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Increase Your Video’s Value with YouTube Video Transcript

YouTube video with closed caption

You probably know the value of YouTube for your book marketing, but did you know that you can increase its value to both your readers and you? It's an ingenious feature of the YouTube site that starts as a service to folks who have hearing problems. But the benefits spread out to folks who for any reason prefer to read and to anyone who wants to make the most of Google search with their videos. It's closed captioning. The first two benefits are easy to see, but the way it works with Google … [Read more...]

Video: How to Add an Amazon Affiliate Plugin

You probably know that you can sell Amazon products from your blog and receive a commission from Amazon on each sale. It can be tricky, however, getting the links just right, and it can be a lot of extra time finding the product, collecting the link, downloading and uploading the picture, etc. I found a handy WordPress plugin that does a lot of the work for you. All you have to do is put your cursor where you want the link or image to be, search for it in a handy on-site search box, and click … [Read more...]

Wordstock Interview: Movie Trailers for Your Book

John, of Axiom Shift

Filmed at Wordstock: John from Axiom Shift Productions describes the services Axiom Shift provides writers. Imagine having the power of a Hollywood production company creating images that will make your book llive in the minds of your prospective readers. … [Read more...]

Wordstock Interview: Ken Byers

Ken Byers, author of Laughland

I met Ken Byers in the Oregon Writers Colony booth, where he was promoting his novel, and I was telling people what a great organization OWC is. We had a chance to talk later, and I found that he has applied marketing techniques he learned from his ecommerce business to selling his self-published books. Go and look at his companion book pages Laughland (the site dedicated to his novel) and Thriller Brain, a blog dedicated to the art and craft of thriller writing. This can be a good model for … [Read more...]

Wordstock 2010

Spent the morning at Portland's Wordstock. Talked to a lot of people about book marketing and SEO. Great conversations, beautiful books, some very effective book marketing ideas. I recorded two interviews that I'm excited to share with you, but just this snippet of an overview for now. More tomorrow, I believe. … [Read more...]