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Thanks, Frances. I am going to be gearing my posts more to this topic as it seems it is timely and getting a lot of feedback that my advice is helpful. Please keep me posted about your progress. I think you will have a better chance of finding success with this tactic. I have used it in other venues with great success. Thanks so much for commenting and best of luck. Glad you are looking forward to the book. I think it is a tool a lot of authors have needed and I hope I can be of help.

I write historical fiction about Lewis & Clark, and have been trying hard to implement the approach you suggest here: I have a blog about Lewis & Clark and the frontier experience, and I network on Facebook and Twitter with those with interests in history and early America. And I’m trying to make friends, comment often, etc., on sites for folks with similar interests. It’s early yet to judge the effectiveness. But I already feel like it’s time well spent.

Looking forward to the book — would definitely buy!

I do. I am putting a lot of that information in an upcoming book, but if this is a topic of interest I can blog some on it next week. The answer would just be too long for the comments section. Would that be acceptable?

Excellent article. I totally agree Bob.

As a writer, we are the manufacturer of a product brand and we have to market that product in new innovative ways to keep potential buyers coming back for more. But if we do not market in a sensible manner, then the buyers will never find us because on the Internet we are competing with not just other authors, but snake oil sales men and video vixens, just to name a few. Buyers are becoming weary of surfing the net for things they don’t know about. So we have to create a need for them to visit, and word of mouth is a very good way of spreading the validity of the brand.

Keep the articles coming…

Nick Anthony