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Tom wrote: "Hi Marilyn,Tom -- liked your book in the US.
Vickie
Went through the list. My clicking finger is cramping. @Tom I liked your book here in the states. There were no tags though so I put a few on.
Ian wrote: "Went through the list. My clicking finger is cramping. @Tom I liked your book here in the states. There were no tags though so I put a few on."Thanks, Ian.
Very much appreciated!
Thanks everyone! Here's mine.http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Richar...
http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-New-Am...
Hey,I heard that if people click on your Amazon page and DON'T buy, your 'conversion rate' falls and your ranking goes down... so tags are great, likes are great but does it simply keep you where you were at or even have a negative effect?
I don't know one way or the other, so just asking/wondering if someone has heard this/knows?
Hello All, Playing catch up. If you haven't already, please tag and like me and I'll do the same for you!http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/caro...
http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Cant-See-...
Thanks Armand, Just got you back! Anyone else want to play? If you haven't already, please tag and like me and I'll do the same for you!
http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/caro...
http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Cant-See-...
Richard -- tagged and liked your book, also liked your author page and 5 star reviews. Got everyone else before, all caught up again.Vickie
http://amzn.to/xhwYH0 Just Evil
http://amzn.to/xREg6C Deeper Evil
http://amzn.to/KKcB2n Ending Evil
http://amzn.to/xU0c0I Promise Cove
http://amzn.to/wGOA3Z Hidden Moon Bay
http://amzn.to/Hd3V0U Author page
https://www.facebook.com/VickieMcKeehan
Tom wrote: "Hi Marilyn,LIKED and tagged Pegasus, and Liked The BA, but couldn't see the tags for it.
Be very much appreciated if you can like and tag me back,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Of-Infec......"
Got you Tom
Tom
Caught up again... and added new anthology to my list, so if you would be so kind... http://www.amazon.com/State-of-Horror...
Armand
Got everyone, including Armand's new anthology. Love that title. GO GATORS!
Jenelle wrote: "Tom wrote: "Hey,I heard that if people click on your Amazon page and DON'T buy, your 'conversion rate' falls and your ranking goes down... so tags are great, likes are great but does it simply ke..."
Hi Jenelle, yeah, maybe it works. Everyone here seems to think so. I'll tag you if you tag me... :)
Risk Of Infection
How do you tag a book? I see the like button, but nothing else.
Go down the page and you'll see the tags for the book... click on each of them and then make sure you hit the like tags button...Armand
All caught up again. Got everybody's new books too.Vickie
Would appreciate if everyone would click the top five reviews and click "Yes" on "Was this review helpful to you?" I will gladly reciprocate.http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-New-Am...
I guess I'm just ignorant, but why are you guys liking and tagging other peoples books? I have tried to find somewhere that explains it to me but I haven't had any luck. Thanks
Joyce wrote: "I guess I'm just ignorant, but why are you guys liking and tagging other peoples books? I have tried to find somewhere that explains it to me but I haven't had any luck. Thanks"
Wow Joyce! I guess I've been missing this as well. I tried keeping up with others comments on it and the only thing I got out of it was that I'm just as lost as you. Want to do more investigating now. If you find out though let me know what's the what.
People can search for books. If I'm in the mood for a political thriller, I do a search for it. If you book is tagged "political thriller" it will be displayed in the search results. The higher the count is on one of your tags, the higher up the list it will show up in the search.Example, my book is number 2 under the tag "dystopian"
http://www.amazon.com/tag/dystopian?r...
Richard wrote: "People can search for books. If I'm in the mood for a political thriller, I do a search for it. If you book is tagged "political thriller" it will be displayed in the search results. The higher ..."Very helpful, Richard! Thanks. Is that just on Amazon or what? I feel so technically and socially challenged!
Joyce wrote: "I guess I'm just ignorant, but why are you guys liking and tagging other peoples books? I have tried to find somewhere that explains it to me but I haven't had any luck. Thanks"
Hi Joyce, So from what I've just learned about the tagging /liking thing, it's about others going on to Amazon clicking the like button and tagging your book/books. Hope that helps.
A.M. wrote: "Richard wrote: "People can search for books. If I'm in the mood for a political thriller, I do a search for it. If you book is tagged "political thriller" it will be displayed in the search resul..."So are you advising that many, many (as many as possible) other people tag the same tag and then that gives you a higher rating. And when you say search result, you mean on amazon. And how does the likes play into it? Sorry for all the questions but its still not making sense to me yet. thanks
Melissa wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better. Post the link to your book and ..."
Melissa -- tagged and liked your books, also liked your author page and 5 star review.
Vickie
Joyce wrote: "A.M. wrote: "Richard wrote: "People can search for books. If I'm in the mood for a political thriller, I do a search for it. If you book is tagged "political thriller" it will be displayed in the..."Yes, you're exactly right on the tagging.
Not entirely sure what the Like does.
holy cow, that took a while but I think I'm caught up too! So, to answer a few questions, the reason why we *think* it is helpful is that amazon uses complex algorithms to determine popularity. And, the pages that get lots of visits (whether a purchase is made or not) are considered more popular and therefore are ranked higher.
Anyway, by liking the books and the authors, we are ranking them as more popular.
For the tags, they help determine "Best Seller Lists" and categories that Amazon uses to create their own marketing lists. So, if you wrote a book that was set in Florida about an FBI agent that fell in love with a Doctor, you could become a 'best seller' on a "Florida Medical Romance" list...for example. Okay, that is a silly example but the point is, using tags to find your niche audience can greatly improve your placements.
For example, the author that started this thread, Charlotte Abel. She is a 'best seller' in these categories:
#10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Sports & Activities > Sports
#18 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Children's Fiction > Sports & Activities
And if you look at her tags, she only has one related to sports...but it has been clicked 89 times...so I'm sure that has something to do with her high placement in those lists.
If you aren't on any best seller lists yet, use your tags to 'nudge' your audience into the direction you want to go. The more specific the better because there are fewer books competing in the "Florida Medical Romance" category. LOL.
And, as far as saying "yes" to the 5 star and 3 star reviews... Well, Amazon always lists "the most helpful" positive and negative review prominently on your reviews page. You want to make sure that your most helpful positives are always a 5 star...rather than a 4 star. And, since a 3 star review is considered "negative", if you have a bad review, you can kinda 'bury' it by getting lots of 'yes, helpful' clicks on a 3 star and that will show as the most helpful negative. Does that make sense?
Good luck!
Kris
Kris wrote: "holy cow, that took a while but I think I'm caught up too! So, to answer a few questions, the reason why we *think* it is helpful is that amazon uses complex algorithms to determine popularity. A..."
Thanks Kris, Very detailed and helpful.
Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better. Post the link to your book and I'll return the fa..."
Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better.
Post the link to your book and I'll return the fa..."
Charlotte, I've liked and tagged your books on Amazon.com and would love for you to "return the favor". I will gladly do it for anyone else who responds. Thanks.
Teresa Sue McAdams, author of Lessons: The Wisdom Within Each Moment
http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Wisdom-...
Teresa wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better. Teresa - tagged and liked your book, also liked your author page and 5 star reviews. Here's my books.
Vickie
http://amzn.to/xhwYH0 Just Evil
http://amzn.to/xREg6C Deeper Evil
http://amzn.to/KKcB2n Ending Evil
http://amzn.to/xU0c0I Promise Cove
http://amzn.to/wGOA3Z Hidden Moon Bay
http://amzn.to/Hd3V0U Author page
https://www.facebook.com/VickieMcKeehan
J. R. wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better. Post the link to..."
Hi J.R. I have tagged and liked your books. Thank you.
Vickie wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "My books could use some "tagging" on amazon...and if you're willing to also click helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews, that would be even better. Teresa - tagged ..."
Vickie, I liked and tagged your books. Thank you. Teresa
Hello all, I want to play! Please like and tag my book and I'll gladly do the same for you!
Like J.R. says, clicking helpful on the 4 and 5 star reviews would be helpful and appreciated too, Thanks!
http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/caro...
http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Cant-See-...
I have liked, tagged and clicked on your book. Thanks! Teresa
Just caught up with J.R. and Teresa! Anyone else want to play? Tag and like me and I'll do the same for you. Voting yes on reviews is appreciated too!
http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/caro...
http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Cant-See-...
So this thread is about five months old. Everyone has tagged and liked everyone else. Has anyone seen any results that they can attribute to the effort.Not trying to throw cold water on the project as I can see there are other benefits between authors that can't be quantified. I expect it might be difficult to ascribe any increased sales to the tag and like campaign but any marketing plan should have some quantifiable measure of success or failure.
Report back here by close of business today. (kidding, kidding)
Disclaimer: I haven't been participating but have followed the thread off and on for a while.
Such a long time since I played tag...will take some time to catch up but I will.Here's my debut novel, in here Daimones and in Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B0083IHV5I
Cheers all
Massimo
Hi Massimo, I have tagged and liked your book on Amazon. My link is:http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Wisdom-...
Thanks. Teresa
Massimo wrote: "Such a long time since I played tag...will take some time to catch up but I will.Massimo - tagged and liked your book, also liked your author page and 5 star reviews. Here's my books.
Vickie
Just Evil is now out in paperback and needs a little love.Thanks,
Vickie
http://amzn.to/Nr1JaC Just Evil paperback
Vickie, I tagged and liked Just Evil. Here's my link. Thanks. Teresahttp://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Wisdom-...
Teresa wrote: "Vickie, I tagged and liked Just Evil. Here's my link. Thanks. Teresahttp://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Wisdom-......"
Teresa -- got your book before. Thanks for the tag on my paperback.
Vickie
Massimo, I liked your Amazon author page and book. Here is my link. http://www.amazon.com/author/florence...
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LIKED and tagged Pegasus, and Liked The BA, but couldn't see the tags for it.
Be very much appreciated if you can like and tag me back,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Of-Infec...
Many thanks,
Tom.
NB: If anyone likes the look of my book please LIKE and tag, let me know and I'll reciprocate!