When Opportuniy Knocks - Will You Be Ready

"When Opportunity Knocks 2.0… Will You Be Ready?"

Week One of Four Weeks to Help You Learn to Sell More Books with Web 2.0

Michele Price (owner - A Third Mind and Co-Founder SellMoreBooks.com) and Nikki Leigh (owner - Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours) are teaming up to re-launch SellMoreBooks.com 2.0. To kick things off they are beginning a four week series of calls about utilizing Web 2.0 and social media marketing to Sell More Books. The topic for the first week is "When Opportunity Knocks 2.0… Will You Be Ready?" Utilizing social networking sites, blogs, and much more are something that we always recommend to clients – but first, are you ready for the additional "targeted" traffic? This week, we'll start at the very beginning and discuss some of the basics. Once we help you "get ready" for opportunity, we'll walk you through ways to generate leads and Sell More Books.

For more information about these calls, you can visit my BlogTalkRadio show page - www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh

This is the link directly to the show information for Monday September 15 - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh/2008/09/15/Book-Marketing-20-Sell-More-Books-in-the-New-Millenium

UPCOMING SHOW: 9/15/2008 5:00 PM
Host Name: Nikki Leigh

Co-host Name: Michelle Price
Show Name: When Opportunity Knocks 2.0… Will You Be Ready?
Show Length: 1 Hour
Show Description: Join Michelle Price and Nikki Leigh as they help you understand more about Web 2.0. What is Web 2.0? Why it is important to you? How can it make a difference in your book sales? This is the first session in a four week series to address this topic. For much more information, visit www.sellmorebooks.com

You can visit the link above and click the reminder button and BlogTalkRadio will send you a reminder before the show. During the call, people can call in and ask questions or go into the chat room and send your question. If you can't be with us during the live show, you can visit www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh and listen to the show later. You can even download a copy to listen later.

In upcoming weeks we'll talk about more specific aspects of Web 2.0 as applied to authors, speakers and information marketers – you don't want to miss any of these calls, if you want to learn how to Sell More Books.

To Your Success!

Nikki Leigh and Michelle Price

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

Week Four with Patricia Guthrie's Virtual Book Tour

We have a jammed packed week on Patricia Guthrie’s virtual book tour. The interviews begin on Sunday this week with a visit with Bryn Colvin -

Sun March 23 – Bryn Colvin - http://romeroticawriters.blogspot.com

Monday we begin a four day visit with Joyce Anthony which includes the book summary, author biographical information, an interview, a live chat on Wednesday night and a book review later this week. On Monday, Patricia will also visit with author, Dorice Nelson, who has a strong background with horses in her life and her writing. At 4 pm EST – I interview Patricia on my radio show and you are invited to listen online or call in to ask a question.

Mon March 24 – Dorice Nelson - http://awriter-dorice.blogspot.com

Mon March 24 - Joyce Anthony - http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog Book Summary and Bio

Mon March 24 – Book Promo 101 – Radio Show – www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh (4pm EST)

Nikki Leigh
www.nikkileigh.com/promo.htm