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Looking for Great Stories, Too!

I've been compiling a book featuring 101 great and unusual ways to market your books -- as told by various authors and publishers. I already have some great stories. So send me your stories as well. Thanks. Email: johnkremer@bookmarket.com.

Or, you can add your story here as a comment to this blog post. That way other people in the network can read the stories as well. Again, thanks.

Added by John Kremer on August 3, 2007 at 12:31am — No Comments

How to Use This Network

Someone on my page asked me to tell a little more about how to use this network. Here was part of my answer:

I'm not sure what to say about the ins and outs of social networking. The key is to find people you like or who interest you on this network and then invite them to do more with you. Talk. Promote together. Share ideas. Network.

To find interesting people, scan through the people on the network, especially the new people as they come on. Also read the blogs. That's a… Continue

Added by John Kremer on July 7, 2007 at 9:53pm — No Comments

John Kremer's Making Friends That Count Course

On Tuesday, June 19th, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, I will present a teleseminar on how to create relationships with top media and other key book selling

contacts. This teleseminar is the first of a two-part package on how to make lasting friendships with key media and other people who matter.

The full course also includes full documentation and an additional webinar where John will teach you all his secrets on how…

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Added by John Kremer on June 18, 2007 at 12:04am — 4 Comments

Ning now allows music on your pages!!!

You can now add music to your individual pages. Ning has just added this capability to your pages. You'll find music on this front page as well (but, as the creator of this group, I'm the only one who can add music to the opening page). Personalize your page now with your own music.

Note: I have to rely on Ning to add capabilities to this network. Since I'm not a programmer, I don't have any idea how to add plug-ins or such unless Ning makes them available.

Enjoy the… Continue

Added by John Kremer on June 7, 2007 at 3:18am — No Comments

See You at BookExpo America

I'll be at BookExpo America next week from Monday, May 28th to Monday, June 4th. I hope to see some of you there. BookExpo is the place to catch the pulse of the book publishing industry and to meet lots of people who you can work with in your book promotions. Lots of good people.

I will be speaking three times at the PMA University on Tuesday (2:00 p.m.), Wednesday (2:00 p.m.), and Thursday (10:30 a.m.) in advance of BooKExpo… Continue

Added by John Kremer on May 24, 2007 at 4:55am — 4 Comments

Using Teleseminars to Create and Market Books

If you missed the live teleseminar, you can still listen in at:

http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=8841

On Wednesday evening, May 16th, I hosted a free teleseminar on how you can use teleseminars and webinars to create new content,

write new books, promote your books, and sell more books. The content and energy on the teleseminar was… Continue

Added by John Kremer on May 17, 2007 at 4:25pm — No Comments

How to Become a New York Times Bestselling Author

If you'd like to become a New York Times bestselling author, you can still sign up for my New York Times Bestselling Pioneers Club by going to http://www.bookmarket.com/nytbests.htm. The teleseminar is on Tuesday, May 8th, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. It's also available as a webinar.

Added by John Kremer on May 7, 2007 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Free Teleseminar: Recording Now Available

I just completed a 2-hour plus free teleseminar where I talked about why you would want to become a New York Times bestselling author. I then answered questions from the listeners. Great teleseminar. Worth listening to. Go here to listen to it: http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=24978. It's free to listen to it. Anytime within the next few weeks.

Added by John Kremer on May 3, 2007 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Selling Books on the New York City Subway

The following post is excerpted from Fred Gleeck's ezine, Fred Gleeck Insights. Fred is a great marketer. He tells a great story here:

I love New York! One of the days when I was running around like a chicken

with it's head cut off on the subway I saw this guy hawking something

further down the subway car. In my typical NYer style I averted my

gaze, hoping not be accosted to give him money.

Lucky I couldn't do it. I squinted… Continue

Added by John Kremer on April 30, 2007 at 10:57pm — 1 Comment

Book Marketing Blast-Off Seminar

Well, I'm taking off tomorrow morning (Thursday) for my 3-day Book Marketing Blast-Off Seminar in Marina del Rey, California (10 minutes from the LA airport). I'll be there in LA until Tuesday morning and be back in my Taos, New Mexico office on Wednesday.

For info about my seminars, see http://www.bookmarket.com/blastoff.htm.

Added by John Kremer on April 18, 2007 at 9:34pm — No Comments

198 and counting

I invited the readers of my Book Marketing Tip of the Week newsletter to come here to the Book Marketing Network. So far, another 15 have signed up today. Congrats.

If you don't get my tip of the week email newsletter, you can sign up at BookMarket.com.

To read old issues of the tip of the week newsletter, go to http://www.bookmarket.com/tipsindex.htm.

Added by John Kremer on April 16, 2007 at 10:26pm — No Comments

180 and counting

Several points: 192 photos -- and counting! Check them out.

1. Congrats to all the people who have joined this network. I've seen a lot of people helping other people already. That's why I founded the network.

2. Please note that I don't OWN this network. It's not my site. It's your site. My site is BookMarket.com. That's where I sell things and control the content. Here I don't control the content. You do. I just started up this network so people could share.

3. We… Continue

Added by John Kremer on April 9, 2007 at 11:48pm — 2 Comments

Making Friends

Some people here still don't know what to do with friends -- whether or not to invite other members of the network to be their friends, why have friends, how to use them, etc. So, here's my advice:

First, collect friends. They make you look good. Plus friends can lead to real friendships and relationships. We can all use more friends.

Second, all friends become part of your address book so you can email them directly, either singly or in groups, if you have a message to… Continue

Added by John Kremer on April 3, 2007 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

172 and Counting ... Invite More Friends!

I'm back from the CIPA Conference. A great weekend. Lots of good people. I've invited them to join the network. We'll see who joins in the next week.

I am enjoying this network and adding lots of new friends. Please take time to add a blog post at some point and add some content to your personal page so we can get to know each other. I've been going around to different people's pages and seeing what they are doing. It's really nice to see all the pictures and finally put… Continue

Added by John Kremer on March 31, 2007 at 3:26am — 5 Comments

Adding Friends in the Book Marketing Network

If you ad friends in this network -- and they accept your invitation -- their Ning contact info will be included in your Address Book (which you can access by clicking on the small envelope in the upper left corner of any page.

Then it is easier for you to send a direct message to any of your friends via the network (again accessible to them via their little envelope in the upper left corner of any page). Via that envelope icon, you can click on it and access any messages others in the… Continue

Added by John Kremer on March 26, 2007 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Ning and Amazon.com

Ryan Richardson just sent me a chatter message on my page here. I thought his suggestion was good so I'm adding it here as a blog post.

"You guys should read and recommend each other's books on Amazon. Refer to this Ning site and then other authors will want to join this site.
Within time, all your books will be flying off the shelves if you work
together on Ning AND Amazon."

Added by John Kremer on March 20, 2007 at 12:42am — 6 Comments

BMN Rearrangements

Regular visitors to this network will note that I rearranged the layout so the blog entries and forums are at the tip since that's what most people are using. I also put the photos higher to encourage more people to submit their photos. The videos are still here, but more down the page in the center. Also the popular members are still here, but lower on the left.

Added by John Kremer on March 15, 2007 at 8:33pm — No Comments

Using Book Marketing Network

It seems like most network members are using the blog posts rather than the forums to communicate. And I can see why. The blog posts are much more visible. To really use this network and create good working relationships with others on this network, also check out the network home pages for each member. The home pages on BMN feature all a users blog posts, comments, forum posts, photos, videos posted, etc.

Also check out the forums. While they are less visible, they are… Continue

Added by John Kremer on March 15, 2007 at 3:21pm — No Comments

75 and Counting

Well, we're up to 75 people in this network. And some nice activity. Check out Steve Weber's Plug Your Book post. His book looks great. It seems to have some action points I did not cover in the new edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. You can sample his book free. You can sample his book here:
Plug Your Book: Online Book Marketing for Authors by Steve Weber.

Added by John Kremer on March 13, 2007 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Do any of you Twitter?

I just discovered an interesting website with lots of activity. It's called Twitter.com, and it is designed to keep friends and other interested parties informed about what you are doing -- especially via cell phone text messages (which you can access either via the website, IM, or your cell phone.

I'm going to use it to let people who become my followers or friends (two categories in Twitter) -- to let them know whenever I update a page on my website. As I Twitter, the… Continue

Added by John Kremer on March 10, 2007 at 4:21pm — No Comments