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Archive for: July 2012

How to Install the New BookBuzzr AuthorPage Widget

The BookBuzzr team has released a new version of the popular BookBuzzr Facebook fan page widget (aka AuthorPage Widget). If you are a BookBuzzr Pro Subscriber and want to share your BookBuzzr AuthorPage Widget on Facebook Fan Page here’s how you do it. This new version of the technology is designed to spice up your Facebook fan page and give your readers a chance to really get to know you and your work. We've taken care to build the pieces which Facebook does not give you. These include: Read more [...]

You Can Create a Facebook Page for Your Book

Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller Since I first wrote an article on this subject for BookBuzzr in August 2010, Facebook has made many changes. Regardless of the changes, creating a Facebook Page for your book or books can be a good promotional strategy. (Note: Previously, you needed to create a Facebook personal profile before you could create a Facebook Page. That requirement has now been eliminated.) People “like” your Page instead of becoming a “fan” of your fan page (you Read more [...]

How to Market Your Book on Facebook Like a Best Selling Author (Without Spending a Fortune)

Have you ever had a pang of Facebook fan page envy? You know, the kind you feel when you stumble upon a famous author's fan page, and it looks really nice with lots of shiny little widgets and things to do? And then you move on with a sigh wishing that you had a large budget to be able to afford a creative agency to get your Facebook fan page done for you? Those days are now behind you. With the new BookBuzzr fan page widget releasing today, you will be able to customize your fan page with Read more [...]

I Have the Book to Prove It

Guest Author: Rebecca Elswick As we say here in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia – There’s more than one way to skin a possum.” I cannot boast that I ever skinned a possum, but I can boast that I “contested” my way to the publication of my debut novel, Mama’s Shoes. Do you ever think about entering writing contests? Do you hesitate because you think you don’t have a chance? Do you say, “Nobody wins those contests anyway.”? Well, I can assure you that someone indeed does Read more [...]

Step Up by Stumbling

Improve on your book marketing with StumbleUpon Guest Expert: Anita Brady Marketing your book is not the same animal it was only a few short years ago. With the evolution of Facebook and the staggeringly fast bloom of social media sites, reaching your target readership can be a sticky web to untangle. But once you've determined what social approaches you want to use to promote your work, the web can become one of your best marketing tools. Even though Facebook is quickly approaching the Read more [...]