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UPDATE: Bestseller (not 14 Weeks) Straight, but 33 Weeks: Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers

Aggie Villanueva — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:41:41 PST

. Just a short notice: Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers: But That’s Not All They Do hit Kindle category bestseller status 3 days after release and has held 1-3 categories for 14 weeks since, with the exception of 5 days! That’s what this post original said on July 22, 2012. . But as of today’s [...]

UPDATE: Bestseller (not 14 Weeks) Straight, but 33 Weeks: Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers

Teaching Authors to Violate Amazon’s Review Guidelines

Aggie Villanueva — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:15:50 PDT

. I sounded an alarm about the need for studying Amazon’s guidelines in my book, Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers. But, for the sake of all honest writers, it seems a louder warning is due concerning the illegitimate teachings/uses of Amazon.com by authors. IGNORANCE OF THE LAW (GUIDELINES) Over the past few years Amazon became [...]

Teaching Authors to Violate Amazon’s Review Guidelines

Lose Your Right to Change Your Book’s Amazon Categories & More?

Aggie Villanueva — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:15:47 PDT

. . How Semi-Self-Published Authors Can Overcome Amazon Category Complications In the process of optimizing book categories there can be numerous hurdles. And for the author who is not truly self-published there is even more of a minefield to navigate. Listen in as Aggie interviews power marketer Phyllis Zimbler Miller (bio below) about the unexpected loss [...]

Lose Your Right to Change Your Book’s Amazon Categories & More?

Smartphone Users Can Find Me on Google, Right?

Aggie Villanueva — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:03:08 PDT

. Smartphone users can just find me on Google, Right? No. Not the Google we know on our desktop computers anyway. Because of the numerous viewing limitations mobile users’ frustrations have stopped them from searching the internet. The Google we know is nearly useless because its search results just send them to more web pages that [...]

Smartphone Users Can Find Me on Google, Right?

The Internet is Losing Users by the Millions

Aggie Villanueva — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:01:59 PDT

. . The Internet is losing users and business people by the millions We authors can’t afford to ignore the already billions of smartphone owners. A huge population of those users read only on this device. They don’t own a Kindle or iPad or Nook or any other e-readers — only their phones. For that matter more and [...]

The Internet is Losing Users by the Millions

3 Steps to Reviews That Snag You a Bestseller

Aggie Villanueva — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:00:37 PDT

. . We authors understand the importance of Being Earnest(LY REVIEWED). Please forgive the literary pun, I couldn’t resist. My bad. We also know the hardships of getting books reviewed. We’ve watched those old standard venues shrink to nearly non-existent, and they usually cover only huge names anyway. Even when someone finally agrees to review [...]

3 Steps to Reviews That Snag You a Bestseller

Amazon Kindle – and Beyond: Exploring ePublishing Platforms

Aggie Villanueva — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:30:39 PDT

. It is my honor to introduce to you D’vorah Lansky, one of the leading book marketing experts today. She has some exciting news to to tell you about her free virtual summit, so I’ll hand over the floor to D’vorah right now. Hi, my name is D’vorah Lansky and I am excited to share [...]

Amazon Kindle – and Beyond: Exploring ePublishing Platforms

Fewer Keystrokes Are Key to a Successful App

Aggie Villanueva — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:00:44 PDT

. Keystrokes Counts Are Key! A previous post in this series, “Why Isn’t My Website Good Enough for Mobil Phone Users?,” covered the incompatibilities preventing smartphone users from browsing your internet site. Here we’ll delve into one aspect of how apps solve these incompatibilities. It can take up to hundreds of strokes & scrolling to [...]

Fewer Keystrokes Are Key to a Successful App

It’s Coming! The Digital Publishing Virtual Summit June 12 – 21

Aggie Villanueva — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:19 PDT

. Just a reminder to get signed up for the 4th Annual Digital Publishing Summit . June 12 – 21, 2012 from Book Marketing Alliance and D’vorah Lansky. . You choose from over 20 book marketing experts sharing their expertise with you FREE for a week! Of get your full access pass to download every single [...]

It’s Coming! The Digital Publishing Virtual Summit June 12 – 21

I Can Run a Website. How do I Run an App?

Aggie Villanueva — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:09 PDT

. How do I Update an App? You don’t have to. You don’t have to because the world of mobile devices is far removed from the Internet, though they both operate in the Cloud. Even what looks to users like a similarity is usually completely alien in function/programming/results. Establishing a marketing presence with mobile apps [...]

I Can Run a Website. How do I Run an App?