BookBuzzr Offers New Learning Ops for Writers or How to Avoid Becoming a Book Marketing Dinosaur by Marketing Your Book with Emerging Technologies.
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The technology landscape and associated opportunities for marketing your book is changing at an unprecedented pace. Online games, mobile marketing, Facebook, Twitter, the Kindle, the iPhone, the iPad and the Android are pushing the boundaries of what is possible when it comes to promoting and marketing your book.
As an author, it is important that you keep abreast of these emerging trends and technologies so that you can take advantage of these opportunities. You don't want to become a book marketing dinosaur, do you! Ha!
The first step in avoiding the fate of the dinosaurs is to spend some time to educate yourself, and Bookbuzzr is providing a perfect place to do just that. It's a new kind of online learning environment … one that was focused on getting practical, actionable information from industry leading experts to authors in the most efficient manner. I will be participating so I'm especially eager for you to know about it early enough to include it in your new year calendar. Here is their announcement:
Announcing BookBuzzr’s Book Marketing Technologies Center (BBMTC)
In order to help you to successfully navigate through the swarm of new technologies and separate the noise from the signal, we at BookBuzzr are launching the BookBuzzr Book Marketing Technologies Center (BBMTC.)
BBMTC is the world’s first and only online, free, learning program designed to help authors learn about emerging new technologies and associated opportunities for book promotion. BBMTC features a monthly online seminar or roundtable (aka webinar) featuring industry leading book marketing experts. Each month they will cover a new technology or emerging trend.
Our panel of experts will talk and share about technologies with authors and writers through webinars and blog posts to cover it comprehensively. This is our way of getting different viewpoints to the table about what is the latest trend emerging for authors in technologies that will help them reach out to more people.
We will have one webinar each month on the topic and as many view points as possible from industry experts as article/blog posts.
For each webinar the panel will share their views about the topic and discuss it in detail. The latter half of the webinar will be dedicated to answering questions from authors and writers. Questions can be asked before, during, and after the seminar on Twitter (with Hashtag #BBMTC) or on our BookBuzzr Facebook Page.
How much does it cost?
You can attend any workshop for free. Our generous expert partners are giving away much of their knowledge for free. Why is BBMTC free you ask? Our expert partners are doing this in the hope that at least some of the attendees will become their clients in the future. Also its our and our experts way of giving back to the author community. Of course you are under no obligation to purchase anything.
What is the schedule and what are my next steps?
The schedule is outlined below. Please bear in mind that the schedule may change and we may make changes to the format of this program or the schedule based on feasibility and opportunities. Simply sign-up to our monthly newsletter to get notified about upcoming BBMTC events.
All seminars/webinars at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific / Noon Arizona
January Facebook Fundamentals for Authors Wednesday, 12th Jan 2011
February Using Twitter to Market your Book –I’ll be participating on this panel. I love Twitter for authors! Wednesday, 9th Feb 2011
March Formatting for the Kindle and other readers Wednesday, 9th Mar 2011
April Marketing Your Book in an Apple World Wednesday, 13th Apr 2011
May Blogger Relations for Authors I’m a panellist for this topic, too. Lots of us aren’t using our blogs to their capacity. Wednesday, 11th May 2011
June How to Create Good Book Trailers Wednesday, 8th Jun 2011
July Podcasting Fundamentals for Authors Wednesday, 13th Jul 2011
August Online Gaming - Why it Matters for Authors Wednesday, 10th Aug 2011
September Marketing Your Book in a Mobile World Wednesday, 14th Sept 2011
October Networking on Forums and Reader Sites for Authors Wednesday, 12th Oct 2011
November How Authors can Use Technologies to Market Their Books Wednesday, 9th Nov 2011
December How Authors Can Succeed in the EBooks Universe Wednesday, 14th Dec 2011
Feedback Requested
If you find a topic interesting or believe that you have the expertise to participate on a particular topic, or if you’d like to contribute and be a part of this program – drop us an email at freya [at] BookBuzzr [dot] com. We’d love to hear from you – the more views on a topic the clearer it gets : )
Our BBMTC panel page is up. Do take a look: http://bit.ly/igPsNh
Note: For an inexpensive way to educate yourself on the publicity basics please consider my The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't. You'll get the basics for publicity, writing media releases, assembling media kits and promotion ideas that don't necessarily require high-tech skills. By the way, for newbies, the word "publicity" is synonymous with the word "free." There are ways to get more of it than you ever imagined.
~Submitted by your MWSA blogger, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Give Yourself a Gift This Holiday Season
I thought I'd drop by and name drop. (-: "Usage books" is a term not many of us know. And a term we should know. In fact, we should have at least one on our desktop (virtual or the real thing!). Treat yourself to one for the holidays. Learn more about what they are and your choices at http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/12/usage-books-for-you-for-gifts.html.
~Your MWSA blogger, Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging writers' resources at Writers' Digest 101 Best Websites, http://www.sharingwithwriters.com/ and
providing lots of writers' resources at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.coml/
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~Your MWSA blogger, Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging writers' resources at Writers' Digest 101 Best Websites, http://www.sharingwithwriters.com/ and
providing lots of writers' resources at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.coml/
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Learn AMAZON Secrets FREE with FREE Newsletter Subscription
Authors love to hate Amazon.com. Trouble is, we can't thrive without it. Sadly most authors and even publishers don't know how to effectively use the features Amazon offers -- especially the trick to achieving bestselling ratings.
Luckily, Aggie Villaneuva learned that stuff the hard way -- and she achieved two category bestsellers in 2010, each book in three separate categories! She freely shares that knowledge with us in her TWO white paper reports in ONE, "How Choosing Kindle Categories Wisely Got me Two Best Sellers This Year." Plus "How to Gain Bestseller Status in Amazon’s Print Bookstore Too."
Miraculously, (because Aggie is a peach!) I'm offering her white papers at no charge to authors willing to help other authors learn even more about the writing and publishing world by subscribing to my Sharing with Writers newsletter. One report for the author who recommends my newsletter. Another for the author who signs up. It doesn't get any better than that! I know many MWSA subscribers and members already get my Sharing with Writers newsletter in their e-mail boxes. That's OK. You may still want to share it with others. (-:
To qualify for this double gift, put SUBSCRIBE-FREE "AMAZON Secrets" REPORT in the subject line of an e-mail and send it to HoJoNews@aol.com. In the window of the e-mail, list the e-mail address of the recommending author and the new subscriber. Both authors will get an e-copy of Aggie's report back in their e-mail boxes. Easy as that!
PS: You'll also find the section on using Amazon in my The Frugal Book Promoter useful. Amazon isn't perfect but they are trying to be author friendly. And, I have to say, they've never been late with a royalty payment. Authors can't always say that about their publishers, can they? (-:
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is one of your official MWSA bloggers and author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:
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Luckily, Aggie Villaneuva learned that stuff the hard way -- and she achieved two category bestsellers in 2010, each book in three separate categories! She freely shares that knowledge with us in her TWO white paper reports in ONE, "How Choosing Kindle Categories Wisely Got me Two Best Sellers This Year." Plus "How to Gain Bestseller Status in Amazon’s Print Bookstore Too."
Miraculously, (because Aggie is a peach!) I'm offering her white papers at no charge to authors willing to help other authors learn even more about the writing and publishing world by subscribing to my Sharing with Writers newsletter. One report for the author who recommends my newsletter. Another for the author who signs up. It doesn't get any better than that! I know many MWSA subscribers and members already get my Sharing with Writers newsletter in their e-mail boxes. That's OK. You may still want to share it with others. (-:
To qualify for this double gift, put SUBSCRIBE-FREE "AMAZON Secrets" REPORT in the subject line of an e-mail and send it to HoJoNews@aol.com. In the window of the e-mail, list the e-mail address of the recommending author and the new subscriber. Both authors will get an e-copy of Aggie's report back in their e-mail boxes. Easy as that!
PS: You'll also find the section on using Amazon in my The Frugal Book Promoter useful. Amazon isn't perfect but they are trying to be author friendly. And, I have to say, they've never been late with a royalty payment. Authors can't always say that about their publishers, can they? (-:
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is one of your official MWSA bloggers and author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
New Free E-Book Program from AuthorsDen
I thought I'd let you know about the new free e-book service offered at AuthorsDen. If you've been thinking about publishing your work as an e-book, now is the time to get started. (-: Learn more about it here: http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2010/11/authorsden-offers-new-free-e-book.html
Best,
Your MWSA Member Talk blogger,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
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Best,
Your MWSA Member Talk blogger,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
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Friday, November 12, 2010
MWSA 2010 People's Choice Award Vote
Hi everyone...we need to vote for the 2010 People's Choice Award...check out pages 18 through 25 in this year's Conference Program. At the end of each People's Choice Finalist piece, there's an email where you can vote for the winner. You have until December 31, 2010.
http://www.redenginepress.com/MWSAProgram2010midres.pdf
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http://www.redenginepress.com/MWSAProgram2010midres.pdf
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Review: Think Chirstmas Stocking Stuffers; Think Your Own Writing Career
The Great First Impression Book Proposal
Subtitle: Everything You Need to Know to Impress a Publisher in Twenty Minutes or Less
By Carolyn Howard-Johnson
ISBN 9781453690956
$6.95
First reviewed for Amazon by Robert Medak
Four of five stars
The Great First Impression Book Proposal is a book that all authors need to get past the gate keepers as Carolyn refers to them in her books. This book is by no means a step-by-step plan, but it does give you the basics for publishing your book.
The publishing industry has changed. In today’s environment, more is placed on the author to make a good impression on agents, editors, and publishers if they want to get their manuscript published.
The first impression is all you have to get the attention of those that hold the publishing purse strings. If you do not create something of value for their time and effort in your first impression your chances of becoming a published diminish greatly.
Carolyn’s The Great First Impression Book Proposal while not guaranteeing publishing does offer things that will aid you in the possibility of becoming published.
The Great First Impression Book Proposal is another in a series of little $6.95 pamphlets about various aspects of writing, editing, and publishing including Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers.
This is a book that anyone considering writing for publication should read. In fact, they should read all of Carolyn’s pamphlets about writing. Some may feel that they know the information in Carolyn’s pamphlets; even prose will find they are still a good source of information and review of what authors need to know about getting past the gatekeepers.
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The reviewer is an editor and reviewer.
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Subtitle: Everything You Need to Know to Impress a Publisher in Twenty Minutes or Less
By Carolyn Howard-Johnson
ISBN 9781453690956
$6.95
First reviewed for Amazon by Robert Medak
Four of five stars
The Great First Impression Book Proposal is a book that all authors need to get past the gate keepers as Carolyn refers to them in her books. This book is by no means a step-by-step plan, but it does give you the basics for publishing your book.
The publishing industry has changed. In today’s environment, more is placed on the author to make a good impression on agents, editors, and publishers if they want to get their manuscript published.
The first impression is all you have to get the attention of those that hold the publishing purse strings. If you do not create something of value for their time and effort in your first impression your chances of becoming a published diminish greatly.
Carolyn’s The Great First Impression Book Proposal while not guaranteeing publishing does offer things that will aid you in the possibility of becoming published.
The Great First Impression Book Proposal is another in a series of little $6.95 pamphlets about various aspects of writing, editing, and publishing including Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers.
This is a book that anyone considering writing for publication should read. In fact, they should read all of Carolyn’s pamphlets about writing. Some may feel that they know the information in Carolyn’s pamphlets; even prose will find they are still a good source of information and review of what authors need to know about getting past the gatekeepers.
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The reviewer is an editor and reviewer.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
On Wordiness
I thought MWSA members might want to follow the regular feature on wordiness on my Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor blog. There is a new one today at http://www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/. . Maybe even subscribe so you don't miss a single tip for avoiding wordiness.
My Wordiness posts are done like alerts. I use this format: When you see these words then you might consider eliminating some of them with an edit like this.
The blog also includes a search engine so you can easily find all the posts on wordiness. AND, I am open to your suggestions--credited, of course!
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Posted by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, one of your official MWSA bloggers. http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
http://www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/
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My Wordiness posts are done like alerts. I use this format: When you see these words then you might consider eliminating some of them with an edit like this.
The blog also includes a search engine so you can easily find all the posts on wordiness. AND, I am open to your suggestions--credited, of course!
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Posted by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, one of your official MWSA bloggers. http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/
http://www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/
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