Vote on these LISTMANIAS please!

STRATEGIC BOOK GROUP- AMAZON OPEN HOUSE

Listmania

Strategic Book Group would like to take a moment to announce the following Listmania Lists. These lists contain the books in our program so please vote them as “helpful”. The more votes these lists get the more exposure these books get.

Voting Instructions:
When you click on a list you will notice at the top right of the list it says this:

List Stats
Last updated: 6/16/10
Read: X times
Rated: X out of X helpful
Rate it! Do you find this list helpful?
YES or NO

Obviously you will want to click YES. Then you will get a message that says: "Thank you for your feedback."

HOWEVER - and this is important - leave the page OPEN for several minutes AFTER you vote so that your vote "sticks"!!! Then refresh the page to see that the Rated # has increased with your vote. Amazon doesn't like voting and running, and lots of times your vote will disappear if you leave the page immediately after voting. Again: leave the page OPEN after voting.

Ask your family and friends with Amazon accounts to vote. The point of being on this particular list is not just to have your book on a list - anyone can do that - but to have it voted on ALOT so that Amazon will rank your book higher in its algorithms. That's how their formula works.

Listmania 1:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Children-s-Books-to-Read-with-YOUR-Kids/lm/R3443TMLT4X22S/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

Listmania 2:
http://www.amazon.com/Action-Suspense-Intrigue-check-these/lm/R1B4DDX7LG71AP/ref=cm_lmt_DYNA_f_1_russss1?pf_rd_p=496997231&pf_rd_s=listmania-center&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1419654802&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1PCJ41KDZWHGYBKYRMGZ

Listmania 3:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-New-Age-Self-Help-Books/lm/R32XEHT9BJ0CF0/ref=cm_lmt_fvlm_f_3_rlrsrs1

Listmania 4:
http://www.amazon.com/Fab-Fiction-from-Up-n-Coming-Authors/lm/RRC1B47NBDE9V/ref=cm_lmt_fvlm_f_4_rlrsrs2

This should only take you about 10 minutes. This is a test trial to see what sort of results we can get!

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Congratulations to Phil Reinke on his book deal with Boy Scouts of America!

Congratulations Author Phil Reinke!
Author Phil Reinke announced that the Boy Scouts of America has purchased of 5,000 of his books, “Pinewood-Winning by the Rules” (with more to come). They will be sold across America at the scout stores. The book assists the reader in their building of a “faster” Pinewood Derby Racer, one of the premiere events in a Cub Scout’s experience. He thanks the BSA and Strategic/Eloquent Books for making a dream a reality!

To learn more about this book click here: http://www.amazon.com/Pinewood-Winning-Rules-Phillip-Reinke/dp/1609111532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277919072&sr=1-1

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Amazon Open House: Featured Authors of the Week

AMAZON OPEN HOUSE      

Genre: General Fiction

Strategic Book Group would like to announce this week’s featured authors on Amazon.com. These are new up and coming authors whose books are really beginning to turn heads.

Getting a book published and out to the public is a daunting task for any author and we would like to help spread the word of these titles as best we can.

Please take a moment to browse through the following new releases to Amazon.com

Steve Godofsky, Author of “The Liberation of Henry Belmont”-

http://www.amazon.com/Liberation-Henry-Belmont-Steve-Godofsky/dp/1609110730/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277765711&sr=8-1

Gunter Swoboda, Author of “Mountains of the Sea”-
http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Sea-Gunter-O-Swoboda/dp/1606937871/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277765831&sr=1-1

Linda Legeza, Author of “Cooler Full of Fish”-
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Full-Fish-Linda-Legeza/dp/1609110668/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277765890&sr=1-1

Please if you have the time visit these books on Amazon. Read their reviews and vote on which ones you find helpful. This can only benefit the author and we appreciate any sort of feedback.

If you would like to review either one of these titles on Amazon please email me and I will send you a free electronic copy for review.

For more information about one of these authors or books please contact: 
 
Kait Neese 
Amazon Optimization  Consultant 
Strategic Book Group
www.strategicbookmarketing.com
www.strategicbookpublishing.com  
www.StrategicBookClub.com 
800.961.3437 Office

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Featured Guest Blogger- Check it out!

Check out our first official post as a Guest Blogger at Visual Arts Junction
- More to come in the next few weeks!

http://www.visualartsjunction.com/?p=9691
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Ms. Kait Neese
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Strategic Book Group
Strategic & Eloquent Books
www.StrategicBookGroup.com

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Check out our first official post as a Guest Blogger at Visual Arts Junction
- More to come in the next few weeks!

http://www.visualartsjunction.com/?p=9691
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Best regards,
Ms. Kait Neese
Marketing Coach
Strategic Book Group
Strategic & Eloquent Books
www.StrategicBookGroup.com

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Linda Legeza- Featured Review by the Midwest Book Review

Check out this great review for "Cooler Full of Fish" by Linda Legeza.

This was done by the Midwest Book Review and we are extremely excited for this review to be featured on Amazon.com

"There's more to fishing than just wasting an afternoon lazily on a boat. "Cooler Full of Fish" follows Jeff Grabowski, a man who has spent his life passionate about fishing. As the world changes around him and everyone he knows moves on and reaches for something else in life, Jeff is content with fishing and faces criticism for his path in life, told he can't fish forever. But Jeff will do just that. "Cooler Full of Fish" is a choice pick for those who want to believe a lifetime of fishing can be a reality. "

Ms. Kait Neese
Marketing Coach
Strategic Book Group
Strategic & Eloquent Books
www.StrategicBookGroup.com

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Amazon Open House: Featured New Age and Self-Help Books

AMAZON OPEN HOUSE

Genre: Self-Help and New Age

Strategic Book Group would like to announce this week’s featured authors on Amazon.com. These are new up and coming authors whose books are really beginning to turn heads.

Getting a book published and out to the public is a daunting task for any author and we would like to help spread the word of these titles as best we can.

Please take a moment to browse through the following new releases to Amazon.com

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Siddharth Deshmukh, Author of “The Map That Matters”

http://www.amazon.com/Matters-Being-Right-Place-Response/dp/1606939955/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277407467&sr=1-1

Mark Black, Author of “Live Life From The Heart: 52 Weeks to a Life of Passion and Purpose”-

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Life-Heart-Passion-Purpose/dp/1606935518/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277407574&sr=1-1

Petrene Soames, Author of “50 Ways to Fix Your Life

http://www.amazon.com/50-Ways-Fix-Your-Life/dp/1606933485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277407634&sr=1-1

Please if you have the time visit these books on Amazon. Read their reviews and vote on which ones you find helpful. This can only benefit the author and we appreciate any sort of feedback.

If you would like to review either one of these titles on Amazon please email me and I will send you a free electronic copy for review.

For more information about one of these authors or books please contact: 
 
Kait Neese 
Amazon Optimization  Consultant 
Strategic Book Group
www.strategicbookmarketing.com
www.strategicbookpublishing.com  
www.StrategicBookClub.com 
800.961.3437 Office

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Listmania: All AUTHORS should do this NOW

LISTMANIA:

By now I hope the term “Listmania” rings a bell. These lists are one of the most important tools Amazon makes available for you to promote your work.

To clear things up let’s discuss what exactly Listmania is. Amazon allows it’s users to pick up to 25 items from Amazon and create a list of those products based upon a common theme. This common theme is up to you. You could choose a list that is dedicated to books that teach people how to fish or one that is full of your favorite suspense novels. You can create a list for whatever you like but we want you to focus on lists that can somehow tie back to your novel.

Using Listmania as a promotion tool is very simple. You want to create a list that appeals to your demographics while simultaneously attracting as many people as possible.  You want to stay within your genre typically, but of course there are exceptions.

Creating your Listmania:

1.) Name Your List- You want to create a catchy name that will attract Amazon users. You want this title to stand out from the crowd and make viewers curious to see more. My suggestions would be to use the word “YOU” and/or a number in your title. People like to see numbers, numbers catch attention, and using the word “You” is a subliminal tactic to grab attention as well. Let’s look at an example:

 “15 bedtime stories that are perfect for YOUR child” versus “ My favorite bedtime stories”.

See the difference?

2.) Your Qualifications- this is your section to shine. Amazon wants to know what qualifies you to make such a list. So why are you qualified to pick the best 15 bedtime stories? BECAUSE YOU ARE AN AUTHOR! This line should be an exact replica of the author signature you created on your Amazon Profile page.  For example it should read

“Carol Day, Author of Sahara to Shame”. By repeating this signature all over Amazon you are branding yourself. Our overall objective here is to help increase the amount of exposure your name AND your book’s title receives on other Amazon Book Detail pages.

3.) Introduction: Why are you creating this list? Obviously to sell more copies of your book. I know that is our goal but we have to mask this blatant objective. I would recommend in your introduction to start off with a question and your Listmania will solve the question for your viewers. An example “Do you want to know how to cook the perfect thanksgiving turkey?” And your list will clearly lay out 15 of the best cook books, which include cooking turkey.

4.) Add a product: This is pretty self explanatory. Please make sure you list your book first, at the TOP of the list.  I would like to mention though that you should try to pick books that fall within your competitive network. This increases exposure for you because Amazon user’s who know about one of your competitors may have never heard of your book. But when they check out that book’s Amazon page and see a Listmania of like books and yours is on it they might just click and buy your book.

You should create multiple Listmanias. Try for one a week if you can.

Listmanias are beneficial to you because they help increase your exposure throughout Amazon. You should have a Listmania on your book’s Amazon page that I have created for you. When you create a Listmania, Amazon displays your list on the book’s detail page which is viewed by your target audience. Amazon examines all of the subject matter inside your list and determines the appropriate categories to place them in. It then places your Listmania on other book’s detail pages. So when Amazon users view other book’s Amazon pages and see your list, they may click on it to learn more. Please note the more books on your list the more often it will appear throughout Amazon. You should also make sure to include at least one major novel that already has monumental recognition. 

I hope to see your Listmanias created soon and if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Here is an example of a well constructed Listmania:

http://www.amazon.com/lm/R1MQOGRRK1KIK8/ref=cm_pdp_lm_title_1

Best regards,
 

Ms. Kait Neese
Marketing Coach
Strategic Book Group
Strategic & Eloquent Books
www.StrategicBookGroup.com

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