Authors: Wanna boost your book sales?

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Want to know how to boost your book sales?

Most authors work very hard to gain the widest exposure to maximize their book sales. But unknown to many authors there are some often overlooked strategies which are critical to getting your book to sell in large numbers. One of those strategies is to acquire a high tag count on Amazon. Why are tags important? Quite simply exposure! The more tags your book has the more visible it is on Amazon. The more customers see your book, the greater the chance to make those impact sales.

But you might be wondering how do I get my tag score up? With only access to a very limited amount of Amazon accounts, an author can never truly hope to acquire a high number of tags. But what if you had the support of a limitless pool of people willing to tag your books?

Author Todd Fonseca runs a book tagging site called "Tag My Book On Amazon". It is the only one of its kind on the web. If you were to join Todd's site, you would have access to a vast number of book taggers who will work to increase your tag score exponentially. Most of the authors who have achieved high tag scores on Amazon have went on to sell a large number of books. If you are interested in getting your book tagged on Amazon please visit this link:

tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.com/

Good luck!

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

I know when Leslie tagged my book, it suddenly got tweeted on Amazon's twitter site.  So, yes, tagging can be very important. 

[mamiller]

Kevis,
Thank you for this suggestion.  I am now happily tagging people     This is fun!

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Good for you, Maureen! Tag away and watch your tag score grow too!!!

(BTW, I just tagged your book with both of my Amazon accounts!)

[mamiller]

Good for you, Maureen! Tag away and watch your tag score grow too!!!

I tagged you and Gertie immediately!   I'm going down the list.  I tagged Brendan, but I'm afraid his girlfriend will find out 

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

 Your secret is safe with me!

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Hmmm. I just had a novel idea. In addition to Todd's site, maybe we should use this thread to tag each other's books. Why not? I'm thinking we can all list our entire catalog of book titles here, then go and tag the books that are listed on this thread. We should probably also mention which books we have tagged so that the other author knows to go and tag our books too. What do you think?

(Thanks for tagging my book, Maureen. I tagged Gertie's book too!)

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Hmmm. I just had a novel idea. In addition to Todd's site, maybe we should use this thread to tag each other's books. Why not? I'm thinking we can all list our entire catalog of book titles here, then go and tag the books that are listed on this thread. We should probably also mention which books we have tagged so that the other author knows to go and tag our books too. What do you think?

(Thanks for tagging my book, Maureen. I tagged Gertie's book too!)

Thanks, Kevis.  I think that's a great idea.  We can use the listing of "authors on kindleboards" for tagging. 

Here's the link to that thread.

http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,1819.msg44112.html#msg44112

I'm off to tag!!

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Thanks, Kevis.  I think that's a great idea.  We can use the listing of "authors on kindleboards" for tagging. 

Here's the link to that thread.

http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,1819.msg44112.html#msg44112

I'm off to tag!!

Absolutely brilliant idea, Gertie. I'll get started tagging everyone's books right away. I hope everyone does the same for me. Thanks for sharing such a great idea. I don't know why I didn't think of it. Thank goodness we have you!

[geoffthomas]

Ooooh.
Does that mean we can all go and tag Jeff's books, too Gertie?

I am going to go over to Amzn and find out what all this is about.

And Mike, and Boyd, and Carolyn and Thumper.

Wow.

I hope I can figure it out and that it helps.

Just sayin......

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

I think we need to carry this a little further.  Besides checking the tags, there's a space below that for "tag this for Amazon search."  That involves another step. 

Click on the link, pick one of the suggested tags and then write a brief reason why you placed that tag.  Takes about two weeks for it to show up. 

So, if you want us to go that extra mile, give us a short blurb about your book. 

Gertie

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Ooooh.
Does that mean we can all go and tag Jeff's books, too Gertie?

I am going to go over to Amzn and find out what all this is about.

And Mike, and Boyd, and Carolyn and Thumper.

Wow.

I hope I can figure it out and that it helps.

Just sayin......

I'm using Gertie's suggestion to use the author list here in The Book Bazaar to tag everyone's book. But it is still recommended that everyone also go to Todd's site. In the case of Todd's site, if you do not tag the other books there, your book will not be hosted. Unfortunately, we'll have to take it on faith that the authors here in The Book Bazaar will reciprocate with tags for their fellow authors. The key to making this work is mutual support. If only a few authors participate in this effort, it will be an unfair endeavor that benefits only a few authors.

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

I think we need to carry this a little further.  Besides checking the tags, there's a space below that for "tag this for Amazon search."  That involves another step.  

Click on the link, pick one of the suggested tags and then write a brief reason why you placed that tag.  Takes about two weeks for it to show up.  

So, if you want us to go that extra mile, give us a short blurb about your book.  

Gertie

Hmmm. I don't know about that one, Gertie. Your idea is a good one. But I think what makes tagging books so effective is the speed in which our books can be tagged. Once we start engaging in the "tag for search" feature it will slow the process down. I doubt everyone's going to want to take the time to do that. Perhaps we should start another thread for that idea. That way we can actually track who's participating in the "tag for search" feature since it's a slightly more time consuming effort.

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Ooooh.
Does that mean we can all go and tag Jeff's books, too Gertie?

I am going to go over to Amzn and find out what all this is about.

And Mike, and Boyd, and Carolyn and Thumper.

Wow.

I hope I can figure it out and that it helps.

Just sayin......

Go for it, Geoff.  Look at my post about tagging for Amazon search.  We need to do more than just check off the categories. 

Non-Author members, if you read this, and have read and liked any of our books, it would be nice if you would help us out with tagging.  Not everyone is comfortable writing a review, but this is an easy way to help us out. 

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Hmmm. I don't know about that one Gertie. Your idea is a good one. But I think what makes tagging books so effective is the speed in which our books can be tagged. Once we start engaging in the "tag for search" feature it will slow the process down. I doubt everyone's going to want to take the time to do that. Perhaps we should start another thread for that idea. That way we can actually track who's participating in the "tag for search" feature since it's a slightly more time consuming effort.

Agreed.  But I think we should take advantage of every tagging method available.  Checking off and search tags, as well as participating in Todd's tagging.  Go ahead and start the separate thread.  It's a good idea.

See my suggestion above for non-author members who don't like to post reviews.  Maybe we could start a thread for that. 

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Another question.  Do we need to do separate tags for the Kindle version and the paperback? 

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Sure do. I have different tags for the formats of my books. This is especially important since many others prominently use the tags "ebook", "kindle", "kindle book", and "kindle freebie" on thier respective kindle book sales page. I do think that authors need to take the lead and tag their books first. That way everyone can click on the tag the author wants to use. If an author cannot spare the time to tag his/her own book, then why should anyone else want to either?

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Just to be on the safe side, I think everyone should either list the books that they have tagged, or simply announce when they have tagged all the books on Leslie's Author list. That way we can keep track of who's participating.

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Sure do. I have different tags for the formats of my books. This is especially important since many others prominently use the tags "ebook", "kindle", "kindle book", and "kindle freebie" on thier respective kindle book sales page. I do think that authors need to take the lead and tag their books first. That way everyone can click on the tag the author wants to use. If an author cannot spare the time to tag his/her own book, then why should anyone else want to either?

Okay, I guess I have to go revise my post on Todd's site to include both versions.  Then I'll go back to tagging. 

Thanks. 

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

The more I think on this, the more I realize that it's probably a mistake to attempt to tag books from Leslie's author list. The best thing to do is to send everyone to Todd's site. That way we are all guaranteed to get our books tagged by lots of people without it being a one-sided deal where one group of authors gain tags while the other gets none. Todd constantly checks up on the authors on his site. If an author does not participate in the tagging process, he will remove their book/s from his site. That way everyone is guaranteed to tag everyone else's book. If the authors here in The Book Bazaar all flock to Todd's site, their books are guaranteed to be tagged by authors from all over the world, including the other Kindle Board authors who join the site.

Please pass on the word about this site to all your author friends, including the ones who frequent amazon or do not visit Kindle Boards. The more authors that go to the tag site, the more tags your book will eventually get. This is easily one of the best unknown enterprises for authors out there. Let's make this site popular and sell our books in the process!

If you are interested in getting your book tagged, here's the link to the "Tag My Book on Amazon" site:


tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.com/

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

That's fine.  I'm over at Todd's tagging now, but I did some tag searches at Amazon for books I have read.  I'll continue to do that as well. 

It's a bit difficult to maneuver around the site, but I shall soldier on. 

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Gertie,

As this is turning into something of a think tank, I like your idea of "tag for search." Perhaps that's what this thread will focus on from here on out. Everyone will know by reading the first few posts that they should go and join Todd's site. But what we should do is to encourage everyone to join in the the "tag for search" campaign.

All an author has to do is to provide us with the "tag for search" blurb and we'll enter the tags for the author. Of course, the author should reciprocate and do the same for the other authors who requests a tag for search. From there, all an author has to do is to post a message saying which books he's tagged for search and we'll be able to keep track of who's being helpful. I think it's great that you thought of this idea! Let's see how it goes. If you'd like you can have the honor of providing the first tag. I'll be sure to implement it for you.

I have a feeling there is going to be a spike in book sales for the authors that joins in on the fun!

[jonfmerz]

Looking forward to tagging everyone and hopefully folks will tag my two novels PARALLAX and VICARIOUS as well as my short stories "Prisoner 392" and "The Brank of Khosadam."

Thanks in advance!

[Kevis 'The Berserker' Hendrickson]

Good job to all the authors who visited Todd's site. I've tagged all your books and will continue to do so throughout the night. Just hope you don't forget to tag my book too!

[jonfmerz]

Just started tagging -  Kevis, how far back is your info on Todd's site?