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, […]
R. C. Allen Jr., author of The Funeral Writer novel, has recently revamped his website to add a special blog on funeral news. As he notes: “I can’t think of a better way to promote my novel than to bring the idea of blogging about funeral news to reality. It’s been an interesting project.” On […]
Ricki Wilson, author of Maggie’s Fall, has created a wonderful free service to feature other independent novelists. It’s called Indie Spotlight. Here is what she says about her service (http://www.rickiwilson.com/how-to-get-your-own-indie-spotlight.html): I created Indie Spotlight as a means for Indie authors to have a tool to promote their novels. Send me a jpeg of your book […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/socialmediamarketing/SocialMediaMarketing-017-12-11-30.mp3 In this episode of his Social Media Marketing podcast, Michael Stetzner interviews Michael Hyatt, author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World as well as former publisher at Thomas Nelson Publishers. How to blog as successfully as Michael Promote older posts. One of the tactics he uses is to bulk upload and schedule […]