Comments on: Let’s talk virtual book tours: Interview with Penny C. Sansevieri

By: Organizing a successful virtual author book tour | Self-Publishing Resources

Fri, 28 May 2010 11:20:21 +0000

[...] forms: interviews, guest posts, book reviews, book excerpts, and so on. (You can read more here in an interview I did with Penny Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., and [...]

By: Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:09:01 +0000

thank you for an interesting article. I am a UK author & have enjoyed a couple of virtual tours promoting my historical novels published in North America with Sourcebooks inc, I have been mulling over the idea of also attempting to promote my pirate-based adventure-fantasy series, but have not been sure how to go about “starting”. My problem, I am finding, is that I spend so much time “marketing” on Facebook, Twitter etc that I am encroaching on my writing time.
Your article has helped me to realise I must focus on sites that receive more attention – .
Thank you!

Helen Hollick

By: Alice Louise Karow

Alice Louise Karow — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:16:49 +0000

Great info, now the important thing is to take action!

Here’s a great tip I just heard: put out a press release every two weeks and then connect it, support it with an online article, a blog post, a local live event, conference call or radio interview.

By: Karin Huxman

Karin Huxman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:13:52 +0000

I met Penny as a writer’s conference a couple of years ago. She had great advice for the group as a whole and also more specific advice for individuals.

By: Raul Raible

Raul Raible — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:09:05 +0000

Very interesting way to market on facebook. I also found a way to automate several very powerful methods of getting users. You can capture ID by groups or pages or wall posts with this software. Then once you have them you can do a friend request to your profile or sudo profile. This by passes the captcha codes too. There is also a cool chat program that you can setup scripts and keyword to work with. This program, when I use it I can see a spike in my site traffic. It is sweet…

By: Sue Collier

Sue Collier — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:38:30 +0000

Thanks so much for stopping by, Paula! I was thrilled when Penny agreed to the interview. She knows her stuff–and always has something interesting to say. I hope you’ll stop back!

By: Paula Shene

Paula Shene — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:29:40 +0000

I am always surprised and delighted when coming across an interview or a blog with Penny Sansevieri. I first ran head on to her posts on The Authors Inn and I’ve been following her tips all over the web. She gives away more information then one can get in a ‘full serve’ bought package.

I have shared her name with friends on Shelfari, Facebook, Twitter, Bookrix and more…thanks for this interview!…Paula Shene, author Mandy The Alpha Dog

By: Sue Collier

Sue Collier — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Thanks for commenting–and reading!–Jim. “Givers get” indeed!

By: Jim Donovan

Jim Donovan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:57:00 +0000

Great interview. Penny is one of the actual experts in book marketing and promotion. If you’re trying to promote a book, you can’t go wrong by following her advice and, it seems, your’s too.

I’ve coached numerous authors and the hardest part is getting across the idea that this is a long term commitment. Having been promoting my own books for a dozen years and having had significant success, I walk this talk daily.

Penny’s suggestion of not getting into people’s face is even more important with bloggers that most people since they’re so high profile.

Remember, givers get and you wont go wrong.

Great job, keep it up,
Jim

By: Sue Collier

Sue Collier — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:56:27 +0000

Thanks for stopping by! Great tips…the site is most definitely still a work in progress. =)