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A Second Look at Advertising with AMS: Brand Building vs. Ad Sales
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
You may remember how I considered my advertising with Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) a failure, in that I failed to sell more books. I’ve been thinking about it, and have reached the conclusion that I should expand on this. You may remember that I had decided to continue using…
A First Look at Advertising with Amazon
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
by meowmeowmeow21.deviantart.com I’m sure you remember my step-by-step tutorial on how to advertise with Amazon. Three weeks later, I have some preliminary results, which, as promised, I’m sharing with you, so that you can learn from my mistakes. In a nutshell: I’ve failed. The experiment has so far been a…
My Book Marketing Secret
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
This is a guest post I wrote for Chris, the Story Reading Ape’s blog, and it describes my marketing strategy – which is really very simple. In fact, it can be summed up as follows: Be real, be fun, be helpful. If you do that, people will buy your…
Show, Don’t Tell, on Twitter
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
From blackberryczech.cz I have often mentioned the “show, don’t tell” rule in my blog. MMJaye, a regular around here and a great supporter of Indies in her own blog, kindly wrote this guest post for me, tackling the rule from a novel perspective: how to use it when tweeting. Enjoy…
The secret is out: how to talk to your blog readers
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
I cannot recall if I’ve mentioned this before but I’ve always been absolutely fascinated by the workings of the human mind (the subconscious in particular). I’ve always loved to read and practice anything that can reveal to me any new tantalising secrets, so over the course of nearly 30…
A guaranteed method to gain Twitter followers by the thousands
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
In the beginning of September I reached the eagerly awaited number of 10,000 Twitter followers. This important milestone was something I’d been expecting for months, since I’d been gaining new followers at a standard pace. Except for a short-lived dip in my performance that I mention at the very…
An Author’s Secret Weapon: Marketing Advice for Twitter
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Today I have another guest post for you, by another one of my friends, N.N. Light. She is the author of the fantasy book “Princess of the Light.” She’s not here to speak of her book though. Instead, she has some great tips to share about book marketing, and specifically…
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