tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post2821136220520865533..comments2024-02-17T09:53:06.168+00:00Comments on Notes from the Slushpile: The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride and Us TooCandy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-9636272527977423222008-10-25T10:29:20.800+01:002008-10-25T10:29:20.800+01:00Ah well, there goes my Saturday. You know full we...Ah well, there goes my Saturday. You know full well, don't you, that you've blogged on my favourite topic - marketing and writing! Yeah! I now realise why I had a previous life in a marketing department! ;-)Nicky S (Absolute Vanilla)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-68938633751098048352008-10-25T11:26:11.426+01:002008-10-25T11:26:11.426+01:00i forgot to mention that on the steffi mcbride web...i forgot to mention that on the steffi mcbride website, there is a ocmpetition inviting people to submit their own book trailers for the book.<br><br>clever, clever. make the reader do your marketing. although this is a ploy now widely used. the nerdfighters do it for john green's books (nerdfighters.ning.com). and the guardian newspaper today announced another similar youtube competition.<br><br>i think the steffi mcbrdie social networking ploy though should have been started way earlier than they did - long before the book was launched. it takes a long long time to reach critical mass.<br><br>btw book marketing is one of my fave topics too. i have considered turning Notes from the Slushpile into a blog on book marketing. But first I have to get a proper book contract.Candy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007409312955086752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-77943941423076786862008-11-01T18:42:16.890+00:002008-11-01T18:42:16.890+00:00Vern's still gutted about that...Vern's still gutted about that...Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16295089683247194788noreply@blogger.com