This package is a combination of two of our most popular programs:
1. the Virtual Author Buzz Tour
2. the AME Viral Book Sweepstakes 

1. Virtual Author Buzz Tour (90 days)

The Virtual Author Buzz Tour™ combines our:
A. Red Hot Blog Tour
B. Virtual Author Tour™

It is a revolutionary promotional program that allows you to delve into the online consumer market and saturate the Internet with your message. Our goal is to generate an online buzz about your book through a variety of tools, which could include any or all of the following: blogs, book reviews, article syndication, and social media sites.

But what if I don’t know the first thing about the Internet?
Not to worry. Our expert team will help you every step of the way. Once your tour is confirmed you’ll be paired connected with your tour manager who will guide you, and offer a helping hand whenever needed. We handle everything from extensive and custom internet research to craft an expert and focused pitch.

Is this tour custom, or fairly general in nature?
No, it’s entirely customized. We focus in on high traffic sites, blogs, niche sites, book-related sites and anything that’s going to get you traffic and exposure.

A. Red Hot Blog Tour

This tour includes:
Blogs are a tremendous way to promote your message and future book but if getting to bloggers is baffling to you, we have the perfect campaign!
If you are ready to tour your message on blogs, then this tour is perfect for you! Our Red Hot Blog Tour is designed to get the word out about your message, and website on high-traffic, relevant blogs with links back to your site. The best part is that you don’t have to do a thing; we will do all the research and once we do, our bloggers/reviewers will start buzzing about your book online.

So what is a blog tour?
Well, it’s a way of getting onto those high-traffic blogs in your market via bloggers, avid book lovers, and reviewers who will talk about your book and start the virtual conversation. The key is having blogs that are relevant and on-topic. We don’t go after glamorous blogs just to impress you; we go after blogs in your market that are getting lots of traffic.

How many blogs will we target?
We’ll be doing a tour and will guarantee placement on 15 blogs.

B. Virtual Author Tour™

How does a Virtual Author Tour™ work?
First, our team of book promotion, marketing and journalists study your book and genre to determine the best online channels and platforms for promotion.

Then, we use cutting edge “push-pull” online strategies to gain the exposure you need. How does it work? We “push” information out to targeted online audiences to create buzz and interest. Then, we “pull” that same demographic back to you, for top exposure and sales.

After all, the revolution in cyberspace and book promotion offers loads options other
than just waiting for book reviews! While we love book reviews, this market can be tricky. Sales are about exposure and exposure is gained by pulling people to a website.

As leaders in our field, we use these revolutionary Internet “pull” strategies for inbound marketing to you and your website because they work! And since everything’s on line, these efforts gain exposure that lasts long after your Virtual Author Tour is over—one, two years or more! Eleven books on the New York Times bestseller list tell the story. Pull marketing works and it works well.

Your Virtual Author Tour™ includes the following:

• Online Access to AME-University
  Looking for a resource to satisfy your author marketing needs? AME University is full of incredible marketing and promotional ideas. Free webinars, podcasts, articles, newsletters, eBooks and more! This online resource is just what you need to need to expand your book marketing knowledge! Market your book with tools from the industry experts!
• Blogger Review Pitch
  A personalized review pitch sent to major industry book reviewers. We will create a customized review pitch and pitch our exclusive list of major, industry book reviewers. We will also pitch your book to our blogger groups for their review consideration!
• Fascinating Authors Online Interview
  One of the top online author interview sites! You’ll receive a print interview, plus a chapter excerpt on this popular book blog.
• Red Hot Social Bookmarking
  Everyone talks about Social Bookmarking - but what is it and how will it help you? What's Social Bookmarking? Social bookmarks create a people-powered search engine and are designed to bring 10,000s of people to your website. When your website is bookmarked and tagged with the topic of your book, your readers can use these bookmarks for searching when they are looking for information and content on your subject. The more times a web page is bookmarked, the more popular, the best links a person will find! Additionally, search engines love social bookmarking sites. When your website or blog is bookmarked, your site draws additional traffic and higher search engine rankings.
• One-Week, Personalized Book Giveaway
  Get your book in front of millions of readers with a one-week campaign on LibraryThing or GoodReads. Track your popularity in real time and see what these avid readers and reviewers have to say about your book, once they’ve read it! Potential for additional reviews on Amazon!
• Book Promotion How-To Library
  You will receive a copy of these three eBooks to help you make your book succeed:
  1. "Red Hot Internet Publicity"
  2. "Book to Bestseller"
  3. "Facebook and Twitter Handbooks"

2. AME Viral Book Sweepstakes

Get your book on the express train to success with this powerful new viral program, which promotes your book and turns contacts into evangelists to promote it further. How does it work? Visitors earn chances to win exciting prizes, such as an iPad2, when they spread the word and send more visitors to discover your book. We provide the platform, prize, and promotion. All you need to do is sign up today and watch your promotion soar.

Here’s what you get:

• Your personalized sweepstakes page, such as
  http://classwish.org/books/124/Love-for-No-Reason
• Personalized promotion of your book: Overview, Excerpt, Video, About the Author, and Praise
• Tools that reward visitors and make it easy for them to spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, email, websites and blogs.
• Personalized banners
• Tools to grow your mailing list, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers
• Ways to buy your book, right from the site!
• We handle all the administration, rules, and management of the sweepstakes.

Get your book on the express train to success with this powerful new viral program, which promotes your book and turns contacts into evangelists to promote it further. How does it work? Visitors earn chances to win exciting prizes, such as an iPad2, when they spread the word and send more visitors to discover your book. We provide the platform, prize, and promotion. All you need to do is sign up today and watch your promotion soar. 

Here’s what you get:

• Your personalized sweepstakes page, such as
  http://classwish.org/books/124/Love-for-No-Reason
• Personalized promotion of your book: Overview, Excerpt, Video, About the Author, and Praise
• Tools that reward visitors and make it easy for them to spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, email, websites and blogs.
• Personalized banners
• Tools to grow your mailing list, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers
• Ways to buy your book, right from the site!
• We handle all the administration, rules, and management of the sweepstakes.

But that’s not all, here’s what else you will get with this special bonus offer!

• How to Turn Your Book into a Bestseller webinar: What does it take to launch a book on the bestseller list? Taught by the CEO of Author Marketing Experts, and the team behind 11 bestsellers in 22 months, this session is filled with insider tips and insights into how the bestseller lists work. $199 value
• Go Viral: We hear it all the time, “that book went viral” but what does it take to “go viral”? This powerful webinar will teach you the insider tricks to kick your campaign into high gear. Value: $199
• The Ultimate Twitter Resource Guide: Ready to become unstoppable on Twitter? This resource guide is packed with hundreds of tips, secrets, and fantastic Twitter links. Value $29
• The Ultimate Twitter Tweets: Market your book with the power of Twitter! Hundreds of tips, tricks, and marketing shortcuts sent one powerful tweet at a time! Value $29
• Top 100 Book Reviewers in the U.S. includes all contact information. Value $100
• Top 100 Newspapers & Radio Shows in the U.S. includes all contact information Value: $200
• Facebook How-to Book: ready to rock Facebook? You’ll love this handy guide!
  Value: $39

Beware, this is for serious authors only! We’ll give you the foundation to build your online platform and help establish your title in its respective genre. You won’t find a better social media starter kit anywhere else. We’ll do the majority of the work for you AND we’ll give you the tools you’ll need to keep the moment going! 

• Online Access to AME-University
  Looking for a resource to satisfy your author marketing needs? AME University is full of incredible marketing and promotional ideas. Free webinars, podcasts, articles, newsletters, eBooks and more! This online resource is just what you need to need to expand your book marketing knowledge! Market your book with tools from the industry experts!
• “Fascinating Authors” Q&A Online Guest Appearance
  You’ll be featured on the Fascinating Authors website along with your personalized Q&A’s. We will syndicate your posting and announce it to our mailing list that exceeds 5,000 book lovers.
• Triple Blog Book Blitz
  We will feature your book on at least three popular online book review sites. Your content will include a powerful description of your book, as well as links directing readers to purchase your book. Once posted, it becomes permanent for readers and the media to see for months and years to come.
• Top 100 Media Leads Directory
  This comprehensive media contact list will help you jump to the head of the media line. We've done all the legwork so you can contact the top media outlets and get the airtime you deserve. This directory includes the top 100 radio shows, daily newspapers, magazines and book reviewers.
• Personalized Press Release
  Regardless of the path media takes, online or offline, a well-crafted press release that sings your praises will increase the likelihood of big book sales. Our top author/book copywriting specialist will create a custom press release that captures the essence of your book. The press release is yours to keep; for many of our authors, it is the foundation for their book marketing and promotional initiatives.
• Book Promotion How-To Library
  "Red Hot Internet Publicity" and "Book to Bestseller"
  Red Hot Internet Publicity is the definitive roadmap to help you promote your book online as a pro. You'll discover more than 900 of the latest and most powerful online promotion ideas that will advance your book publicity and branding to the next level. You will benefit from some of the best little-known blogs, social media sites and chat rooms—the very places where your readers meet to discuss books like yours. In addition, you will receive Book to Bestseller—how to run a book signing, autograph party and special events.
• Facebook and Twitter Handbooks
  Everyone needs a little help with social media. Our Facebook and Twitter handbooks will give you more than enough direction on how to make the most of these incredible social media tools!
• Website Analysis
  Do you know that today’s web shoppers are quick to leave a site, and shopping cart abandonment is at record highs? Even if your site is terrific, it’s likely that you’re losing sales. We’ll give your website an analysis and make recommendations to help improve your chance for sales!
• Marketing Plan for Three Months
  This is a step-by-step plan of how to do everything below, in what order. We'll put together a three month task list for you, in calendar format so you don't miss a day!
• Bookstore Distributor Contacts
  Having the right list of contacts is crucial when looking for a book distributor. We’ll provide you with the list of the top book store distributors and give you tips on how to make the best first impression!
• Facebook and Twitter Guides
  Do you know how to make the most of book promotion using Facebook and Twitter? We’ll give you the insider tips and “how to’s” that will have you Tweeting and getting Fans and Friends in a no time! We’ll show you how to maximize both your Twitter Page and Facebook Fan pages.
• Custom Twitter Page
  We’ll build your Customer Twitter page to maximize your success and position you for growth!
• Custom Facebook Fan Page
  You don’t have to think twice! We’ll build your Facebook Fan page for you. Get ready to be popular!
• Custom Squidoo Page
  Don’t under estimate the power of Squidoo! We’ll create your own personalized Squidoo page and make the most of your title!
• Article Syndication
  What are you an expert on? Tell us all about it! If your book is a cookbook for busy families, for example, maybe you know of an interesting way to get kids to eat a healthier breakfast. We will syndicate up to three articles for you on the top online article directories. These are online libraries of content—now, your content! People looking for information on your topic will search the internet and find your articles, and thereby find your book.
• Your Custom Author Tour Consultation on How to Pitch a Bookstore
  Take advantage of our Author Marketing Experts and enjoy a one-hour phone consultation to discuss your title and how to position it to your local bookstores and other marketing outlets.
• Book Blurb Pitch to Bloggers
  Give us your book summary and we’ll send it out to our incredible list of book review bloggers!

Maybe you’re looking for a little more than a basic package and need a professional to help analyze your website. This is just what you need! We’ll give you a website analysis that will tell you what you need to do to make a difference to your website to position your book for success! Our team of online professionals will give it you to straight. 

• Online Access to AME-University
  Looking for a resource to satisfy your author marketing needs? AME University is full of incredible marketing and promotional ideas. Free webinars, podcasts, articles, newsletters, eBooks and more! This online resource is just what you need to need to expand your book marketing knowledge! Market your book with tools from the industry experts!
• "Fascinating Authors" Q&A Online Guest Appearance
  You’ll be featured on the Fascinating Authors website along with your personalized Q&A’s. We will syndicate your posting and announce it to our mailing list that exceeds 5,000 book lovers.
• Triple Blog Book Blitz
  We will feature your book on at least three popular online book review sites. Your content will include a powerful description of your book, as well as links directing readers to purchase your book. Once posted, it becomes permanent for readers and the media to see for months and years to come.
• Top 100 Media Leads Directory
  This comprehensive media contact list will help you jump to the head of the media line. We've done all the legwork so you can contact the top media outlets and get the airtime you deserve. This directory includes the top 100 radio shows, daily newspapers, magazines and book reviewers.
• Personalized Press Release
  Regardless of the path media takes, online or offline, a well-crafted press release that sings your praises will increase the likelihood of big book sales. Our top author/book copywriting specialist will create a custom press release that captures the essence of your book. The press release is yours to keep; for many of our authors, it is the foundation for their book marketing and promotional initiatives.
• Book Promotion How-To Library
  "Red Hot Internet Publicity" and "Book to Bestseller"
  Red Hot Internet Publicity is the definitive roadmap to help you promote your book online as a pro. You'll discover more than 900 of the latest and most powerful online promotion ideas that will advance your book publicity and branding to the next level. You will benefit from some of the best little-known blogs, social media sites and chat rooms—the very places where your readers meet to discuss books like yours. In addition, you will receive Book to Bestseller—how to run a book signing, autograph party and special events.
• Website Analysis
  Do you know that today’s web shoppers are quick to leave a site, and shopping cart abandonment is at record highs? Even if your site is terrific, it’s likely that you’re losing sales. We’ll give your website an analysis and make recommendations to help improve your chance for sales!
• Marketing Plan for Three Months
  This is a step-by-step plan of how to do everything below, in what order. We'll put together a three month task list for you, in calendar format so you don't miss a day!
• Bookstore Distributor Contacts
  Having the right list of contacts is crucial when looking for a book distributor. We’ll provide you with the list of the top book store distributors and give you tips on how to make the best first impression!
• Book Blurb Pitch to Bloggers
  Give us your book summary and we’ll send it out to our incredible list of book review bloggers!

This package is ideal for an author on budget, looking to make the most of their marketing dollars. If you’re ready to roll your sleeves up and jump into the promotional game, this is the package for you. 

• Online Access to AME-University
  Looking for a resource to satisfy your author marketing needs? AME University is full of incredible marketing and promotional ideas. Free webinars, podcasts, articles, newsletters, eBooks and more! This online resource is just what you need to need to expand your book marketing knowledge! Market your book with tools from the industry experts!
• "Fascinating Authors" Q&A Online Guest Appearance
  You’ll be featured on the Fascinating Authors website along with your personalized Q&A’s. We will syndicate your posting and announce it to our mailing list that exceeds 5,000 book lovers.
• Triple Blog Book Blitz
  We will feature your book on at least three popular online book review sites. Your content will include a powerful description of your book, as well as links directing readers to purchase your book. Once posted, it becomes permanent for readers and the media to see for months and years to come.
• Top 100 Media Leads Directory
  This comprehensive media contact list will help you jump to the head of the media line. We've done all the legwork so you can contact the top media outlets and get the airtime you deserve. This directory includes the top 100 radio shows, daily newspapers, magazines and book reviewers.
• Personalized Press Release
  Regardless of the path media takes, online or offline, a well-crafted press release that sings your praises will increase the likelihood of big book sales. Our top author/book copywriting specialist will create a custom press release that captures the essence of your book. The press release is yours to keep; for many of our authors, it is the foundation for their book marketing and promotional initiatives.
• Book Promotion How-To Library
  "Red Hot Internet Publicity" and "Book to Bestseller" Red Hot Internet Publicity is the definitive roadmap to help you promote your book online as a pro. You'll discover more than 900 of the latest and most powerful online promotion ideas that will advance your book publicity and branding to the next level. You will benefit from some of the best little-known blogs, social media sites and chat rooms—the very places where your readers meet to discuss books like yours. In addition, you will receive Book to Bestseller—how to run a book signing, autograph party and special events.
• Bookstore Distributor Contacts
  Having the right list of contacts is crucial when looking for a book distributor. We’ll provide you with the list of the top book store distributors and give you tips on how to make the best first impression!
• Book Blurb Pitch to Bloggers
  Give us your book summary and we’ll send it out to our incredible list of book review bloggers!