Book Marketing Blog Carnival – March 11, 2009

Welcome to the March 11, 2009 edition of the book marketing blog carnival.

Marketing and Online Marketing

Kathleen Gaga presents Authors! There’s Power and Profit when you get FREE Publicity posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “One of the greatest ways to promote a book is with free publicity. It is not difficult to secure publicity if you know what you are doing. With all that is available on the Internet it’s even easier than ever. The fact is, many times your potential readers will pay attention to free publicity more than they do with paid advertising…especially when it comes to promoting a book.”

C.F. Jackson presents (Part I) Three Steps On How To Sell Fiction Online With Keywords posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “Do you know the key element when it comes to booking marketing online and selling books on the internet?”

Praveen presents Changes to My Blog and Business Model posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, “Why I removed Adsense and Affiliate links from my blog and coupled it tighter with my book’s website, to concentrate on book sales.”

Jamie Munro presents Top 5 SEO Tips To Achieve Top 10 Rankings In Google posted at End Your If, saying, “Achieve top rankings in search engines for your targetted keywords to help you promote your book.”

Jim DeSantis presents The Pros and Cons of Video Blogging posted at On Line Tribune | You Can Blog Too, saying, “Photoblogging was the rage not too long ago but public demand has moved the Internet into full action video. The era of video is now dominating cyberspace, cellphones and other hand-held technology. Video bloggers are finding a mass audience for products and services.”

Sarah Bolme presents Read an E-Book Week posted at Marketing Christian Books.

Kathleen Gaga presents Are you immobilized or energized during these uncertain times? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “In these uncertain times it’s essential to have a systematic approach to how you run your business. This includes how you market your business. Those who have systems in place are likely to stay ahead of the curve. Additionally, they are positioning themselves for the upturn of the economy.

Rather than sitting around talking about how bad things are, why not use the time to research, develop, plan and market.”

Susan Tatum presents More Ways to Waste Money on Pay-Per-Click posted at Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing.

Teresa Morrow presents Various parts of online promotion | posted at Key Business Partners.

Anya Portnik presents Sales training & business tips from Better Business Focus magazine posted at Gavin Ingham.

Alex_Sysoef presents Blog Carnival – Submit an Article to a Carnival posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “Beauty of WordPress is its infinite extendability through adding new functionality without knowing any coding or html. Simply find plugin that delivers the options you need, install it, configure as advised – and Voila! Your Blog Extended!Today I want to discuss 2 plugins that will help you Get More From Your WordPress Blog: * More Subscribers * More SalesAnd all of it will be done without you needing to dig too much into code! Got to love it!”

Steve Harrison presents Building an effective business plan posted at Increase Website Traffic.

Stephen Dean presents Optimize Your Blog For Maximum Profit, My Interview With Robert Plank posted at Copywriting Dean, saying, “Robert Plank interviews Stephen Dean on how to grow, advertise and make money with a blog.”

Sarah Johnson presents My Copywriting Checklist. (Ok, it is not really mine.) – Sarah Johnson, Copywriter posted at Sarah Johnson copy.

Rebecca Dean presents What Is Copywriting? posted at Miss Copy.

Reviews

GrrlScientist presents OpenLab2008: It’s Now Available! posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “OpenLabs are anthologies of the finest and most educational science, nature and medical writing published on the blogosphere in the previous year. This year’s edition, OpenLab2008, is now available for you to enjoy. These books make a fine and affordable gift for kids and adults who are fascinated by science (and I recommend them to libraries too).”

Writing and Publishing

Kathleen Gaga presents Is becoming an Amazon.com Bestseller worth anything? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “I believe that almost anyone can become a best-selling author regardless of genre. It’s simply a matter of how much you want this and if you are willing to do what it takes. It takes vision, planning, time and effort.”

Peter Jones presents Authors and Writers Platforms – What It Is and How To Create One posted at Bauu Institute and Press.

Melanie presents How to Write a Great Headline posted at Welcome to the jexbo® blog – Tips for self-published authors and entrepreneurs!, saying, “Learn quick tips from the founder of www.jexbo.com on how to write a great headline!”

Tiffany Colter presents Writing Contest Special posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “As a writer these are among the most affordable ways to get your work in front of editors and agents.”

Jim DeSantis presents Freelance Writing: A Career From Anywhere posted at Ghostwriting4You, saying, “Maybe you are interested in a freelance writing career but you worry about whether you live in a suitable location. Well, think again. Freelance writing is a job you can do from anywhere.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the book marketing blog carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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