500 Social Media Marketing Tips Breaks Top 1,000 Kindle Books on Amazon

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A quick check of my Amazon Author Central sales rankings for Amazon.co.uk showed today that 500 Social Media Marketing Tips had broken into the top 1,000 books on the UK Kindle Store for the first time ever! At the time of writing, it sits at position #993. I know it probably won't stay there for long, so I want to enjoy it while it lasts!

Amazon says that there are over 400,000 books on the UK Kindle store, which means 500 Social Media Marketing Tips is in the top 0.25% of all titles.

To go from 0 sales and a ranking in the hundreds of thousands to reach #993 in the 8 months since the book was released is absolutely crazy to me.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me by buying the book, liking it on Facebook, following me on Twitter or Pinterest, or watching my videos on YouTube!

Guest Blog: The Story of 500 Social Media Marketing Tips

I was recently invited to write a guest blog on socialfish.org, and asked to write about 500 Social Media Marketing Tips and the story behind it. I would love for you to go and check it out! Here's the link:

www.socialfish.org/2012/11/500-social-media-marketing-tips.html

YouTube Video Marketing Stats - It Really Works!

My Lifetime monthly YouTube statistics, from April to October 2012.

I first began posting social media marketing tutorials on YouTube in April 2012. My goal was to create quick, informative videos that would serve as an 'interactive' accompaniment to the advice listed in 500 Social Media Marketing Tips. 

I have managed to keep to a regular schedule of uploading at one or two videos a week, and slowly but steadily, the daily, weekly, and monthly view count has increased - and it seems to be rising faster as time goes on. From the beginning of July to the end of October, the number of monthly video views has doubled to over 6,700.

Now that my confidence has grown in speaking on the mic, and my video editing and YouTube marketing techniques have been refined, hopefully I will see that growth and subscriber count continue!

VIDEO: How to Increase Pinterest Click Through Rates | Increase Traffic Via Pinterest

In this video tutorial, I show you how to increase click-through rates to your website or products via Pinterest, whilst avoiding the pitfalls of uploading pins direct from your computer.

VIDEO: 500 Social Media Marketing Tips on BBC Radio 2!

Earlier on today, BBC Radio 2 in the UK were having a phone-in discussion about starting a business with no money. On a whim, I decided to write a quick e-mail about how I'd ended up writing 500 Social Media Marketing Tips and that it now serves as my primary income. To my surprise, my comment was read out to an audience of millions, with the presenter mentioning the book name and where to get it... here's the clip: