New program launches to help authors market books
Main Street Fair has launched its “Press for Press” program to help authors with book marketing!
Main Street Fair, the eBay alternative online auctions site, has launched a new program to help authors with book marketing.
The “Press for Press” program is twofold. First, Main Street Fair will select one author a month who has his or her book listed on the site. The online auctions company has hired Porter Public Relations, a Southern California-based firm, to write a press release about the chosen author’s book and distribute it through major online news distributors. The release, formatted and designed in a way that will effectively help authors with book marketing, will include links to the page on Main Street Fair where the book is listed for sale. People may purchase the book through Main Street Fair’s “Buy Now” service in just one click.
“Internet press releases are the perfect way for authors to establish an online presence, get their books known and increase sells dramatically,” said Main Street Fair Marketing Manager, Gabriel Reynaga. “This type of online marketing is powerful and reaches millions of potential buyers. Interested buyers will be able to directly contact the author or purchase it from the site. This is a $1350 value that authors are getting for free.”
The selected author will be invited to write a summary on Main Street Fair’s highly visited blog to help further market the book.
Established authors also will benefit from the online auctions website’s Press for Press program. They too will enjoy the opportunity to write a blog about the book they have listed on Main Street Fair.
By posting the link from their press release to Twitter and Facebook, authors can then make their blog go viral. The process is simple and fast: authors send a request for approval via the site’s “Contact Us” form. Upon approval, the blog administrator will request photos of the author and book cover, and post the blog with hyperlinks to the page on Main Street Fair where the book is listed to make purchasing easy.
Main Street Fair helps sellers of all types of goods promote their items by writing reviews and inviting guest writers to boast about their product in the Main Street Fair blog.
Main Street Fair, the easy-to-use eBay alternative and free classified ads site, has many benefits and is straightforward about its fees. Listing an item cost nothing until it sells. When it does, the closing fees are much lower than its competitors and there are no hidden charges. As an added feature, the site donates 10 percent of all listing fees to the school of the seller’s choice.
“The site is about helping authors and other sellers promote their items,” said Reynaga. “It’s also about helping schools throughout America. If we can accomplish both, then we’ve helped a lot of people.”
The site also offers easy do-it-yourself bulk uploading capabilities. This allows sellers to upload from one Excel csv file, thousands of products at once into the main home page category and their own personal storefront category. It has a two-way rating system allowing sellers and buyers to rate each other. This is a benefit many other known auction sites don’t offer.
“We want this site to be as user friendly and fair as possible,” said Reynaga.
There are no unnecessary seller restrictions.
“Main Street Fair makes auction selling and buying easy and fun,” said Reynaga.
Sellers new to e-commerce auctions and marketplaces can visit the Main Street Fair blog to view a video on how to optimize their listings for better search engine optimization. The video was produced by world-renowned SEO Expert, Steve Wiideman as a contribution to Main Street Fair. Or, they can get selling tips by visiting the ”Listing Guideline.”
For more information, please contact log in to http://www.mainstreetfair.com or call (877) 797-1398.
The process is simple:
Step #1. – Authors list their books for sale on Main Street Fair.
Step #2. Authors send their blog, photos of the book cover and a headshot to media@mainstreetfair.com for approval by the blog administrator.
Step #3. Upon approval, the blog administrator will post the blog with hyperlinks to the listing page for easy purchasing.
Step #4 – An author will be selected for additional marketing. Porter Public Relations will write a press release and distribute it to major online news outlets. It will have links back to their blog and listing pages.
“The site is about helping authors and other sellers promote their items,” said Reynaga. “It’s also about helping schools. If we achieve our goals, then we will have helped a lot of people.”
Main Street Fair, the easy-to-use online auctions eBay alternative and free classified ads site, has many benefits and is straightforward about its fees. Listing an item cost nothing until it sells. When it does, the closing fees are much lower than its competitors and there are no hidden charges.
The site also offers easy do-it-yourself bulk uploading capabilities so sellers can list hundreds of products as Buy Now auctions at once directly from an Excel spreadsheet. It has a two-way rating system that allows sellers and buyers alike to rate each other—a benefit many other known auction sites don’t offer. And, there are no unnecessary seller restrictions. Additionally, Main Street Fair helps sellers promote their items by writing reviews and inviting guest writers to boast about their product on the Main Street Fair blog.
“Main Street Fair makes online auction selling easy and fun by helping people market their products, and in this case, books,” said Reynaga.
