Book Marketing Stories

Book Marketing: It Is Hard!

During the past few days I’ve had a number of authors write me to complain how hard it is to market a book. Well, gosh, it is hard. It’s hard to write a book. It’s hard to publish a book. It’s hard to carry out a book marketing plan. It’s hard to do Internet marketing. […]

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day: April 6, 2014

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day Recently Microsoft launched its Office suite on the Apple iPad. In a little over a week, Microsoft’s suite has already been downloaded more than 12 million times. Source: Microsoft Tweet — More than 12 million downloads of Word, Excel, PPT & OneNote for #iPad from the @AppStore <3 #OfficeforiPad […]

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day: April 5, 2014

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day When compared to the average smartphone performance, iPhones had 17% higher CTRs (click through rates) while delivering CPCs (costs per click) that were 1% lower. Source: Bing Ads — http://marketingland.com/mobile-world-mobile-equal-78561 On the other hand, Android mobile devices exhibited over 30% lower CTRs, with CPCs 2% higher than average. While […]

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day: April 4, 2014

Mobile Marketing Stat of the Day Mobile devices now account for 53% of Facebook’s ad revenue (as of the 4th quarter of 2013). That’s compared to 23% in the 4th quarter of 2012. Source: Facebook – http://investor.fb.com/results.cfm Mobile devices don’t just account for ad revenue. They also account for sales of books, products, services, and […]