Archive for July 2014

The virtual book tour for How to be Twittertastic continues. Today I'm hosted at http://debralbutterfield.com/top-twitter-tools-authors/ for a guest post where I share my top Twitter tools for authors.

I hope you'll drop by and share your favourite Twitter tools in the comments section.

Screenshot from DebraLButterfield.com

I was interviewed on Sunday by +Susie Caron in a live Google+ hangout. We chatted about my latest release How to be Twittertastic and a whole bunch of other stuff too. It was loads of fun and time just flew by. If you missed the live, you can watch it here:

I've also been busy the past couple of days doing some sketches for Jasmine's Got Talent! the 3rd book in the Jasmine Dreams series written by author +Maria Rochelle.

For this book Maria ran a contest via her Facebook page where people posted photo's of their pets. People then voted and she picked out a top ten. Eight of those will be featured in the book.

Here's some of the sketches:

And the How to be Twittertastic virtual book tour continues!

Today I'm hosted at http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.it/2014/07/how-to-be-twittertastic-by-jo-linsdell.html for a book spotlight.

Screenshot from The Book Connection

I'm also hosted at http://www.thebusymomsdaily.com/2014/07/interview-with-jo-linsdell-author-of.html for an interview.

Screenshot from The Busy Mom's Daily

How to be Twittertastic has also received a new 5 star review on Amazon.

Screenshot from Amazon.com

It's also still a best seller on Amazon.co.uk

Screenshot from Amazon.co.uk

I'm currently working on formatting the print version and hope to have that out by the end of the month too.

Today I'm hosted at http://pharperjohnson.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/how-to-be-twittertastic-virtual-book-tour-by-jo-linsdell-newrelease/# where +Paulette Harper Johnson shares her review of How to be Twittertastic along with a spotlight feature on the book and an interview with yours truly.

Screenshot from The Spotlight Is On You

I'm also back on the Book World Marketing blog today with a guest post about using hashtags.

Screenshot from Book World Marketing (blog of +Lynnette Phillips)

How to be Twittertastic is still on the best sellers lists on Amazon.co.uk.

screenshot from Amazon.co.uk

Just a reminder that you can follow all the tour stops on the Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/657184934375734/

Thank you all for your continued support.

Today my virtual book tour for How to be Twittertastic takes me to http://patbertram.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/how-to-be-twittertastic-by-jo-linsdell/ where I'm interviewed by +Pat Bertram

screenshot from Pat Bertram's blog

I'm also hosted by +Lynnette Phillips for a featured at http://bookworldmarketing.com/2014/07/15/introducing-how-to-be-twittertastic-by-jo-linsdell/ today.

Screenshot from Book World Marketing blog

How to be Twittertastic has also gained another 5 star review on Amazon. This one is by +Kathy Mashburn.

Screenshot from Amazon.com

Have you read you it yet? If yes, please take a minute to post a quick review with your feedback. I love hearing what you think of my work. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LFFRYEE

I have two interview features to share with you today. The first is where I was asked 10 random questions by +Brandy Potter for her Written By... blog at http://brandypotterbooks.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/jo-lindsdell-stops-by-to-answer-our-10-random-questions.

Screenshot from the Written By... blog

The second is one by +Amber Lea Easton for her blog at http://moxiegirlwriting.blogspot.it/2014/07/how-to-be-twittertastic-marketing.html.

Screenshot from Moxie Girl Musings blog

Please drop by and give them a like, comment, and share <3

How to be Twittertastic is also back in the best seller lists today! [Insert happy dance here].

Screenshot from Amazon.com

How to be Twittertastic has also received a new review on Amazon.

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If you've read the book, please take a minute to post your own quick review. Thanks in advance for your support.

The virtual book tour for How to be Twittertastic continues!

+Nata ArtistaDonna hosted me on her blog for a big feature piece (http://artistadonna.blogspot.it/2014/07/how-to-be-twittertastic-writers-authors.html)

screenshot from artistadonna.blogspot.com

How to be Twittertastic has also received a 5 star review on Amazon. Thanks +Susie Caron

screenshot from Amazon.com

Susie also did a blog post for it at http://www.susiecaron.com/blog/new-ebook-twittertastic-is-simply-fantastic

screenshot from www.SusieCaron.com

How to be Twittertastic has received an awesome review by Victoria Adams at http://victoriasreadingalcove.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/book-review-chirping-your-way-through-twitter/

screenshot from Victoria Adams' Reading Alcove

How to be Twittertastic is also now on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22636896-how-to-be-twittertastic. Please add it to your "to read" lists and consider voting for it int he following lists:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13498.Top_Social_Media_Marketing_Books#22636896

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/31970.Book_marketing#22636896

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/23734.Social_Media_Marketing_Books#22636896

If you've read the book please take a moment to post a quick review to Amazon and /or Goodreads. Thanks for your support.

How to be Twittertastic features lots of tweeters. For some I've quoted tweets they've posted. Others I've used as examples. In today's post I thought I'd share the full list of everyone that made it into the book.

@2morrowknight
@TweetSmarter
@charleneli
@loriruff
@SylDay
@AuthorDanBrown
@AgencyRulesPK
@_Snape_
@InSouthFlorida
@TerryTyler4
@RL_Stine
@RivkaK
@Busyphillipps25
@JillKilihill
@BrianRathbone
@BookBuzzr
@JaclynMBartz
@JoannaMarple
@literaticat
@JarmVee
@BookGoodies
@louamykennedy
@yuribeans
@museummammy
@TheEllenShow
@PromoDayEvent
@RickCooper
@marieleslie
@EdmundSLee
@FrugalBookPromo
@tweetauthors
@SimpleTurtles
@GlenGilmore
@Reading_Deals
@eBookTweeters
@TheBookTweeters
@eBookPriceDrop
@eBooksWeLove
@eBooksGOT
@TheAuthorList_
@BookBearFiction
@SelfPubShowcase
@kindleguyz
@AuthorAlliance
@PromoMasq
@MasqRev
@IndieBookBargs
@Goodkindles
@freebookpromos
@IndBk
@eReaderBlast
@FreeBookDude
@BookYrNextRead
@IndieAuthorNews
@Freebooksy
@AUTHORSdB
@i_Author
@IndieKindle
@eBookDailyDeals
@Kindlbookreview
@DigitalBkToday
@book_tribe
@BookChat_
@Retweets4Writer
@Grasshopper
@buffer
@Dorset_Vegan

And of course @jolinsdell ;)

Yesterday I woke up to How to be Twittertastic being a best seller on Amazon. Today I woke up to it being a multiple best seller on Amazon. Awesome way to start the day :)

Screenshot from Amazon.com

It's also now listed in the "Hot New Releases" list on Amazon.

Screenshot from Amazon.com

Today I'm interviewed at http://bookgoodies.com/interview-with-author-jo-linsdell/ as part of my virtual book tour for How to be Twittertastic. Hope you'll drop by, like, comment, and share ;)

Screenshot from BookGoodies.com

This morning I woke up to the exciting news that How to be Twittertastic had hit the best seller lists on Amazon.com. A great way to start the day :)

screenshot from Amazon.com

Today my virtual book tour takes me to the blog of +David Burton for an interview. Check out the post at http://just1more.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/just1more-welcomes-twittertastic-jo-linsdell-3/

Screenshot from the Just 1 More blog.

I'd also like to give a special shout out to +Janiera Eldridge for sharing about my book on Facebook. It was a small gesture but means loads to me. I really appreciate when people share about my books and help me spread the word. If you share about How to be Twittertastic please tag me in the post for send me the link to the post so I can give you a virtual high five too.

This is the post she did. Please give it a like to show her how awesome she is ;)

Post by Janiera Eldridge.

It's always nice to be able to share some good news and that's exactly what I can do today. After a successful free day promotion at the end of June (where it reach the #1 position in the best seller chart in free books for it's category), new reviews are already coming in for Out and About at the Zoo and it's back in the best seller charts on Amazon.

Screenshot of best seller status on Amazon.com

Screenshot of most recent reviews on Amazon.com

If you downloaded the book during the promo event or are one of those that has purchased a copy please post a quick review with your feedback. I love hearing what you thought of it.

Virtual Book Tours: Effective Online Book Promotion From the Comfort of Your Own Home has also received some new reviews.

Screenshot from Amazon.com

The good news doesn't stop there. How to be Twittertastic was released 1st July and has already started to sell copies.

Today I'm hosted on the blog of author +Skye Hegyes for an interview feature as part of the virtual book tour to promote the release of the book. The link to the post is: http://skyehegyes.com/2014/07/03/1718/

Screenshot from http://skyehegyes.com/2014/07/03/1718/

I encourage you to drop by, like, comment, and share ;)

You can follow all the tour stops and get exclusive behind the scenes content by joining the tour event page on Facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/events/657184934375734/

A huge thank you to all of you for your support

I'm really excited to announce that my new book How to be Twittertastic is now available in kindle format on all Amazon sites.

Here's the main buy links:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LFFRYEE
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LFFRYEE
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00LFFRYEE
http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00LFFRYEE

I'll be doing a virtual book tour all this month filled with interviews, guest posts, social media chats, reviews, and more. You can follow the tour right here on my website or on the Facebook event page for the tour.

I still have space for a few more stops so if you'd like to host me on your blog, radio show, or social media profile for an interview, guest post, panel discussion, review, or even just a book spotlight feature, please get in touch. I have a media kit including sample interviews for easy copy and paste posting ;)

This is the official tour banner: