Why Isn’t My Website/Book Popping Up In Search Results?

Angela, your continually excellent and CLEAR, step-by-step Online Marketing articles are fantastic.
I was attempting to follow the instructions in today’s article, Subtly Promoting Your Book on Major News Sites, when I discovered something disappointing. I just had my website re-designed in regular format instead of flash. And, yes, I’m getting more traffic. BUT, when I type in the categories (such as Shanghai Jews on USA today, or even historical novels on Amazon), my book never comes up. Do you or Richard have any advice for me? Should I add some phrases to my website? Do you think I could learn to change my website myself instead of having to get in touch with (and pay) my designer?

No Longer “Just” a Mom By Diane Stark

One afternoon at the library, I searched the card catalog for books on work-at-home opportunities. Most of the books told stories of women who opened catering businesses from their homes or moms who sold afghans at craft fairs. Great for them, but me – I’m not so crafty. But I did find one book on starting a freelance writing business. Now writing – there was something I was good at.

Whispers And Warnings For March 19th

The Big Boys!

Matt turned 21 this week (sniff). Seems like just yesterday he was a wee little teenager coming over to play videogames with little Zach…

ONLINE BOOK MARKETING THAT WORKS – Part VIII: Subtly Promoting Your Book on Major News Sites

This week, we’re going to subtly promote our book(s) while posting comments on major news sites.
I don’t know about you but I love reading Letters to the Editor in newspapers and magazines. The letters section is one of the first places I look when I’m reading a periodical.
The great news is, in increasing numbers, newspapers, magazines, and other news websites are allowing readers to post comments about articles, often instantly, on their websites, directly under each article.
You can find a list of the nation’s 100 largest newspapers right here…

Subtly Promoting Your Book on Other People’s Blogs

Subtly Promoting Your Book on Other People’s Blogs
One of the best ways to find out what’s happening on blogs related to your area of interest is to go to Google Reader: https://www.google.com/reader
You can put in key words or specific sites. “Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won’t miss a thing.”
Each day when I check, I find out which terms or sites have new content. I click on the new ones and get a list of topics with a sentence or two about the content. I can then click on the arrow to go to that site and see if there is something there I want to comment on.
Jaimie (Hall) Bruzenak
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Blog: RV Home Yet? https://rvhometown.typepad.com
Author of Support Your RV Lifestyle and other RV books

The Mathematics of Freelancing: What’s Your Hourly Rate? By Rich Mintzer

As I sat completing an article for $700, I realized that it had only taken me seven hours to write, or a hefty $100 per hour. Later that day, following an editor’s notes, I completed a $100 article, which had also taken me seven hours, or a not so hefty $14.29 per hour. After reprimanding myself for taking on the assignment, I once again recalled my promise to no longer take on those poor hourly rate projects unless there was the potential of something much bigger and better to follow…

Keep Sending Your Work Out By Martha Miller

Isaac Asimov said, “You must keep sending your work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one…