Sunday, June 29, 2008

Final Day of the June Virtual Book Tours

Monday is the last day of Mirella Patzer and Karen Salmansohn's virtual book tours. If you haven't gotten your copy of Bloodstone Castle and/or Bounce Back Book - this is a great day to order yours. I've read both books and they are each great. They each have something special to offer to you.

You can visit Mirella and read her interview with Trista Pinkton at
http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com/2008/06/chat-with-mirella-patzer.html

In addition, see what information Donna Sundblad got out of Karen Salmanson -
http://birdiesquill .blogspot. com

Monday evening I invite you to listen to a radio interview that should be fascinating. Phil Harris is interviewing Dyan Garris and I have a feeling it will be packed with valuable and possibly life changing information. They are both interesting people and Dyan will just be getting home from attending the New Age convention in Colorado over the weekend. If you can't attend the radio show, you can download the interview to listen to later. Here is the information about the show - Dyan and Phil would love to answer your questions ---

Phil Harris - http://www.blogtalk radio.com/ pharris - 8 pm EST Call-in Number: (718) 508-9893

I might hear you there :)

Nikki Leigh

Book Promo 101 - NOW AVAILABLE
www.nikkileigh. com/book_ promo_101. htm
Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance
www.virtualblogtour .blogspot. com
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Brainstorm Your Book Promotion

A great way to get promotional ideas for your books is through brainstorming with other writers. This can easily be done with online message boards, forums and marketing groups can be a huge help. I’ve been a member of networking groups where you work on marketing ideas together and the members promote each other. This works face to face, online or over the phone.

Work With Other Authors to Brainstorm Promotions

You can create a group of people so that you can brainstorm ideas. This group can be made up of friends, family or business associates. Anyone who can and will offer useful input about your ideas can be part of this group. You can post a link on your website to ask people for their thoughts. It would be interesting to post a graphic of a “suggestion box” and invite visitors to send their ideas.

Online Book Brainstorming Options

This doesn’t need to be an expensive promotional opportunity. Online promotional brainstorming should be free. Our promotional forum is a great way to brainstorm and share ideas. Anyone can ask questions, start a discussion, ask for feedback about your website or let your hair down and have some fun. This offers chances to become acquainted and to share ideas and suggestions. You may even find writers who write similar genres, use the same settings or any other similarities.

Book Promotion Does Not Need To Be A Solitary Activity

Working together along with sharing ideas and suggestions is also a way for all of us to learn more and to develop new friendships. These friendships can easily turn into productive promotional relationships for each person who is involved. I’ve also found the people who participate and help one another, attract more attention to their books.

Nikki Leigh
Author of the Book Promo 101 Series
Owner Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tour
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 26, 2008

End Week Four with Mirella Patzer & Karen Salmansohn

Have you missed any of the tour stops on Mirella Patzer or Karen Salmansohn’s virtual blog tours this week? If you have, let me tempt you with some details and links to more…

Author, Tracey Kitts brings us her interview with Mirella Patzer -

http://traceyhkitts.blogspot.com/2008/06/mirella-patzer-featured-author.html


Meet the heroine of Bloodstone Castle – http://shareyourheroine.blogspot.com/

Paty Jager http://www.patyjager.blogspot.com/ host Mirella Patzer on Friday

Billie Williams hosts Karen Salmansohn http://printedwords.blogspot.com on Friday


Mirella Patzer's Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

Find Out More About Mirella Patzer and Bloodstone Castle

Mirella Patzer's Website - http://www.mirellapatzer.com

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bloodstone-Castle-Mirella-Patzer/dp/0978486528

You are encouraged to stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Mirella. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy of the book at the end of the tour. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Find Out More About Karen Salmansohn and The Bounce Back Book

Author and Book Information - http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/upcoming-virtual-book-tours.html

Tour Schedule - http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/bounce-back-book-tour-schedule.html

Bounce Back Book Spa Giveaway http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/bounce-back-giveaway

Bounce Back Book - ww.amazon.com/Bounce-Back-Book-Adversity-Setbacks/dp/076114627X

Monday is the last day for both of these tours – check back for those details.

Nikki Leigh

www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

www.nikkileigh.com


Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008

Join Mirella Patzer & Karen Salmansohn on Tour

Week four of Mirella Patzer’s tour moves to Pam Thibodeaux’s blog for an interview and Tristi Pinkston shares her thoughts about Bloodstone Castle.

Monday June 23

http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot. com/2008/06/author- spotlight- mirella-patzer. html

http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com/2008/06/meet-author-mirella-patzer. html

Read a review for The Bounce Back Book by Karen Salmansohn on Suite 101’s Personal Development section - http://personaldevelopment.suite101 .com/topiclist/article.cfm/ the_bounce_ back_book

Tuesday June 24th

What is a romantic adventure without a bad guy? Learn about Mirella's villain.

http://badguysandvillains.blogspot. com/

Betsy Talbot share information about The Bounce Back Book - http://www.betsytalbot.com/blog/2008/6/23/the-bounce-back-book.html

Mirella Patzer’s Full Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella- patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

Find Out More About Mirella Patzer and Bloodstone Castle

Mirella Patzer's Website - http://www.mirellapatzer.com

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bloodstone-Castle-Mirella-Patzer/dp/0978486528

Find Out More About Karen Salmansohn and The Bounce Back Book

http://notsalmon.com/book-detail/?bkd= bounce_back

You are encouraged to stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Mirella. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy of the book at the end of the tour. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Nikki Leigh

Book Promo 101 - NOW AVAILABLE
www.nikkileigh. com/book_promo_101.htm
Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

Friday, June 20, 2008

The Novel Notebook

I just stumbled on a interesting and helpful resource. I have not had time to study each page, but I had to share this with you. When I start to write a new book, I have many ideas racing through my mind and lots of research details that need to be coordinated. So, I plan much of my book before I start writing. There are plenty of people who bash this approach, but it works very well for me and helps me write at a much quicker pace. Even with plans, I am totally open to the idea of making changes as I write the book. That is all part of the process, but having a definite plan is very helpful when working on a series which will tie parts of the books together. It is also helpful because I write historic novels and I incorporate real events into the stories and being organized helps me ensure that things happen when and where they should :)

This document is called the Novel Notebook and you can download a PDF of Text file. I downloaded the PDF - but will probably download the text file too in case I find things I would like to change or tweak :) Feel free to take a look.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2309303/The-Novel-Notebook

Nikki Leigh
www.nikkileigh.com
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mirella Patzer & Karen Salmansohn

Medieval Italy is the setting for Bloodstone Castle, Thursday is the day to learn more about the fascinating setting for this romantic adventure.

Thursday June 19 – http://itsallinthes etting.blogspot. com/

Friday takes us to Anne Whitfield’s blog in Australia to talk about Bloodstone Castle.

Friday June 20 – http://annewhitfiel d.blogspot. com/

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogt our.blogspot. com/2008/ 05/mirella- patzer-virtual- book-tour. html

If you’re looking for a no nonsense self help book – I recommend you take a look at my review for The Bounce Back Book by Karen Salmansohn.

http://www.evancarm ichael.com/ Book-Reviews/ 2820/The- Bounce-Back- Book-by-Karen- Salmansohn. html

I’ll be posting business, marketing, self help etc reviews on this site - http://www.evancarm ichael.com/ Book-Reviews/

Find Out More About Mirella Patzer and Bloodstone Castle

Mirella Patzer's Website - http://www.mirellap atzer.com

Amazon http://www.amazon. com/Bloodstone- Castle-Mirella- Patzer/dp/ 0978486528

You are encouraged to stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Mirella. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy of the book at the end of the tour. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Nikki Leigh
Book Promo 101 - NOW AVAILABLE
www.nikkileigh. com/book_ promo_101. htm
Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance
www.virtualblogtour .blogspot. com
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Wednesday - Week Three - Mirella Patzer's Virtual Book Tour

The middle of the third week brings us to a visit on Elena Dorothy Bowman’s blog and we learn more about the best friend in Bloodstone Castle.

Wednesday June 18 – http://elenadorothybowmansbooks.blogspot.com/

Wednesday June 18 - http://mybestfriendsstory.blogspot.com/


The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

Find Out More About Mirella Patzer and Bloodstone Castle

Mirella Patzer's Website - http://www.mirellapatzer.com

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bloodstone-Castle-Mirella-Patzer/dp/0978486528

You are encouraged to stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Mirella. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy of the book at the end of the tour. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.



Nikki Leigh

Book Promo 101 - NOW AVAILABLE
www.nikkileigh.com/book_promo_101.htm
Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

Develop An Author Marketing Mindset

In the beginning, I’ll explain the promotional mindset – how to develop it and how to use it. Every great promotional campaign begins with a well constructed and thorough marketing plan. I’ll take you through each step of building a marketing plan to help you promote your books.

Talk To Readers About Your Books

One of the things I love about promoting my books is that it gives me a chance to talk about my writing. How many writers do you know that can keep their mouth shut when someone asks about their books? Most of my friends who are authors love to talk about their books. So, we need to find people who want to ask questions and then listen to the answers.
These are the building blocks that we’ll use to help you promote your books. You don’t need a fancy education to promote your work. I won’t lie and tell you that it is easy from the beginning, but it is easier when you practice the things we will discuss.

How Will You Promote Books

As you read the book promotion articles, keep in mind that not every technique will be right for you. But, I’ll give you plenty of suggestions so there will be plenty of ways to promote. Then you can pick and choose the methods that you feel right. As your promotional experience grows, it is good to expand the methods you use and step outside your comfort zone. Remember, the best promoters all started somewhere. Now, its time for you to get started learning more.

Nikki Leigh
Author of the Book Promo 101 Series
www.nikkileigh.com/promo.htm

Monday, June 16, 2008

Mirella Patzer Visits New Zealand on Her Virtual Tour


We kick off the third week of Mirella Patzer’s virtual book tour with a visit to New Zealand with Yvonne Walus.

Monday June 16 – http://yewalus.blogspot.com/

I’d also like to put out an invitation to visit my Book Promo 101 radio show Monday afternoon. I’ll interview author, Terry L White, and we’ll talk about her historic novel Chesapeake Harvest. You will have a chance to ask questions. Visit www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh. For people who can’t join us at 4 pm EST – the show will be available for download after the show.


Tuesday brings us to Raine Delight’s blog with an interview with Mirella Patzer –


Tuesday June 17 – http://rainedelight.wordpress.com/

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

You are encouraged to stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Mirella. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy of the book at the end of the tour. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.



Nikki Leigh
Book Promo 101 - NOW AVAILABLE
www.nikkileigh.com/book_promo_101.htm
Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com
Promo 101 Virtual Blog ToursPublish Post

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Mirella Patzer and Karen Salmansohn on the Tour Trail

Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours offers very diverse options this week - you can learn more about resiliency and dealing with crisis. Then you can enjoy an adventure and a treasure hunt in medieval Italy at Bloodstone Castle.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 11

Wednesday, Karen Salmansohn begins a four day visit on Joyce Anthony’s blog. Joyce will share many elements of The Bounce Back Book with us.

Author, Billie Williams hosts Mirella Patzer Wednesday and they share more information about Bloodstone Castle – http://printedwords.blogspot.com/

Wednesday June 11 – http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog Book Summary & Author Biography for Karen Salmansohn and The Bounce Back Book

THURSDAY JUNE 12

http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog An Excerpt from Bounce Back Book

Thursday brings a visit on Ginger Simpson’s blog – http://mizging.blogspot.com/


The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

During the tour, we encourage people to visit each tour stop shown on the schedule. Each comment on any of the tour stops is an entry in the book giveaway. Several copies of Bloodstone Castle will be given away at the end of the month. One will be given to the “best” comment, one for the “most unique and relevant” question. In addition, the blog host where the winning comments were posted will also win a copy of the book. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Karen Salmansohn & Mirella Patzer on the Virtual Tour Trail


MONDAY JUNE 9 –

Monday June 9 – http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog - Bloodstone Castle Review. On Monday, Mirella Patzer’s visit on Joyce Anthony’s blog ends today with her review of
Bloodstone Castle.

Monday June 9 – Visit www.yvonneperry.net and learn more about Mirella in her interview with Yvonne Perry

Monday June 9 – Visit with Karen Salmansohn as she talks with Tristi Pinkton at families.com - http://media.families.com/blog/author-interview-karen-salmansohn

TUESDAY JUNE 10 -

Tuesday June 10 – http://shonnabrannon.wordpress.com/

If you missed any of the tour stops for Mirella Patzer or Karen Salmansohn – you can access them at http://virtualblogtour.ning.com/group/bloodstonecastlewithmirellapatzer and http://virtualblogtour.ning.com/group/bouncebackbook

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

Friday, June 6, 2008

Weekend Virtual Book Tour Stops

Dig deeper into Mirella Patzer’s background and the details of Bloodstone Castle.


Thursday June 5 – http://detailwithnikkileigh.blogspot.com/


Joyce Anthony begins a four day event on her blog where she highlights many aspects of Mirella Patzer’s book – Bloodstone Castle.


Friday June 6 – http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog Book Summary & Author Biography

Friday June 6 - http://shareyourhero.blogspot.com/ - Meet the hero of Bloodstone Castle


Saturday June 7 – http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog Excerpt from Bloodstone Castle


Sunday June 8 – http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog Interview with Mirella Patzer and Live Chat at 4 pm EST http://pub29.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/2488831080

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

During the tour, visit tour stops on the schedule and post a comment. Several copies of Bloodstone Castle will be given away at the end of the month. One will be given to the “best” comment, one for the “most unique and relevant” question. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Nikki Leigh

www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 5, 2008

The Eco-Friendly Book Tour


The Eco - Friendly Book Tour

By Nikki Leigh

Each day we hear that the price of gas has hit an “all time high.” Those words don’t seem to mean much anymore. Unfortunately, any “all time high” will be obsolete within a day or two. We each battle the cost of driving and traveling every day. So, what is an author to do if they want to do a book tour to promote their book?

An Environmentally Friendly Book Tour
The environmentally conscious answer is - a virtual book tour. There are many benefits to a virtual book tour over a brick and mortar store tour. These benefits include:

· Conserve gas
· Save money
· Stay home with family
· No need to leave job in order to tour

We've all had book signings where very few people attended. Sadly, book signings aren't the big attraction they used to be – unless it is a big name author. It can be very expensive and disheartening to plan to book signing and have only a handful of people attend. Does that mean that mid list or small press authors can’t have a successful tour? There is another option. I suggest a virtual book tour or a virtual blog tours.

Define a Virtual Book Tour
A virtual book tour is held on the internet and it includes a series of guest appearances over a certain period of time. These appearances can be on blogs, chats, newsletters, radio shows and Web sites. Each online appearance can include: author information, book excerpts, book summary, book synopsis, a guest post about a topic that relates to the book topic or genre, a guest post about writing, author interviews, character interviews, radio show interviews and much more.

Any author can do a book tour from the comfort of their home. Weather has no effect on a virtual tour. Whether you have two feet of snow in your driveway or sweltering heat, you can still have a virtual book tour. It is critical that you have a computer, an internet connection and electricity - but it can definitely be done.

Find Your Target Audience

I highly recommend that the tour of blogs, radio shows, Web sites, etc are held on sites that have themes which are relevant to the book topic or genre. Writing and reader sites are good choices for part of the virtual tour. Any site that attracts the target audience for the book would be a great place to schedule a tour appearance. I explain this in much more detail when I work with an author to coordinate their tour. The virtual “tour” allows authors to reach many people as they travel through the blogosphere. Many people claim to find the target audience in their tours, but look for proof. Getting in front of the people who are interested in the content and who need your book can be very effective.

What’s holding you back? Do you have a book that you would like to promote? It would be great to get more information about how the tour works and what it could do for you. For more information, feel free to visit the Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tour blog - http://www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/. It can be very beneficial to take time to discuss your book promotional goals to see how a virtual book tour can work for you.

Nikki Leigh – Award Winning and Best Selling Author & Publicist (www.nikkileigh.com) is the owner of Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours – www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Day 2 and 3 of Mirella Patzer's Virtual Tour

Mirella Patzer’s virtual book tour moves into its second and third day -


Tuesday June 3 – http://startatbeginning.blogspot.com/


Tuesday June 3 - Visit www.yvonneperry.net/Writers-in-the-Sky-Newsletter.html to subscribe to Writers in the Sky newsletter and/or to an read interview with Mirella Patzer

If you are not a subscriber of Yvonne Perry’s newsletter – you should take a look and possibly subscribe. She provides a great amount of information each month and its free!


Mirella Patzer visits with Melissa Alvarez today and we invite you to read her interview.

Wednesday June 4 – http://www.melissaalvarez.blogspot.com/

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html. If you missed her interview yesterday, I invite you to visit www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh to learn much more about Mirella and her work.


During the tour, we encourage people to visit each tour stop shown on the schedule. Each comment on any of the tour stops is an entry in the book giveaway. Several copies of Bloodstone Castle will be given away at the end of the month. One will be given to the “best” comment, one for the “most unique and relevant” question. In addition, the blog host where the winning comments were posted will also win a copy of the book. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

Beyond Booked Solid by Michael Port

I just had to share that my first book review for EvanCarmichael.com is posted :) This is the link - http://www.evancarmichael.com/Book-Reviews/2820/Beyond-Booked-Solid-by-Michael-Port.html

Beyond Booked Solid is a great book for a business that is established, but need some help to move to the next level. I won't tell you anymore and then you will have to visit the article to find out more :)

For business people, the site also has a great set of forums. If you drop by there, I post under the user name "litekepr" :)

Nikki Leigh

Monday, June 2, 2008

Promo 101 - BREAKING NEW BULLETIN

Promo 101 - BREAKING NEWS BULLETIN

This afternoon, Nikki Leigh, will interview Mirella Patzer about her book Bloodstone Castle. At some time during the show, we will offer a free copy of Bloodstone Castle.

Here are the show details -

Monday June 2 – www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh

Call in number is (347) 215-8201 – Live at 4 pm EST

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Bloodstone Castle Tour Begins Today


Mirella Patzer’s Bloodstone Castle virtual book tour kicks off today with a live on air interview with Nikki Leigh. The call in number is listed below. If your schedule allows, feel free to listen or call in. For people who can’t listen live, the show will be available for download after the show.

Monday June 2 – www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh
Call in number is (347) 215-8201 – Live at 4 pm EST (Show is available for download on the site after 5:30 pm EST on June 2.)

The Complete Tour Schedule – http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/05/mirella-patzer-virtual-book-tour.html

During the tour, we encourage people to visit each tour stop shown on the schedule. Each comment on any of the tour stops is an entry in the book giveaway. Several copies of Bloodstone Castle will be given away at the end of the month. One will be given to the “best” comment, one for the “most unique and relevant” question. In addition, the blog host where the winning comments were posted will also win a copy of the book. So, visit Mirella, learn more about Bloodstone Castle and post comments. Mirella looks forward to getting to know her readers.

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