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Tagging Books at Amazon
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Mar 13, 2012 07:48AM
Well, Ginger, I wish I could wave my wand on the sales figures!
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Me too! I think you'd have a mountain of gold if you could do that! And I could say I knew you when...
J.R. wrote: "Hey gang, my new release could stand some loving. Thanks.http://www.amazon.com/The-Limping-Dog..."
Hi J.R. -- I tagged and liked your book. Also liked your author page too.
Vickie
Love seeing all these new books out there to like and tag. Awesome! My first book is now available in paperback and could use some attention! Thanks all.The Path of Light:
PRINT VERSION:
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/147015594X
ebook version:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006139K88
Legend:
ebook version:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006G4H2DW
Bridget wrote: "Love seeing all these new books out there to like and tag. Awesome! My first book is now available in paperback and could use some attention! Thanks all.The Path of Light:
PRINT VERSION:
Amazon.c..."
Bridget -- got your paperback and author page.
Vickie
All caught up, Victoria, Vickiel, Alesha,Sterling. I'm all caught up! It has been a bit since I posted these, so worth repeating.http://www.amazon.com/Third-Sign-Lega...
http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Keep-Legac...
Hi All,The Kindle edition of my thriller novel The Ninth Orphan is FREE to download on Amazon. This Free promotion lasts until Monday March 19 PST, so if you enjoy a good thriller, make sure you download it.
Would also really appreciate any tags or reviews you care to add to the novel's Amazon page. Many thanks!
Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
Regards from New Zealand.
Lance
Got yours too! Victoria
http://www.amazon.com/Bookended-Beaut...
Ruby wrote: "Caught up with everyone's US and UK links, newly added Victoria dn Charity's new one.
Cheers
Ruby
http://www.amazon.com/The-Baptist-ebo...
http://www.amazon.com/Peril-Ger-Mayes......"
Got yours too. Victoria
http://www.amazon.com/Bookended-Beaut...
Sterling wrote: "Hi All,
The Kindle edition of my thriller novel The Ninth Orphan is FREE to download on Amazon. This Free promotion lasts until Monday March 19 PST, so if you enjoy a good thrill..."
Got yours too! Thank you!Scott wrote: "All caught up, Victoria, Vickiel, Alesha,Sterling. I'm all caught up! It has been a bit since I posted these, so worth repeating.
http://www.amazon.com/Third-Sign-Lega......"
Sterling wrote: "Hi All,The Kindle edition of my thriller novel The Ninth Orphan is FREE to download on Amazon. This Free promotion lasts until Monday March 19 PST, so if you enjoy a good thrill..."
Hi Lance -- tagged and liked your book. Also liked your author pages and 5 star reviews.
Vickie
Think I’m caught up again… liked and tagged you Charity, James, Michael (new one), Terri (ab) (downloaded, thanks!), Lance, Alesha, Victoria, J.R., Bridget Joanna, there is a difference of opinion on the pro’s of tagging, but if you think that there was a very popular blog that was dedicated to it and Amazon basically put a stop to it, then that makes me wonder why! So, it is my suspicion that tagging does matter! But liking great reviews is as, if not more, helpful! So I clicked yes on your reviews.
Just to let everyone know that my memoir is free to download this Friday 16th and Sat 17th if you’d like to get yourself a copy.
Kindest,
Leila
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062EIRAI - free 16th & 17th
http://www.amazon.com/dp/146376359X
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0062EIRAI
Here’s a link to the blog I mentioned on Amazon coming down on tagging and it also explains some of the benefits of tagging…“So what can we conclude? It seems to me that Amazon has been embarrassed by some of the "tagging parties" that have gone on via its own forums. These have resulted in some self-published books getting literally hundreds of tags, not all of them strictly relevant to the title in question. This has pushed them above best-selling authors with traditional publishers for the tags concerned - thus skewing Amazon's own search results, and potentially resulting in reduced profits for the company when lesser-known titles pop up first in searches…”
http://www.mywritingblog.com/2011/06/...
Another good post on tagging -
“To create such a benefit, your tags should of course be shared by other, related titles. Producing unique tags will not generate any immediate benefits for you, although it might do if people apply the tag to other books subsequently.
Ideally, of course, what you want is for your book to be linked to other, top-selling titles whose Amazon pages attract a lot of visitors. Tagging gives you an effective (and legitimate) way to achieve this, albeit at one step removed. Give your book some of the same tags to a best-selling one, and as long as the tags are specific enough to sound interesting, you will get a proportion of readers clicking on them to see related titles. Hey presto! Your own book will then appear.
Suppose that none of the tags currently on the book page you want to attract potential buyers from is relevant to your book, though? No problem! Just apply an appropriate tag to both your book and the top-selling title. Because of the small number of tags which have been applied so far, this technique currently works well even with best-sellers.”
http://www.mywritingblog.com/2009/08/...
What we can learn from the second article is this... go to the best selling books in your genre, that are similar to your own books. Copy their tags, use them for your book!
Wow Leila, that's great advice. Thanks for the tips and technique. And for pointing me in the direction of the great blog articles on the subject. ~cyber hug~
This place is awesome! Going to go back and start tagging and liking everyone's books!Here is a link to my newly released novella, Cursing Athena
Charity wrote: "Got you, Lisa. Love the cover!http://www.amazon.com/Charity-Parkers..."
Got you right back, Charity! Thanks!!!
Lisa wrote: "This place is awesome! Going to go back and start tagging and liking everyone's books!Here is a link to my newly released novella, Cursing Athena"
Hi Lisa -- tagged and liked your book. Also liked your author page and 5 star reviews.
Vickie
Here' mine.
http://amzn.to/xhwYH0 Just Evil
http://amzn.to/xREg6C Deeper Evil
http://amzn.to/xU0c0I Promise Cove
http://amzn.to/wGOA3Z Hidden Moon Bay
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vickie-...
Caught up again. If you've posted in here anywhere, I've liked and tagged you book. If you've tagged me already, thank you. If not, my links are:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G5ZUBE
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053GWJ3M
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FFNYNA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0066O4GHW
Happy tagging!
Vickie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "This place is awesome! Going to go back and start tagging and liking everyone's books!Here is a link to my newly released novella, Cursing Athena"
Hi Lisa -- tagged and liked your b..."
Got ya!!! Thanks!
C.L.R. wrote: "Caught up again. If you've posted in here anywhere, I've liked and tagged you book. If you've tagged me already, thank you. If not, my links are:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G5ZUBE
http://www.ama..."
Hi C.L.R. -- your books are tagged and liked. Also liked your 5 star reviews too.
Vickie
C.L.R. wrote: "Caught up again. If you've posted in here anywhere, I've liked and tagged you book. If you've tagged me already, thank you. If not, my links are:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G5ZUBE
http://www.ama..."
Hey, Bud! I got one of yours that I missed.
xx
Got you Lisa.Please can I ask everyone to do me (another) favor!
I still have 2 irrelevant tags showing up right near the top on Amazon.co.uk!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0062EIRAI
I need at least 5 people to ‘untag’ the following tags –
‘secret life’ and ‘stay-at-home mom’
You can do this by disagreeing with the tag.
Also while you are there, if you could expand the view and click on the other 17 tags which are relevant, especially those with only (1) next to them.
Thanks ever so much!
Leila
Thanks Leila. As your post above re tagging and the links to the blog site you added was soooooo helpful to me, I have just gone in and done as you requested re your book on Amazon Uk. Have disliked those 2 tags and liked all the others.Only thing is, I am not sure if I am a fully fledged member of Amazon Uk like I am Amazon.com, so fingers crossed the tagging I did remains on your product.
This is an amazing thread! I am totally in! I love promoting my fellow indies!You can find mine here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00789GPFK
I am off to like and tag you all!
Cheers!
Gah, ok so last in line gives me A TON of work to do! I finished the first two pages. I will make it my weeks mission to like, tag, and otherwise "bump" everyone as far as I can.
Please help me and do me too! I need it http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00789GPFK
Thanks babes!
Cheers!
P.S. Thanks to this thread I have added a few book to my TBR list for my 2012 Indie ONLY mission. Thanks!
R.m. wrote: "This is an amazing thread! I am totally in! I love promoting my fellow indies!You can find mine here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00789GPFK
I am off to like and tag you all!
Cheers!"
Hi R.m. -- Your book is tagged and liked. Also liked your author page and your 5 star reviews.
Vickie
Gotcha, R.M. Somebody recently suggested working backwards from this page, which makes a lot of sense for the reasons in that post. I did it the other way, but wish I had thought to work backwards.
Seems like a great thread. Hope it's been helpful to some. Hope it's helpful to me, lol.Here's the link to the main book I'm currently promoting: amzn.to/rrInyy
That is part of a series I'm writing. I have 7 works out so far, 3 of which are this series. I'm working on the 4th in the series now.
Got you Charity please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOCharity wrote: "I have a new book that released today and it could use some love, please? =)
http://www.amazon.com/Danger-Undercov..."
Got you R.m. please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOR.m. wrote: "Gah, ok so last in line gives me A TON of work to do!
I finished the first two pages. I will make it my weeks mission to like, tag, and otherwise "bump" everyone as far as I can.
Please help me..."
Got you C.L.R please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOC.L.R. wrote: "Caught up again. If you've posted in here anywhere, I've liked and tagged you book. If you've tagged me already, thank you. If not, my links are:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G5ZUBE
http://www.ama..."
Got you Victoria please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOVictoria wrote: "Got yours too.
Victoria
http://www.amazon.com/Bookended-Beaut...
Sterling wrote: "Hi All,
The Kindle edition of my t..."
Got you J.R. please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOJ.R. wrote: "Hey gang, my new release could stand some loving. Thanks.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Limping-Dog..."
Got you ab please get my book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YEKJXOab wrote: "Hi, please tag and like my book
http://www.amazon.com/Romance-in-Ital...
Today it is free
thanks"
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