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Learning the ABCs of Bookstagram

By Hannah Boettcher

March 1, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Learning the ABCs of Bookstagram

I started my bookstagram page at the end of September 2020. In under half a year, I have amassed 3,400 plus followers, held conversations with some of my favorite authors, and made many bookish friends. There are many bookstagram “secrets” only accessible to those engaging with other accounts, consuming a lot of content, and running an actual bookstagram account. Thus, I have gathered my most useful tips and tricks on how to operate and brand a successful bookstagram account.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: aesthetic, algorithm, analytics, Authors, blogging, blogs, books, bookstagram, data, feed, goals, how-to, independent, indie, instagram, Marketing, Online, publishers, publishing, ratings, read, readers, reviewers, Reviews, sales, Social Media, starred, virtual, writers, writing

A Marketing Tool for Indie Publishers and Authors Alike

By Hannah Boettcher

October 19, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Marketing Tool for Indie Publishers and Authors Alike

Goodreads allows users to keep track of books they’ve read, books they want to read, and the reading journeys of other registered users. While Goodreads is a wonderful resource for readers, it also houses a very lucrative market for indie publishers and authors. Through the Goodreads author program, Q&A groups, word of mouth, and the Goodreads recommendation engine, indie publishers and authors are able to establish a presence among the bigger five guns in the publishing world.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: algorithm, analytics, Authors, blogs, books, data, goals, goodreads, independent, indie, Marketing, Online, publishers, publishing, ratings, read, readers, reviewers, Reviews, sales, Social Media, starred, virtual, writers

Demystifying Book Metadata

By Stephen Hyde

March 6, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Demystifying Book Metadata

The scene opens on a classroom. The students’ eyes are glazed over from the glow of the computer screens, half of them open to D2L, the other to some Instagrammer’s latest post. The professor asks the question, “What is metadata?” and one person, with a fox-like grin on their face, raises their hand and calls out, “It’s data about data.” Everyone breaks out in applause, confetti rains from the ceiling and cupcakes are served. This has happened to me more times than I can count, and yes, a quick hand raise asking for clarification could have solved all my problems but then I wouldn’t have had a blog post idea. So come with me as we take a journey on self-education and find out what all the fuss is about metadata and why you should actually care about it.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: amazon, Barnes and Noble, copy, data, discoverability, ebook, keywords, Marketing, metadata, search engine, Self-Publishing, SEO

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