Book Marketing Strategies And Tips Around The Net: April 15th

It's Friday, and I have good news and bad news for those who like the weekly trips around the net we do in order to find great book marketing posts that catch my eye. The bad news is that this is the last Friday round-up for two weeks. Next week, we will have another post in it's place.



The good news is that next Friday, I am launching another one of my Twitter contests and I am excited about the line-up of prizes that I have for our lucky winners. And this year, for the first time, we will have daily winners as well as a winner of an amazing grand prize package.



Thanks to the generosity of my sponsors, I have put together a book marketing prize package that even I am envy of. While I'm not ready to spill the beans on the prizes yet, I have decided to give you a sneak-peek into the contest by highlighting posts from the sponsors of the contests. And there are prizes from even more people not mentioned in today's post.



So sit back and enjoy these book marketing posts while wondering in the back of your mind what awesome prizes are hidden beneath the surface. But no matter how much you beg, I'm not saying any more about the contest until next Friday, April 22nd :)



1. 4 Solutions to the Book Discount System- Joel Friedlander gives us the skinny on book distribution.



2. How to Become a Top-Ranked Book in the Kindle Store?- BookBuzzr invites best selling Kindle author Michael R. Hicks to share his tips on climbing the charts on Amazon.



3. Tips For Kindle Authors With Steven Lewis- Joanna Penn talks with Steven Lewis about publishing on the Kindle platform.



4. Marketing Secrets of a Bookstore- Penny Sansevieri discusses what you can learn about marketing from a bookstore.



5. What You Need to Know Before You Get a Website- Yael Miller tells you what you need to know before creating your website.



6. Top 5 Ways to Get Your Articles Found and Read Online- Dana Lynn Smith shows you how to get your articles found by readers.



7. Book Cover Design 101: How to Design Your Own Book Cover- Shelley Hitz shares her advice on book cover creation.



8. Selling your rights to foreign publishers for foreign markets- The Association of Independent Authors gives advice on selling the foreign rights of your book.



9. Keywords and Google Instant Preview- MaAnna Stephenson shows you how to use Google Instant Preview to learn more about your site's SEO potential.



10. Sell more books by promoting a new book as early as possible- Roger C. Parker discusses the benefits of getting an early start on promoting your next book.



11. 5 things stand-up comedians can teach you about self-publishing- Steven Lewis delivers a stellar performance by teaching you marketing lessons you can learn from stand-up comedians.



12. Guest Blogging Success Podcast Series: The Benefits of Guest Blogging- Carolyn Howard-Johnson hosts a podcast with Shelley Hitz on the benefits of guest blogging.



13. CREATING A BUZZzzzz- Jo-Anne Vandermeulen gives tips on how authors can create buzz around their book.



14. Is your blog quotable?- Sandra Beckwith shares tips on making your blog quotable.



15. Amazon gives authors access to Nielsen BookScan sales reports- Steve Weber shares an exciting sales tracking tool made available on Amazon.



16. 27 things you can do to promote your book—Before you write it, before you launch it, and after you've published it- Sue Collier shares tips on how to promote your book at every stage of development.



17. Sylvia Hubbard, The Author's Best Friend- Sylvia Hubbard doles out great book promotion advice on this Blog Talk radio interview. (Note, the audio of the interview starts playing when you click on the link.)



18. An Article a Month- Kerrie McLoughlin challenges you to write and submit one article per month.



19. What Exactly Is Great Content?- Tony Eldridge (Yeah, me :) is the guest on Daniel Scocco's blog, discussing what makes great content for bloggers.



That's it for this week's trip around the net. Make sure you subscribe to this blog now so you won't miss the big announcement for the contest next Friday.





Last 4 Tips Around The Net:

April 8th

April 1st

March 25th

March 20th





 -------- Tony Eldridge is the author of The Samson Effect , an action/adventure novel that Clive Cussler calls a "first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure." He is also the author of the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests .