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VBTs: If You Don’t Show Up, You Lose

December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Virtual Tours

oday, an author and publicist gave me the heads up that her client (her handsome hubby) would not be available for a tour in about four weeks. Their holiday schedule pushed everything back. At first blush, you might think this is a terrible tragedy. After all, I have to fill that day with some sort of content. But as a…

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Virtual Book Tours: When to Gather Links to Tour Locations

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Links, Virtual Tours

Recently, several authors asked me for links in advance of posting their virtual book tours. I am reluctant to provide advance links for a variety of reasons: I could change a title or a tag that creates a different live link. The posting system could change the link to something else. The post could be lost, need to be reposted…

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Social Networking: Just How Stupid Are You?

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Do NOT Do This!, Social Networking

President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign speechwriter is an intelligent person, right? I mean, he has to be. He helped the Democrat pull in enough votes to win the White House for four years. Right? Based on his social networking prowess, I’d say, NO. Jon Favreau posted pictures from a party on his Facebook page. As you can see, Favreau posed for…

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