Comments on: Blog Touring 101: Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/ Exploring new trends and possibilities in book publishing Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 10 Ways a Writer Can Take Advantage of Today’s Technology « Arial Burnz – Author & Artist http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-5355 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:18:52 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-5355 [...] a nice, personal platform to announce to the world your wonderful talents! Not only that, but blog tours are a fabulous way to get around without catching something! (What?! You know, colds, flu, etc.) [...]

]]> By: Bill Bartmann http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4201 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:43:36 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4201 Cool site, love the info.

]]> By: orionwell http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4184 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:57:28 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4184 Hi Melissa -
Congratulations on publishing your new novel. There are two approaches to finding well read blogs.

You can do it yourself using Technorati (or any other blog search engine) and using moderately high authority blogs – say 50 to 500. Authority is a good proxy for traffic. You can also confirm traffic ranking on the site alexa.com which uses a ranking similar to the Amazon book sales rank – i.e. lower is better. Look for blogs with a rank of 250,000 or less. Most blog owners will provide an e-mail address or submission form to make your request.

The other way is to hire a firm that specializes in blog tours. One service that I am aware of can be found at a site http://pumpupyourbookpromotion.com. You would want to contact Dorothy Thompson.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your new book!
- Tom

]]> By: Melissa Foster http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4183 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:40:56 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-4183 My debut novel has just been published, Megan’s Way, and I am searching for serious bloggers for my book tour! What a great find your article is! The only trouble I’m having is in actually tracking down well-read blogs. Any advice there?

]]> By: Blog Touring Tutorials http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-3774 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:45:16 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-3774 [...] Blog Touring 101: Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days is a good post on running a blog tour for any of you authors who want to set up tours. [...]

]]> By: Cheryl C. Malandrinos http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-2802 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:37:56 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-2802 This is an excellent article about virtual book tours. I wonder if one day VBTs will replace traveling book tours. The company I work for (Pump Up Your Book Promotion) specializes in VBTs. We’ve seen our business grow in leaps and bounds over the past several months. It’s great that authors are using the Internet to reach worldwide audiences without the expense of traveling.

]]> By: Sandy Diaz http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-2794 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:50:14 +0000 http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2008/01/02/blog-touring-101-around-the-blogosphere-in-80-days/#comment-2794 Great article! Working with a company specializing in book publicity for over ten years (TCI Smith Publicity), we have also seen, first hand, the importance of blog touring and using the Internet in new ways to reach audiences. As your article states, it still takes time and effort to make it all work!

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