Comments on: 10 New Year’s Resolutions http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/ News, Tips, Trends and Miscellany for Book Publicists Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mr. Google Alerts http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-3303 Mr. Google Alerts Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:48:46 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-3303 You can go a lot further than just creating a Google Alert for your book's title. You can track all mentions of the author, and focus in on sites that are most likely to give you results. Google Alerts tends to restrict the amount of results it gives you for a single term, so you might miss things by just tracking the book or author. For example, I created a public Google Alerts account for Michael Pollan as way of demonstrating how a book publicist would benefit from alerts. The details are here: http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/2009/05/19/public-google-alerts-account-for-a-book-publicist-michael-pollan/ I found that searching for this: "michael pollan" site:amazon.com gave me different results from just a search on his name. The result is that I set up alerts for multiple book sites, and get a much wider range of alerts. You can go a lot further than just creating a Google Alert for your book’s title. You can track all mentions of the author, and focus in on sites that are most likely to give you results. Google Alerts tends to restrict the amount of results it gives you for a single term, so you might miss things by just tracking the book or author. For example, I created a public Google Alerts account for Michael Pollan as way of demonstrating how a book publicist would benefit from alerts. The details are here:
http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/2009/05/19/public-google-alerts-account-for-a-book-publicist-michael-pollan/

I found that searching for this:
“michael pollan” site:amazon.com
gave me different results from just a search on his name. The result is that I set up alerts for multiple book sites, and get a much wider range of alerts.

]]> By: the where of it » the back door http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-668 the where of it » the back door Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:21:53 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-668 [...] I learned how to do this from Yen Cheong, who writes the Book Publicity Blog.  If you’re a writer with a book out there - or aim to become so - you might want to check out this post. [...] [...] I learned how to do this from Yen Cheong, who writes the Book Publicity Blog.  If you’re a writer with a book out there – or aim to become so – you might want to check out this post. [...]

]]> By: The Answer’s on the Internets! « The Book Publicity Blog http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-434 The Answer’s on the Internets! « The Book Publicity Blog Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:15:35 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-434 [...] I wrote about these questions in my New Years Resolution post – and whenever I bring up the topic with friends and colleagues — people react with eye [...] [...] I wrote about these questions in my New Years Resolution post – and whenever I bring up the topic with friends and colleagues — people react with eye [...]

]]> By: Top 10 New Years Resolutions for Writers - The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-405 Top 10 New Years Resolutions for Writers - The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:10:19 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-405 [...] are another 10 resolutions from the Book Publicity Blog - including using Google Alerts, and following up with emails and requests. Posted in Internet [...] [...] are another 10 resolutions from the Book Publicity Blog – including using Google Alerts, and following up with emails and requests. Posted in Internet [...]

]]> By: The Daily Square - Conga ga Pozar Edition | Booksquare http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-389 The Daily Square - Conga ga Pozar Edition | Booksquare Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:10:20 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-389 [...] 10 New Year?s ResolutionsExcellent advice from the great Yodiwan! [...] [...] 10 New Year?s ResolutionsExcellent advice from the great Yodiwan! [...]

]]> By: L. Charnes http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/10-new-years-resolutions/#comment-388 L. Charnes Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:01:08 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=886#comment-388 About social networking profiles: there's a new social networking site every week. No matter how you define "major," it's easy to come up with a list of 10-12 "major" sites. Are there any that are "must do" sites? Where is the point of diminishing returns? I'd really like to have time left to do the day job and some actual writing. If I have to pick, say, one social networking site that will do me the most good, which one should it be? How about two? Three? About social networking profiles: there’s a new social networking site every week. No matter how you define “major,” it’s easy to come up with a list of 10-12 “major” sites.

Are there any that are “must do” sites? Where is the point of diminishing returns? I’d really like to have time left to do the day job and some actual writing. If I have to pick, say, one social networking site that will do me the most good, which one should it be? How about two? Three?

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