Book Marketing Stories

The Relationship between Shares and Links

17 Research-Based Tips about Blog Content, Shares, and Links

Last summer BuzzSumo and Moz combined their knowledge and data to analyze the shares and links of more than one million blog posts. They uncovered some key points on how you should be blogging if you want more shares or links (and, thus, more traffic to your website). Here are a few of their top […]

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Twitter announces a 10,000 character limit coming soon

Twitter to 10,000 Characters: A Marketing Opportunity

Last week Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, sent out the following tweet as an image (which, currently, is the only way to send a long tweet). In essence, he announced that Twitter is working on a feature that will allow users to send tweets as long as 10,000 characters, rather than the current limit of 140 […]

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Grandmotherly Advice

12 Key Marketing Insights from Grandmothers

The advice from grandmothers is excerpted from an article on BuzzFeed: 33 Beautiful And Hilarious Pieces Of Advice From Grandmas. Below are 12 of the 33 pieces of advice from grandmas, those that I think are most relevant to writing, publishing, and marketing books. I comment on each piece of advice to show its relevance […]

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Benefit-Oriented Testimonials

Lisa Copen: Collecting Testimonials and Blurbs

Seven years ago, Lisa Copen shared the following advice on getting testimonials with members of The Book Marketing Network. I thought her advice was worth repeating. When collecting your testimonials or blurbs for your book, make sure to not have all of them be from experts. Yes, a well-known celebrity can add a bit of […]

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