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How to Use Linked In to Research, Write and Market a Book

November 27, 2011 By Nina Amir

27 Nov

It’s a new world out there for nonfiction writers of all sorts who want to get published. If you’ve been reading the last week’s worth of posts here on this blog about promotion and marketing, you’ve gotten just an inkling of what it takes to succeed—and it’s not just a good idea and good writing. Successful writers today think outside…
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5 Social Networking Mistakes To Avoid

November 27, 2011 By Nina Amir

27 Nov

More aspiring authors than I can mention in desperate need of a platform refuse to use social networking. They see it as a waste of time and a time sink. Published authors needing to promote their books also won’t go near Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google+. Somehow, it is beneath them, an activity not befitting a real writer. Yet, social…
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Dealing with Google’s Duplicate Content Penalties without Doubling your Workload

November 26, 2011 By Nina Amir

26 Nov

For months now I’ve been struggling with the term “duplicate content.” I like to repurpose, or recycle, my content—and like most writers and bloggers, I produce a lot of content. I take my blog posts, for instance, and turn them into ezine articles or press releases. Or I create guest blog posts out of them. In some cases, I actually…
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Easy Internet Marketing Opportunities for Non-fiction Authors

November 25, 2011 By Nina Amir

25 Nov

Authors used to spend their time promoting themselves via speaking. Getting up in front of audiences offered the #1 way to sell books. It ran a close race with radio appearances—or any type of media appearances. Face time…in front of large audiences. That was the ticket to book sales. These days, however, the Internet is the golden ticket to books…
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Easy Ways to Get Your Nonfiction Book Noticed on Amazon

November 24, 2011 By Nina Amir

24 Nov

Most of us have gone to Amazon.com to search for a book. Maybe we’ve done this because we simply wanted to purchase a book, or maybe we were researching competing and complementary titles for a book proposal. In either case, if you spend any time at all in this online book store it becomes obvious that titles get ranked in…
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