Million Tips » Writing http://milliontips.com Business, Marketing, and Management Tips Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:42:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Promote Your Book Through a Virtual Book Tour http://milliontips.com/2010/01/tip-91-promote-your-book-through-a-virtual-book-tour/ http://milliontips.com/2010/01/tip-91-promote-your-book-through-a-virtual-book-tour/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:53:10 +0000 Jeremy Reis http://milliontips.com/?p=655 Many authors and experts are finding that live events and virtual book tours are a leading way to promote their books and expertise. A live event, or virtual book tour, can help you promote your book through a low cost and high impact method of marketing. A virtual book tour is similar to a physical book tour, the author “visits” several blogs or websites over several days or weeks to promote their book through blog posts, live chat, discussion forums, and live video events.

Live video events allow you to effectively communicate with your audience in an efficient and cutting edge way.

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]]> http://milliontips.com/2010/01/tip-90-get-involved-in-an-online-community/feed/ 0 Dealing with Rejection as an Author http://milliontips.com/2009/12/tip-84-dealing-rejection-author/ http://milliontips.com/2009/12/tip-84-dealing-rejection-author/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:36:57 +0000 User Submission http://milliontips.com/?p=593 Rejection is a part of a writing career.  Think of it as a business decision, not a referendum on your writing ability.  Most of the time, rejection simply means you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Dust it off and send it out again.

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