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Friday, August 14, 2009

Tony Eldridge Offers Ultimage Book Marketing Prize

Because of Twitter's hacking problem, Tony Eldridge, master marketer and author, has extended his Twitter contest. Lucky us!

And, yes, my Frugal Editor is one of the prizes. But the really big deal is this contest will introduce those of you who aren't tweeting yet to its magic. (-:

You can win a prize package valued at over $1300 from some of the top names in author book marketing. This is the "Winner-Takes-All Twitter" mega lottery prize for one lucky winner. The package consists of signed books, e-books, mailing lists, online memberships, web courses, Web site makeovers and consulting services. These prizes are from the top names in book marketing. Take a look at this fabulous prize package:

1. Angela Connor , Book: 18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting With Customers Online And a Two Hour Consultation from Angela.

2. Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Book: The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success

3. Cathy Stucker, E-Book: Selling Ebooks Online

4. Dana Smith, E-Book: The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Selling Your Book to Libraries5. Jennifer Mattern, E-Book: Launching a Successful Freelance Web Writing Career And E-Book: The Web Writer's Guide Marketing Workbook (When released)

6. Joanna Penn, Author 2.0 Program: it contains 8 marketing modules

7. John Kremer, Mail Order Catalogs database And his Specialty Retailers database

8. Kat Smith, Book: The Naked Author: Exposing the Myths of Publishing

9. Penny Sansevieri , Book: Red Hot Internet Publicity: An Insider's Guide to Promoting Your Book on the Internet! And a Mini Website Evaluation

10. Phyllis Miller, 1 Month Membership: Miller Mosaic Internet Marketing Program

11. Sarah Bolme, Book: Your Guide To Marketing Books In The Christian Marketplace, Second Edition

12. Steve Weber, Book: Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking . And Book: ePublish: Self-Publish Fast and Profitably for Kindle, iPhone, CreateSpace and Print on Demand

To enter this contest visit http://marketingtipsforauthors.com/TwitterContest.html. Don't wait. I'm not sure about how long the extension for this contest will last.

In the meantime--because this is a Twitter contest--open your Twitter account and check out Twitter In Plain English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o ) video to help you learn more about this simple service.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and two how to books for writers, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't and The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. Her FRUGAL book for retailers is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. She is also the author of the Amazon Short, "The Great First Impression Book Proposal". Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog.

2 comments:

  1. Carolyn, thanks for the mention about this contest! I have received a ton of DMs in Twitter from excited entrants. It's my hope that a lot of writers find you and your top-rated resources for authors through this contest.

    Oh, the new official last day to enter the contest is Friday, August 21st! The winner will be chosen on Saturday, August 22nd.

    Good luck all!

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  2. Hi there. I am very happy to be part of this contest and prize package. Twitter is quite powerful, and Tony is committed to sharing his marketing insights. I can't wait to meet the winners and start consulting them to online community nirvana!
    Angela Connor | @communitygirl

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