Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of March 19, 2012

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We’ve collected some of the best book marketing Tweets from the past week, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include SEO tips for your author blog, a refresher for online press releases, why Facebook’s Interest lists matter, 50 must-have social media tools, and much more. Happy marketing!

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* Online Marketing: How To Make the Most Of the New YouTube

YouTube has incredible power; users upload 48 hours of video each minute and watch more than three billion videos per day. Learn how to make the most of the site:

http://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/online-marketing-how-make-most-new-youtube

* 30 Ways to Make Yourself Irresistible to the Media

The media rejects 95 percent of the pitches they get, so learn how you can avoid having your pitch deleted:

http://novelspaces.blogspot.com/2012/03/guest-publicist-penny-sansevieri-30.html

* Have You Checked Out Facebook’s Interest Lists?

These lists can be a handy way to organize your newsfeed, and you can manage which of your lists see (or don’t see) your updates:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_use_the_new_facebook_lists.php

* 50 (Mostly) Free Social Media Tools You Can’t Live Without in 2012

These tools are great timesavers for social media users, whether you’re new to social media or not:

http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2012/03/18/50-mostly-free-social-media-tools-you-cant-live-without-in-2012/

* The Anatomy of a Successful Online Press Release: A Refresher

Learn how you can use press releases to drive traffic to your website:

http://www.commpro.biz/public-relations/media-relations/the-anatomy-of-a-successful-online-press-release-a-refresher/

* Author Blogging 101: Simple SEO for Authors, Part 1

Attract search engine traffic to your blog with these tips for keywords, links, anchor text and more:

http://workflowwriting.com/658275/author-blogging-101-simple-seo-for-authors-part-1.php