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Dec
20

Authors – Use Video in your Amazon Profile

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Are you an author? Do you have your book on Amazon? Simply uploading your book to Amazon is not enough, you need to market it and, more importantly, yourself. Luckily, Amazon makes it easy to do both. Amazon has a separate section for authors to create a profile, here, at Amazon's Author Central.  Author Central lets you provide information about you, your books, your blog, and so on. Anybody that finds your book on Amazon can access your profile and get more information about you. One nice feature of Amazon's Author Central is the option to upload a video to your profile. Uploading a video let's you say a lot more in a lot less. It can provide a face and personality to your potential customers and is a great way to promote any of your books, or even an upcoming one. It doesn't seem too many authors are using this feature yet, which could be a good thing. Amazon is always looking for people that use it's avenues to the fullest, so they may help you out if you have a video on your profile.

There is, however, one thing I wish Amazon would fix. It would be nice if they provided the option to use a YouTube code for the video. As of right now, they only let you upload a file, no YouTube links. Hopefully, when more people upload videos, Amazon will open up this option.

If you do have a book, you need to market it. Get all the information and training you need to market your book online here.

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Dec
06

Authors – Use video and Internet marketing to promote your book

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If you are an author, you know how hard it is to market your book. One interesting technique that seems to be taking of is to use video and the power of the Internet to promote your book for you. What a lot of authors are doing is they are creating video book trailers. Just like movie trailers that show clips of what the movie is about, book trailers do the same thing. Book trailers can simply be still images set to music. Add a little text to the video and you're done. Video trailers can be used to introduce characters in the book, summarize the plot, or even promote the upcoming launch date. That's right, not only are authors using video trailers to market books they've already written, they are also promoting books they haven't finished yet. This way, video trailers help produce buzz for a book. Any time you start getting buzz for a book you haven't yet finished, it pushes you to keep going and get that new book finished. Also, you can get a feel for how many sales you will get after you launch.

But, video book trailers need to be found online for potential customers to find. This requires Internet marketing knowledge. A lot of questionable Internet marketing techniques can be found online with a lot of searching done on your part. Or you can get certified from the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia. Not only does IMTC give you the most focused education on Internet marketing around, but it provides you with a certificate you can use to get a job with any number of businesses that need Internet marketing done for them. Also, you can take the knowledge you now have and market your books or any number of goods and services online. And all of this can be accomplished in as little as six months.

So what are you waiting for? Start using every option to market your book, right now.

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Oct
18

Authors – Learn how to use Internet marketing

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You've done all of the hard work: the writing, proofreading, and cover design that accompanies your new book. But now what? Not only do you have to get people to buy your book, but you have to get them to find it. This is where Internet marketing comes in. As an author, you need to learn how to market you and your book. An education in Internet marketing will not only teach you how to do that but also how to sell your own book on your own website. On top of that, you can take your new education and certificate from the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia and get a great job with any business that needs to market online. That's the great thing about learning how to use the Internet to make money; it gives you the option of working for your self or for another business.

Authors, make money online in as little as 6 months!

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