What Worked on my Blog Tour
On the whole, my blog tour for No Bells has been successful. I won't know if it resulted in sales until my next royalty statement. I did have a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing how determined two people have been to win the prize I offered of three of the previous books in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. It was also fun to see the varied folks who did comment on blogs.
1. Finding blogs to host me that had different followers worked. My idea was that it might introduce more people to my Rocky Bluff P.D. series.
2. Making sure that I had something different on each blog. It was helpful when the host told me what they wanted me to write.
3. Putting different photos of myself on each blog was fun too and the followers seemed to enjoy that too. (I stole the idea from Pat Browning.)
4. Making sure to let people know on Facebook, Twitter and all my listserves what I was doing each day. Not just where to go for the blog--but a clue as to what it was about.
5. Having the tour far enough after the publication of the book so I'd have copies to send to anyone who wanted to review the book for the tour and scheduling the reviews near the end.
6. Having a way to keep track of each person who commented on each blog so I'd have a good record to know who did comment on the most blogs.
7. Doing all the blogs ahead to time and sending the information to each host as soon as possible.
8. Keeping track of the blogs and what day they would appear--and the subject of the post and what photo of me I sent. (I still had a few duplicates, but that part worked well.)
9. Making sure to check each blog several times each day and for a couple of days afterwards.
10. Acknowledging each person who did leave a comment.
1. Finding blogs to host me that had different followers worked. My idea was that it might introduce more people to my Rocky Bluff P.D. series.
2. Making sure that I had something different on each blog. It was helpful when the host told me what they wanted me to write.
3. Putting different photos of myself on each blog was fun too and the followers seemed to enjoy that too. (I stole the idea from Pat Browning.)
4. Making sure to let people know on Facebook, Twitter and all my listserves what I was doing each day. Not just where to go for the blog--but a clue as to what it was about.
5. Having the tour far enough after the publication of the book so I'd have copies to send to anyone who wanted to review the book for the tour and scheduling the reviews near the end.
6. Having a way to keep track of each person who commented on each blog so I'd have a good record to know who did comment on the most blogs.
7. Doing all the blogs ahead to time and sending the information to each host as soon as possible.
8. Keeping track of the blogs and what day they would appear--and the subject of the post and what photo of me I sent. (I still had a few duplicates, but that part worked well.)
9. Making sure to check each blog several times each day and for a couple of days afterwards.
10. Acknowledging each person who did leave a comment.
Comments
I found it took up a lot of my time and I didn't see a jump in sales.
I hope you'll let us know if your tour resulted in sales.
--BrendaW.
Glad I could be of help.