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Targeting Your Audience- The Solution To Your Marketing Problems

Typical and VERY real Author growls:

“Marketing takes way too much time!” GRRRrrrr…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on February 17, 2010 at 8:46pm — No Comments

Turning Nightmares INTO Pleasant Dreams

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When your curtain lifts, what do you see? Are you living a dream come true or are you tossing and turning as the nightmare continues?

Many talented writers go unnoticed. Many books sit on the shelves, never to be sold.

Question: So how do you navigate over a billion Internet viewers to witness your outstanding performance?

Answer: Through promotional tactics,… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 31, 2010 at 4:32pm — 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

CONQUERING All The Obstacles

1.) CONQUERING All the Obstacles

Jo-Anne Vandermeulen - Journey to Publication – Newspaper Interview

http://www.joconquerall.com/2010/01/conquering-all-obstacles.html or http://bit.ly/4HITJo

Jo-Anne Vandermeulen

Author of Suspense/Romance

“Conquer All Obstacles”…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 6, 2010 at 1:23pm — 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

A user-friendly resource that shows you how to target your audience, create MASSIVE exposure, and drive traffic back to your site where your books are sold. For sale SOON at: http://vandermeulen.laurusbooks.com/

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

Unique Promotional Items: Drawing Attention and Creating Massive Exposure

“I don’t just want it, I NEED IT!”

Have you ever come across ‘something’, pointed and shouted… “I’VE GOT TO HAVE THAT”!?!

Book Bags, Recyclable Tote Bags, Bible Holders, Purses, Passport Holders, Recipe Boxes…ALL specially designed from case-wrap hardcover books. Just way too cool! The front and back side of the book are the sides of the bag/holder and the spine of the book lines the external… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on September 26, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 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

SITE APPEARANCE – ATTRACTING VIEWERS

Listen to my LIVE show this Tuesday, 11:00am (Mtn./Sask. Zone time)

“Authors Articulating with Jo-Anne and Larry”...1/2hr. lively discussion on:

Topic: SITE APPEARANCE – ATTRACTING VIEWERS

Guest Call-In Number: (347) 857-3752

Click here to listen LIVE: http://bit.ly/2ELRCK

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on August 28, 2009 at 7:08am — No Comments

Audio Podcast: Blogsite vs. Websites

Blog vs Website (Click this title to listen)

Duration: ½ hr.

Be entertained!

Listening to these two dynamic speakers, Jo-Anne Vandermeulen and Larry Brooks, sizzle with energy. For the second half of the show, they encourage YOU to interact with them. Introduce yourself.

Authors – This is your chance. Deliver your author platform and pitch your… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on August 17, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

MISTY TAGGART, Founding Member of ACFW, Joins PPS

Premium Promotional Services is expanding to include a NEW marketing service.

How would you like to see your book professionally displayed just like a movie preview? Imagine all your viewers able to watch your book video and see your story unfold.

To bring even more MASSIVE exposure to you and your book, I totally recommend this new VIDEO service.

Brian and I welcome our newest team member to… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on August 9, 2009 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Authors Articulating with Jo-Anne and Larry on Blogtalkradio

Be entertained! Listening to these two dynamic speakers, Jo-Anne Vandermeulen and Larry Brooks, sizzle with energy. For the second half of the show, they encourage YOU to interact with them. Introduce yourself.

AUTHORS - This is your chance. Deliver your author platform and pitch your book.

READERS - Be ready to listen. Upcoming books you can order and add to your shelf. You are more than welcome to… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on August 1, 2009 at 7:39pm — No Comments

How to Sell Books: Using Your Site and the Internet Social Media to Present Your Book

http://bit.ly/vjUIn To Read ALL and view an example.

A book-widget called BookBuzzr (available at www.freado.com.) is a portable author website that extracts book information, supplied by the author, and makes your content accessible on many social media sites (Facebook, Blogs, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Now you can upload your pages (and just like a real book) your cover will be… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 31, 2009 at 7:55am — 8 Comments

Long Tailed Key Words

You can conquer all obstacles by carefully selecting the key words you’re going to use in your title, throughout your content, and insert in the tag section. Your ultimate goal is to boost your name and site higher in the search engine ranking.

How do I optimize my search engine ranking?

Optimize your position in the major search engines:

1.) Register your site.

2.) Supply great… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 25, 2009 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Authors Articulating with Jo-Anne and Larry

Join these two dynamic speakers, Jo-Anne Vandermeulen and Larry Brooks, on Blogtalkradio, talking about the importance of building an author platform and why the marketing strategy must start now.

AUTHORS - This is your chance. Deliver your author platform and pitch your book.

READERS - Be ready to listen. Upcoming books you can order and add to your shelf.…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 23, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Audio Podcast: Authors Promoting Through Blogtalkradio

Ready to increase traffic back to your site? Don’t let your author profile and book just sit there.

Now is the time to feature you and your book.

Let’s stir-up those webcrawlers (they love to snag variety forms of media). This will boost your name even higher in the search engines (ex: Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.).

By hosting your own show through Blogtalkradio, you can create FREE radio podcasts and syndicate your… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 17, 2009 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Links: Functioning Blog/Websites

Recently, I followed through with a friend’s request. She wanted me to check her website and blog. Frustrated, she’d asked me if there was anything she could do. Apparently, she’d posted great content but was puzzled when there’d been no traffic. Her fabulous articles sat empty of recorded visitors. She’d wanted an interactive blog. A place to discuss her book with the audience. She was ready to give up, and stop…writing.

Glancing… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 17, 2009 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Key Word and Key Phrase Fuels the Search Engines

Whether you’re building an author platform or marketing your book(s), the main goal in creating a blog is to attract an audience and drive potential customers back to your site where your book is sold.

Producing an article with great content is a must. It’s very competitive out there for new lurkers to just stumble upon your blog. But there are some techniques that can put you into the drivers seat so you can… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 10, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

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If you have books distributed through Amazon, you are more than welcome to receive massive exposure on Premium Promotional Services. Over 100 books have already been uploaded to our new cyber bookstore.

Just leave a message (include the title & ISBN) on… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 3, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Social Bookmark: GET NOTICED NOW

Today you will learn how to *Conquer All Obstacles*. I’m going to share a HUGE tip that will allow you to Hit Over A Hundred Social Bookmarks With Just One Click (okay…make that 3 clicks). But first, there are some VERY IMPORTANT techniques that must be in place to ensure optimized search engine success.

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 3, 2009 at 7:37pm — 1 Comment