Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Becoming a Blog Tour Host - #Wwow


Participating in Blog Tours

Part of my author exposure has come from participating in blog tours. What are blog tours? It is a way for an author to promote their books from blog to blog (rather than store to store.) Blog tours can feature a book spotlight, question and answers, book review and book giveaways. During the blog tour there are a set number of stops (average is 10 - 20 stops) and takes place between a few weeks to a month. Blog tours can be set up by publicists for a particular publisher or by specific companies/coordinators. 
How did I get started? First, I featured my personal writing friends. This led to exposure to their friends and then even more authors. Later, I found several blog tour coordinators on the web and signed up to work for them. See a list below for the particular groups I participate with:

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Author's Pal

You can also click these links if you are looking for help with organizing blog tours. They have many popular romance bloggers signed up with them. 

What do I get out of it? Exposure! I get more visits to my blog, more followers and make new connections with others. It has been great. I also feel great helping out other authors around the world.  It's worth it!



Please visit the other links below to have more Writer's Words of Wisdom:


Lacey Wolfe: http://laceywolfe.com/blog.html Interviewing an editor. Should be fun.
Tammy Dennings Maggy: http://tammydenningsmaggy.blogspot.com What to do for giveaways for blog hops, guest spots, and on your own blog
Paloma Beck: http://romancebeckons.blogspot.com/search/label/WoW#.UN348m_AeSo Overcoming Writing Roadblocks

3 comments:

  1. You're right! And it's nice to help shed light on fab others to others. :)

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  2. Fantastic advice as always, Melinda. Sign me up!

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  3. Great information, Melinda! Thanks for this. Hoping your book release blog tour will take you over to my site, too. : )

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