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August Blog Comment Contest

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:02:47 +0000

Janice Seagraves won the drawing for our August Blog Comment Contest. She received an added bonus of 50 credits for comments.

Claire my assistant drew Janice’s name for a second win this summer. YAY!!! Congratulations Janice

Our next drawing will be September 1, 2010.

Traffic Exchange Discovery

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:32:41 +0000

After discovering Traffic Exchanges in 2002, the traffic to my website increased 100 times. I thought I had hit the magic button for the jackpot. People were visiting my small informational website. What I learned very quickly, the average Traffic Exchange member at that time and on the Traffic Exchanges I belonged too, were interested only in the Internet Marketing niche. I am a writer. My site was about writing. Yes, I had found a valuable tool but not for my niche.

The Writing and Publishing world didn’t have a traffic exchange. There was no way for the small author, publisher, or new literary agent to be seen other than lots of hard work. Sometimes that work paid off, other times it didn’t. This is the sole reason for Author-Exchange Promotional Services. Author-Exchange has combined the magic of the traffic exchange and the usefulness of a blog to assist our members in getting the niche traffic they deserve.

Originally, the traffic exchange was developed to exchange website traffic between like-minded small business people. You see my offer, I see yours. We’re both small and can’t afford huge budgets to advertise to the masses as our A-list peers and big publishers do, so we exchange business instead. Author-Exchange was developed to exchange website traffic between authors, small and large publishers, as well as literary agents and readers. You see my releases, I see yours. You see what I am accepting in submissions and I see what and how you write. You see what I offer and I see what you offer. With all those win-win situations being created, there should be a few sales in there for each of you, too.

By adding the blog, this created another way for our members to advertise themselves and link back to their own sites. Unfortunately, very few people are making use of this offer. There are many things a member could blog about, whether it is their new release, new service of editing, where they will be book signing or a blog tour, or something they have learned in their career as a writer.

Write your article, include the information below, and submit it through the support ticket area on the website.

All blog entries need to have:

author’s website URL
author’s name or pen name
book titles
where to purchase the book(s)

If you do not have a book in print or ePublished at this time, then list your website and author name/pen name. Get your site seen. Get your following established. Use Author-Exchange to help assist you with this mission. It is never to soon to get started.

What is a splash page?

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:47:56 +0000

A splash page is similar to a book cover. It is used to capture the viewers attention quickly and links directly to your website or your publishers website. A splash page is 600×400 px graphic which is easy to load and tells the surfer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why. It communicates in less than 10 seconds everything you want them to know about that one particular book, convention, website, etc. It is your internet billboard.

Author-Exchange Solo Ad

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:33:34 +0000

Announcing the acceptance of Solo Ads and demonstrating to you how they work.

Take time to look around the blog. You may find information here you need for your marketing and book campaigns.

This is a fantastic way to notify members you are accepting new clients or open for submissions.

Author-Exchange promotes You

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:44:08 +0000

Author-Exchange promotes authors, book lovers, reviewers, literary agents, large and small publishers, and any site promoting the publishing or writing field.

Increase your sales and the business side of your writing career. Stand out and be noticed. Author-Exchange is a niche site for booklovers, catering to the folks who read the books, write the books, publish the books, review the books, and anything related to that task.

Author-Exchange Promotional Services is a way of thinking about surfing your favorite authors on line, soliciting for acquisitions as a publisher, promoting your review site and letting authors know your literary agency is taking on new clients. By putting your business in front of its target market, your advertising dollars go further and your success is assured. We provide a place to market your books and services for free.

Book lovers have the option of using their credits to benefit their favorite authors. The more exposure their favorite authors receive, the more likely their favorite author will continue to be able to write full time.

Author-Exchange only allows sites which relate to the booklover, author, publisher, and literary agent. We do not allow MLM, pop up or pop under ads, internet marketing traffic exchanges, NO PORN, NO ADULT PARTY plans, paid to surf, paid emails, investment surfs, paid to promote, framebreakers, HYIP, autosurf, pyramind, Ponzi schemes.
EROTIC AUTHORS we do ALLOW your site WITH modification to the entrance. If you would like to use a splash page or entry page which has a PG-13 scene announcing it is a mature site, we are fine with this practice. If you believe your homepage is PG-13, please clear it with admin through a support ticket.

Author-Exchange would like to provide promotional services to all genres. Please help to make this possible by following the rules. Our rules are not to be broken. We want all to play nicely and get along.

Join our growing community and generate traffic for your website today.

Our First Interview

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:18 +0000

Our first blog interview was done today by Danielle Morrow. Stop in at her place and read our interview.