Science Monitor because of my blogbook. Have been twittering every post and a reporter doing a story on Mississippi civil rights education saw it and called. The interview lasted an hour and we made some good connections on other stories she's working on. Twittering, like John kremmer, says seems to pay off more than Facebook or LinkedIn. I'm using Tweetdeck and this saves a lot of time. Also tweet in civil rights and related groups. Bookblog is at http://emmett-till.com and I'll be done in about another month. I plan to turn it into an ebook and see what happens.

[Joel Friedlander]

Susan, congratulations. Your blog is terrific, very rich content. I don't see why it wouldn't make a great ebook, or why not also do it as a POD paperback?

Thanks for the Twitter info also, didn't know they had specific groups. Good luck with your project, it's fascinating.

[V. Michael Santoro]

John is right on about Twitter and Social Networking.

I would like to add why it works so well from a viral perspective. When someone chooses to follow you, that is one person. However, let's say 500 people are following the person who just started following you. That means when you make a post, your information not only appears on that person's page, but also on the pages of her 500 followers and displayed to all their viewers. That is amazing exposure!

Here are some tips that I hope you will find helpful:

twellow.com/ is a directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you. You can use it to search for others interested in your niche. They actually archive tweets!

Also use http://tinyurl.com/ to shorten the URLs in your Tweets. It gives you more room for content in your post.

Thank you,
Michael
http://www.proauthors.com

[Teresa Morrow]

I will concur with this John. Twitter is one of the best ways to connect with others writers and readers in this industry. I have started twitting about the fact I am working on my 1st novel and people will come to my website and tweet with me to share ideas, stories, advice. It is really wonderful.
Also, being a part of a local writers group helps me share and receive advice from local writers what works for them too.

Thanks John!

Sincerely,

Teresa Morrow
@teresamorrow on Twitter

[Alison Silbert]

joint ventures are working for me. I have a curiosity question: does anyone know of publicity/PR sites like pitchrate.com?

[Joel Friedlander]

Alison, can you give us an example of a "joint venture"? Thanks.

[Susan Klopfer]

Just started using Posterous -- a way to post to multiple social networking sites all at once from my google email account. Does anyone know if we can link up to bookmarketing.ning with it or with its iphone app picposterous?It's going to be very handy.

[Susan Klopfer]

I really like putting up blogs with blogger and have been experimenting with adding spanish subtitles. I've noticed it gets me up higher in google search. Here's an example, my Civil Rights Books blog -- MOVIMIENTO DE DERECHOS CIVILES LIBROS...

Civil Rights Books

When I searched google for civil rights books, this blog came up in seventh position. And when I google MOVIMIENTO DE DERECHOS CIVILES LIBROS it comes up first!!

[Joel Friedlander]

Hey, that's a great idea Susan. Are you spanish-speaking or did you get someone to do the translation?

[Blake Schaefer]

Sign me up,
My book will be ready in a few short weeks and I am already starting to drive the system. It has been trial and error for me all the way. So I'd be glad to have someone put in what works for them.