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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on November 10, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

WHY I'M NOT WRITING

I'm very adamant on the Internet and elsewhere that I don't believe in the notorious “writers block.” Most former journalists and newspaper people will agree with me. We couldn't couldn't look up at the editor in despair and whine, “I don't know, sir. The words just aren't coming to me right now.” That doesn't fly when there are column inches to fill and lay-out…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on July 16, 2010 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

Calling ALL Authors…YOU are invited to the PPS SUMMER PROMO DEAL

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 27, 2010 at 8:31pm — No Comments

PPS SUMMER PROMO DEAL

Calling ALL Authors…YOU are invited to the PPS SUMMER PROMO…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 23, 2010 at 10:32am — No Comments

Upcoming Blogtalkradio Shows

Time for you to RELAX, LISTEN, AND LEARN.

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 18, 2010 at 11:40pm — No Comments

How to be a successful blogger: Really Love Thy Neighbour

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For your viewers to respect you, first you must genuinely respect them. As a blogger, our job is not only to supply valuable content; but also, to make the

readers feel special. I use the brand or motto,…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on March 2, 2010 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Target Your Audience: Promote Your Book in Virtual Reader Communities

*Data base included*

Promote Your Book in Virtual Reader Communities

by Dana Lynn Smith

Discovering YOUR reader community, target this audience and present your awesome author platform…these viewers will VERY soon turn into your fans.…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 15, 2010 at 7:26pm — 3 Comments

What has 107, 101, 2 and 24 to do with 2009?

Almost the end of 2009, and I am facing it with very mixed feelings. It has been a year when family issues, medical issues and work issues have overwhelmed the literature, radio and friendship aspects of the past 365 days.

From the very start of the year leading up to my major back surgery until today when my youngest son was back in hospital, there has hardly been… Continue

Added by Storyheart on December 30, 2009 at 1:48pm — No Comments

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on December 17, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Available December 15th – “Premium Promotional Tips for Writers” Author: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen

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If I can CONQUER ALL OBSTACLES so can YOU!

Are you:

> wondering how you can STAND OUT FROM THE REST by designing a unique author… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on November 28, 2009 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments

VBT - Writers on the Move is having its One Year Anniversary Blogaversary

VBT - Writers on the Move is a group of authors who cross-promote to increase visibility and readership. As part of our strategy we have ongoing monthly virtual book tours for our members. This month we're going strong and growing for 1 Year!

Stop by our VBT blog site for details and the schedule. There are daily prizes through November 23rd and the Mystery Site Giveaway is a $25 Gift Card to Amazon.

Visit during the tour and leave a comment - you might be a… Continue

Added by Karen Cioffi-Ventrice on November 9, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

PSWA CONFERENCE

The Public Safety Writers Conference 2010 will be held from June 17 through June 20 in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Our headliner this year is the wonderful crime fiction and horror writer, Simon Wood. is going to talk about Creating Suspense. Michael A. Black will give us a lesson in putting together a plot in an hour. Forensic expert, Steve Scarborough, is returning, and I'm going to speak on “How Much Sex Is Too Much?” in the mystery genre.… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on October 22, 2009 at 1:48pm — No Comments

#1 Marketing Tool for Authors

There exists a marketing tool that grabs your readers’ attention and sends them straight to the bookstore.

A well-made book video is the #1 marketing tool for authors today.

See for yourself. Watch this powerful Book Video:

Introducing Misty Taggart – A Hollywood Screenwriter who brings over 20 years of experience to each Book Video, Misty produces Book Videos at TRAILER TO THE… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on September 2, 2009 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Here's A Chance To Help Create Your Own Viral Book Marketing Tool

BookBuzzr's latest newsletter is out and it is filled with new features that will help authors market books with more ease. BookBuzzr can take your book viral and all you have to do for this is use it.

Help us give you the best tool to market you books to their full potential. Take our
survey and tell us what you want.

Added by Freya R on September 2, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

How to Market Your Book in Your Email Signature

As an author your email signature is a fantastic place to distinguish yourself and stand-out from the crowd of emails that your recipients receive. In fact, it's an excellent way to unobtrusively market your book to all your email recipients. Let's do the math about the size of this marketing opportunity ... if you send an average of 10 emails a day you've got over 300 opportunities a month to tell your email recipients (clients, coworkers, friends, family and vendors) about your… Continue

Added by Freya R on August 31, 2009 at 9:17am — No Comments

Trumpet Blaring News and Helpful Links

I’m going to start today’s blog with a just a little piece blowing my own trumpet.

Yesterday my book “Across the Pond” reached the BIG 100 reviews status on Amazon

I am so pleased that that many people have taken time not only to read my book, but to review it as well.…

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Added by Storyheart on August 25, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Dan Holloway Says, "Bookbuzzr is the Best Widget I've Ever Found on the Web"!

Today we were absolutely thrilled by a comment made by noted novelist and champion of the Free e-Day movement - Dan Holloway in his blog.

In the entry Dan says, "not only do they care about writers - they listen to writers. They respond swiftly to feedback - they will even try to make changes. They actually want to give writers a tool that works for them. And they've succeeded. Bookbuzzr… Continue

Added by Freya R on August 24, 2009 at 8:17am — No Comments

Marketing BookBuzzr - A Book Marketing Technology/Site

A few weeks ago, we had an email interaction with Henry at SelfPublishingReview.com, who made a very valuable suggestion for improving the user interface and readability of BookBuzzr on Mac systems. When we made the fix, Henry suggested that we write a guest post about running a book-marketing site.

Here is our guest post on SelfPublishingReview.com

Added by Freya R on August 12, 2009 at 5:11am — No Comments

Help with Writing Terms

While on a radio show yesterday somebody asked what I publicist does?

My first image was of a person who went from Pub to Pub listing the various beers they sold.

This got me thinking about other literary terms and meanings that perhaps people use all the time, but do not know 100% what they mean, so here are my examples.…

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Added by Storyheart on August 6, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

How To Automate Marketing Your Book on Twitter With BookBuzzr

We're excited to make some major feature releases today. These features relate to Twitter. The idea is to help authors market their books on Twitter with a large degree of automation (and without annoying the Followers of the authors :))

If you are a new or existing author on BookBuzzr, this instruction guide should help you add in your Twitter details and start marketing your book on Twitter.…

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Added by Freya R on August 6, 2009 at 5:54am — No Comments