Are You Getting Older?

My friend Kathleen Gage, who is by no means old wrote about another friends book. "Don't Let An Old Person Move Into Your Body"

If you don't like your life or feel like you are getting old, READ THIS.. don't give into the myth.. your best years are in front of you

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Recently I had the opportunity to partake in several things I very much enjoy doing; time at the ocean, fine dining, reading, walking along the beach at sunrise and sunset, being completely playful and lots of great R&R. I did this by taking a few days away from home. No computers, phones and anything business related were allowed on the trip. That was my main rule. The other rule, have a lot of fun enjoying each and every minute of each and every day. Whenever I take time off I will grab 4 or 5 books to read. I normally start all of them, rarely completing any. This time, I decided to do things differently. I took only one book. The day before I headed out to Bandon, Oregon the book "Don't Let an Old Person move into Your Body" arrived in my post box. After excitedly skimming through the pages of the newest book from Jim Donovan, I intuitively knew this would be the only book I would take with me. Why? Because I wanted to read it from front to back with no other books to vie for my attention. What intrigued me most about what I was going to read were some of the stories of men and women in their 80's and 90's who refuse to let age stop them from living their dreams. Men and women who don't let the words, "I'm too old for that," to pass over their lips or enter their thought process. Read more at www.dailyawareness.com

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Why you want to have a book Squidoo Lens

Here's a 3 way cross promotion that is chocked full of goodies

1) MindBites is promoting Squidoo for free promotion of their expertise:

"You should share what you know with the world because it will enrich your life,
enrich someone else's life and earn money while sharing your passion. Something
that you are very skilled at or something that you have been professionally
trained to do is worth sharing with other people. MindBites makes it easy for
you to upload your own 'how to' video and post it up for sale."

2) They used a great example of a cheaply made video that has great information that you can use plus a very fun song about cheese. Watch and learn now.



You can also upload videos the way I do using http://authorsvideo.com/
3) They are also promotion Squidoo (where every author should have a book lens)

And thanks to the power of blogging, I am promoting my tips about promotion by telling you about this and placing a comment on their Squidoo lens.

You can easily do the same. Just find something cool, comment and talk about it on your blog.

And be sure to put a comment here to let us know what you are up to.

How effective are the ads on social networks?

As it stands, Facebook does not know all that much about us, and the ads that we are shown are not relevant as a result. The jury is still out on whether social networks can get big via highly targeted advertising. Early trials have shown that CPC is not a likely route and CPM plays are just not as interesting. Yet, Facebook is certainly very aggressively pushing for monetization, likely in preparation for a future IPO. Will they be able to turn it all around and re-invent contextual advertising? The company is full of brilliant people so it's certainly possible, but so far it does not look impressive.

Book Marketing Secrets in St. Louis

I did see the Arch (who could miss is), but I did not have time to go sightseeing

I've been in St. Louis for the last 5 days, attending a summit with some of the best information marketers on the planet.

Meetings lasted from early morning until as late as 2 AM. I met with authors who have sold millions of books, and marketing phenoms that are using some never before revealed strategies to rake in tens of millions in revenues.

I'm almost ready to share these advanced strategies with you in a step-by-step reader attraction program that will guarantee yours success as an author.

I have asked my staff to set up a private preview teleseminar.. where I will share 3 of the very best tactics for book marketing success. Make sure you are on my authors mailing list (there is a free course just for signing up) at http://BookMarketingStrategy.com

Then watch for a email with a link. I'm reserving extra phone lines.. but I imagine we will have to cut off registration quickly when we announce the event in a few days.

How To Find Partners to Promote Your Book

I just received a question from Solly at AskWarren.com about finding people to help an author promote their book. I'd like to share my answer with you.

The first this to remember about partnerships is The Law of Reciprocity. Approach every relationship as an opportunity to add value, solve a problem or fulfill the desire of the other person and you'll find that it's much easier to get what you want.

The Law of Reciprocity says that if you give something to a person, they will automatically programed to want to return the favor.

Let's apply this to promotional partnerships.

I can almost guarantee that the people you are looking for are not listing "help a new author sell books" on their list of goals for the year. Rather, the potential partner is looking for more content for their blog, radio show, newsletter or magazine, or and interesting guest to attract more viewers. If the potential partner is a mailing list owner, they will be looking for the above, plus new subscribers.

So before you ask for help. Learn what the partner wants.. get if for them.. be a resource.

In our Accelerated Book Marketing coaching group, we follow this process by showing authors how to establish a solid presence on the web, with tracking to know instantly when there is an opportunity. We have a whole section on attracting publicity by getting listed as a resource that potential partners will be looking for, even before we launch a campaign to become a best seller.

Here's one tip from our section on Cross Promotion strategies that may help.

BE A GREAT CUSTOMER

When I'm working with a successful celebrity client, I ask them how they feel when someone approaches them in public. I want to know just what gets them motivated to help new authors (they almost always WANT to help but have limited time and resources).

Most authors tell me that someone approaching them that has read their books, subscribed to their newsletters or purchase a product will get a warm reception. A heartfelt testimonial is even better.

Imagine walking up to the most famous author in your books category saying "I read your book. You helped me...." and then the most important phrase.. "What can I do to help you spread your message further?"

Now, you may not be able to meet in person. Fortunately, the Internet will allow you to do this online.

1. Make a list of the authors you would like to partner with
2. Subscribe to their newsletter.
3. Watch for announcements of new books.
4. Order the book.
5. See who they partner with.. repeat the process with each.

As you start looking for partners in the network of authors that help promote other authors, you will discover dozens that are actively using cross promotions. Make sure you subscribe to their mailing lists, look at their free offers (that's how they market) and look for clues about their passions and desires.

You really can get anything you want by helping other people get what they want.

The fastest way to network this way is through our ZeroCostPromotions.com network. You can join free and most promotions a free too. Make sure you are on the list to get advanced notice of the biggest new cross promotion book launches at http://zerocostpromotions.com/

Meet a Business Startup Expert

I'm working on a new promotion for a Brian J. Hazelgren, a business author who's unknown online. (yes, there are still many doing well without the net)

You won't find an online list, or sales page.. but you will want to check out his books. The latest (Brian's 7th) is called "Tactical Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurs Game Plan"

How You Can Profit

Join us in a Best Seller cross promoiton on May 29th. Just click on the this link.

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