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

With Blogger's little mishap last week, we had to put off our trip around the net from Friday to today. But since there were so many great posts out there, I wanted to make sure that we didn't miss what went on. So grab your favorite beverage and dive into some great tips and advice from the experts.





1. Five Tips to Help You Decide How Much of YOU Should Show Up in Your Blog- Carolyn Howard-Johnson invites Cheryl Pickett to discuss a question that all bloggers think about.



2. Are you writing about grass-mud horses without even knowing it?- Steven Lewis discusses simple SEO principles and introduces you to a WordPress plugin that can help with your SEO efforts.



3. 12 Easy Steps to The Making of a Book Trailer- Joel Friedlander invites Judy Croome to give you tips on making your next book trailer.



4. Interview with Dana Lynn Smith: The Savvy Book Marketer- Shelley Hitz interviews marketing and publishing veteran Dana Lynn Smith in a post packed with book marketing tips.



5. The Eighth Excuse for Not Using the Power of Social Media- Phyllis Zimbler Miller continues her series by debunking another excuse people have for not using social media marketing.



6. There's More To eBooks Than Mobi And ePub- Joanna Penn invites Guido Henkel to discuss the wisdom of getting your book into as many formats as possible.



7. Eight Tips to Make Your Next Writers Conference Awesome!- Penny Sansevieri prepares you for your next writer's conference.



8. The Right (and Wrong) Way to Comment on Blogs- BookBuzzr invites Dana Lynn Smith to give tips of using blog comments effectively.



9. Advice from a master direct response copywriter & Carl Jung- Roger C. Parker introduces you to Peter Schaible's book that looks into Jung's work from a marketer's perspective.



10. The 5 questions that can save your book- Sue Collier invites Susan Daffron to share 5 questions that can help you keep your book project on track.



11. How Readers Embrace Electronic Books-


12. 5 Bad Blogger Habits You Need to Break- Daniel Scocco invites Thanh Pham to go over the 5 things bloggers need to steer clear from.



13. Book Marketing Toolbox: Dropbox- Dana Lynn Smith introduces you to a cool resource to help you manage and share your large files.



14. New WordPress 3.2 Features- MaAnna Stephenson catches you up on the new WordPress features.



15. What to Tweet About to Get More Followers- Chris Antoni shares some ideas on what makes great Twitter tweets.



16. Are Complex Captchas Blocking Your Feedburner Email List?- Quick Online Tips discusses the dangers of having captchas on your site.



17. 7 Habits of Professional Bloggers- Darren Rowse invites Ali Luke to discuss the 7 habits all bloggers need to develop.



18. What Works: Promo for Ebooks- Joe Konrath delivers a clinic via this post on ebook promotion.



19. 5 Key Research Sites You May Have Missed (Plus Cool Tricks)- Jane Friedman shares some great research sites for authors.



20. Writers Are Losing the Fight Again- The no-nonsense writing of this veteran author, Dean Wesley Smith, delivers nuggets of great advice and observations.



21. Amazon adds $45 penalty for FBA storage over 1 year- Steve Weber makes sure you're up-to-date on all the fees that you may be hit with as you sell your books on Amazon.



22. Duck! Here Comes EPUB3- Walt Shiel shares what's in store with EPub3.



That's it for this week's around the net. Have a great weekend and I'll see you back here tomorrow morning for a new week of fresh book marketing tips.





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 -------- 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 .