Book Marketing Stories
Books Can Change People’s Lives
Here’s an interesting item I found while reading Redbook Magazine. Many women are reporting that reading Fifty Shades of Grey has made them feel like taking control in the bedroom – despite the book’s emphasis on sexual submission. A study done in England reports that women had about three times more sex after reading Fifty […]
Michael Levine: The Five Most Persuasive Words in English
According to media expert Michael Levine, author of Guerrilla P.R. 2.0: Wage an Effective Publicity Campaign without Going Broke, here are the five most persuasive words in the English language. You Free Because Instantly New What words would persuade you? What words move you? Do you agree these are the five most persuasive words in […]
Dallas Clayton: An Awesome World of Book Marketing
Dallas Clayton, author of An Awesome Book! and other children’s books, originally self-published his first book after getting multiple rejections. His story was featured in a TV commercial for Google Chrome. The video had 186,000 views in less than 3 months. The commercial was featured on TV and Hulu, among other sites. I’m sure Dallas […]
What Is Google AuthorRank and Why Should You Care?
AuthorRank is Google’s attempt to analyze the influence and reliability of those who write blog posts, web pages, and the like. But AuthorRank essentially became unimportant when Google+ disappeared. For the average writer, marketer or content producer, AuthorRank offers an incredible opportunity to brand yourself. Even more important for those of us who write books, […]