The Efficacy of Amazon Tagging

[Vincent]

The tagging website is actually Todd's.

Mine is the book video website. :)

-Vince

[Alice]

R. wrote: "Like many of you, I have been happy to participate in the Amazon tagging phenomenon. I've lost track of how many books I've tagged, but I'm still working through Vincent's website list, and I tag n..."

I have the same questions as yours rumbling around in my mind. I'm hoping my next sales report will help answer some of my doubts.

[Rowena]

Tagged your Chicken, Bill.

If you feel like it, please tag my books Forced Mate Insufficient Mating Material Knight's Fork as "futuristic romance" and as "sfr"

[Rowena]

Congratulations, Bill. You turn up as the atavar book for anyone searching for "global business" or "international business".

You've created a Listmania, and you've tagged at least one "rival".

What you do not appear to have done is start discussions in the global business community or in the international business communities, so when I looked for discussions, I was directed to "related communities".

Amazon does not, in fact, sell vast numbers of individual books. They sell a vast range.

[Rowena]

Bill,

It's great that you have responded to other people's discussions. The Amazon discussion communities seem to respond very well to that, as long --of course-- as you remained on topic, and do not use other people's topics as an opening to promo your own book.

Sales are a mystery. It seems to me, but I might be totally off-base, that the best buzz is when a reader discovers that this interesting/funny/smart person who posted a comment that resonated with him/her is an author AND DID NOT MENTION IT.

Join LinkedIn.com (as a freelance writer), it's free, then join various marketing groups (or check me out and join everything I've joined) and learn from the marketing professionals' marketing wisdom.

Also, Bill, subscribe (it's free) to Penny Sansevieri's PR newsletter. Sign up at amarketingexpert.com

She'll certainly suggest plenty for you to do.

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry

[Anna]

I'm a mite late here. I think I managed to miss something somewhere. What is this tagging at Amazon, you're talking about?