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Stay in. Stay warm. And let your fingers do the walking to open up an amazing avenue of book marketing ideas and ahas. It’s Author U’s Top Twitter Tweets of the Week time!
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Today, Author U – Your Guide to Book Publishing will focus on deep sales that return big book bucks for Authors. Judith Briles and Casey Demchak will focus on creating your marketing platform, starting with the “right words” and “message”—don’t miss it. Tune in at 6 Eastern, 5 Central, 4 Mountain, 3 Pacific and for our out-of-the-country members and followers … you are going to have to do the clock crunching for your time zone at http://togi.us/authoru. You can also go to the Home page of http://www.AuthorU.org, scroll down and click on any of the past shows—just click and you are instantly there!
Here’s your Top Ten Tweets for the past week
Tweets are faster than a speeding bird … below are Author U’s Top Ten Tweets from the past week that you may have missed …
Success & Resources
Strand Book Store record holiday #book sales: print is definitely not dead! http://t.co/0nwDR0UnTJ
The 4 Words That Will Get Your Email Opened: rnmkr.me/19N3P1E
8 steps for #author and #book success-new blog to seed 2014: http://ow.ly/sl8Sf
5 Key Trends in #Self-Publishing for 2014 for #Authors | PBS Mediashift http://t.co/tOiY62Eonv
Writing
How to Overcome Writer’s Block dld.bz/deCGP
Social Media and Marketing Strategies
The Secret to Happiness for Marketers http://ow.ly/s12uw
14 Instagram Photojournalists Who Will Open Your Eyes to the World:
Instagram has transformed smartphone user… bit.ly/19j3uA1
Indie #eBook #Marketing for #authors: When You Get to the Fork in the Road, You Must Take It. http://t.co/adcwPimajC
#authors and #promo: 13 Key Tips for Getting Booked on National TV via @JohnKremer: http://t.co/ujz9nVFztr
Cool and Sometimes Goofy or Unbelievable!
Whoa-monster waves slam coast of England! Can’t you see this image popping up in a future movie! http://ow.ly/sl9vz
Bonus: Last week’s Your Guide to Book Publishing with Judith Briles deep- dove into social media strategies authors need–focus on Facebook and Pinterest with Georgia McCabe who knows social media inside out—wow, a lot of information flowed within the hour! Listen in. http://ow.ly/sgYBo or you can download directly from the AuthorU.org website under the “On the Air” tab.
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