Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round UP – Goodreads marketing, Numerology, Music, Health, Humour and more Book and Blog FREE Promotions

Welcome to the weekly round up of posts you might have missed here on Smorgasbord.

I hope you have had a great week and certainly it has been fun and a little hectic around here. The weather was very autumnal and it seems that this next couple of days will be the last for quite some time for a bit of sunshine. We are thinking of all of you who are dealing with Dorian at the moment and hope that everyone is safe, whilst acknowledging that we might get wet in Ireland but never to the extremes that many of you have to contend with.

One of the tasks this week was to plan the autumn overhaul of the blog and put some new series in place to keep you entertained and informed. My intention is to focus the book promotions on the authors in the Cafe and Bookstore to increase their visibility on a more regular basis.

One of these is the new Sunday Interview series exclusively for authors in the Cafe and to kick it off and to show you how it is done… D.G. Kaye, Debby Gies will be here next Sunday September 8th with her interview. I am now booking interview at the end of October and into November, so if you have a new book coming out then you might like to take advantage of this additional promotion. Details are in this link, including on how to get your books on the shelves of the Cafe and Bookstore in the first place.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-series-sunday-author-interview-coming-soon/

Your regular contributors will be with us through the rest of the year – D.G. Kaye is here with the Travel Column tomorrow with another Caribbean gem, William Price King and the Music Column is back this coming Tuesday every two weeks, Carol Taylor will have more recipes with a touch of Thai spice every second Wednesday and Silvia Todesco will be wowing us with Italian Cookery once a month.

I have some guest writers lined up and author Robbie Cheadle whose popular children’s series Sir Chocolate story and cookbook, is contributing a five part series on the history of chocolate…beginning Monday September 9th.

I also want to continue to support new and established bloggers by bringing back the Blogger Daily at least two days a week if not more.

Help me promote you.

I would be grateful if you can help me out and hopefully give your books a boost by letting me know when you have a new release coming out. Some of you are doing pre-orders on your new books and I am happy to do the New Book on the Shelves promotions a week to 10 days in advance of publication date for readers to take advantage of any offers. I think that time scale adds a sense of urgency that encourages readers to buy whilst there is still an offer.

If you have a new review

There are 160 active authors in the Cafe at any one time and I do two review updates a week on Mondays and Fridays. It takes quite a lot of time to check each author and go into Amazon and Goodreads in search of a recent review and you would be helping me out if you give me a helping hand.

If you have a new review for a book that is on the shelves and are on Facebook, direct message me with the book title and I will do the rest, or you can leave in the comments on any of the Cafe and Bookstore posts. The posts receive on average 80 views and it does boost that if all the authors featured share on their own social media. It is free so all it takes is a little time and worth it if you make a sale or two.

Here is the link for the Cafe and Bookstore and you can check to see if you have your most recent review showing on your entry… if not let me know.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-free-author-promotion/

Another new series begins next week offering new bloggers whose blogs are 12 months or younger an opportunity to showcase their posts. Also a step by step guide to setting up your blog to be reader friendly. If you know any bloggers who are just setting out, then please pass this on to them.. thanks

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/28/new-series-smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-new-blogger-promotionand-setting-up-your-blog-for-accessibility-readability-and-sharing/

The key element to all these promotion is you.. If you want to take advantage of my audience and blog and social media platforms, all you have to do is ask.

Now on with the posts from the last week.

As always a huge thank you to everyone who contributes, participates in the Archive post series and to you for dropping in and leaving a comment or sharing.. It is appreciated.

Annette Rochelle Aben shares the universal energy we can expect in September that will impact us all to one degree or another..

 

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/09/01/smorgasbord-blog-magazine-numerology-your-universal-energy-for-september-with-annette-rochelle-aben/

Jessica Norrie shares some tips on getting back that reading feeling, when  you hit a dry spot…You’ve lost that reading feeling…

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/smorgasbord-posts-from-the-archives-the-literary-column-with-jessica-norrie-youve-lost-that-reading-feeling/

A took a look at the ‘Quoted’ following of one of the paid for promoting book sites when they approached me on LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago, claiming to put my book in front of 200,000 potential readers.. what I found was considerably less that across their website and social media.. in fact they fell over 198,000 short!

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/something-to-think-about-dodgy-book-promotion-sites-the-only-numbers-that-are-accurate-are-their-prices-by-sally-cronin/

Goodreads is another great platform to have your books centralised and where anywhere in the world can review your books, whether they have been bought from Amazon, been given as a gift or borrowed from the library. Getting your author page set up step by step.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-book-marketing-being-part-of-the-goodreads-author-programme-sally-cronin/

Chapter Five of Just an Odd Job Girl.. and beware long hair pieces and the Rolling Stones.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/just-an-odd-job-girl-serialisation-chapter-five-hair-pieces-and-the-shoe-department-by-sally-cronin/

Chapter Six – The Women’s Fashion Department and Shoplifters.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/09/01/just-an-odd-job-girl-serialisation-chapter-six-ladies-fashions-and-shop-lifters-by-sally-cronin/

I have been reading a series over the last few months and am now reading the fourth David Slaton novel. I am reviewing the first in the series, The Perfect Assassin by USA Today Bestselling author Ward Larsen, as I cannot recommend the books enough…

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/smorgasbord-book-reviews-thriller-the-perfect-assassin-by-ward-larsen-by-sally-cronin/

In the last of the summer festival series, some of the music from the movies that have become iconic hits.. On Wednesday William Price King returns with more musicians in the spotlight.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/smorgasbord-summer-music-festival-songs-from-the-movies-the-final-dances/

This week’s Colleen’s Tuesday Poetry Challenge 142  offered the prompts ‘Character and Wild’.. with our choice of synonyms.  I have selected ‘Protagonist and Primitive‘ in a double etheree.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-tuesday-tanka-challenge-double-etheree-devolution-by-sally-cronin/

This is the first post from the archives of author, fitness advocate and photographer Terri Webster Schrandt. I chose this post to kick off Terri’s series, since I need a severe kick up the backside with regard to fitness..I need to do better…Perspectives on Fitness (2014)

photo by Unsplash

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-perspectives-on-fitness-2014-by-terri-webster-schrandt/

This is the first post from the archives of Jim Borden who blogs on ‘Borden’s Blather’ across a variety of topics –Wellness Wednesday: Take a Two-Minute Walk Before You Read This (2015)

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-wellness-wednesday-take-a-two-minute-walk-before-you-read-this-2015-by-jim-borden/

This is the second post from the archives of the eclectic blog of writer Marilyn Armstrong and I have selected this one from 2014 because I think most of us have a favourite, stand out year. Marilyn’s Favourite Year – 1969 (2014)

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-marilyn-armstrongs-favourite-year-1969/

This is the second post of author Antoinette Truglio Martin who began blogging in 2018.. I am going to share four posts from her archives that were part of her A-Z challenge last year.  Since my downfall is and has always been food….I enjoyed browsing Antoinette’s challenge. Now who does not like a hamburger….

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-blogging-a-z-challenge-2018-antoinette-truglio-martin-h-is-for-hamburger/

This is the second post from author and designer, Valentina Cirasola who has three blogs all under the same roof to enjoy.Friday Fashion Blog   Home Designs Master Blog and The Good Life Blog. I have chosen this post as it shares the creativity of the young designers of tomorrow, some as young as 14 years old. Artistry in #Fashion (2016)- Valentina Cirasola

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-artistry-in-fashion-valentina-cirasola-designer/

This is the second post from the archives of Anne Copeland, writer of nonfiction articles, books, and poetry, as well as a mixed media and fiber artist. Fashion Sense More of Who I Will be Today (2018)

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-fashionsense-more-of-who-will-i-be-today-2018-by-anne-copeland/

This is the second post of author Ellen Hawley who has enjoyed a wonderfully varied career before leaving the United States to settle in Cornwall. I love Cornwall and its unique place in our history and also its determination to retain its language and customs. So I thought you would enjoy this post as much as I did. A Cornish mile and a Cornish saint (2016)

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/09/01/smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives-potluck-cornwall-a-cornish-mile-and-a-cornish-saint-2016-by-ellen-hawley/

New Book on the Shelves

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/28/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-book-on-the-shelves-order-no-227-from-stalin-with-love-by-marina-osipova/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-on-the-shelves-fantasy-enchantments-the-beginning-by-claire-plaisted/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-book-on-the-shelves-myrtle-makes-a-new-friend-myrtle-the-purple-turtle-series-by-cynthia-reyes-and-lauren-reyes-grange-illustrated-by-jo-robinson/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-book-on-the-shelves-the-red-dress-by-abbie-johnson-taylor/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-book-on-the-shelves-oroarkes-destiny-cornish-rogues-book-1-by-shehanne-moore/

Author Update

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-author-update-reviews-deborah-a-bowman-hl-carpenter-and-patricia-furstenberg/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-author-update-reviews-jane-risdon-d-g-kaye-and-balroop-singh/

They are expecting an earlier start to the flu season and here is some of the recent news, plus some strategies to beat the virus.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/28/smorgasbord-health-column-the-upcoming-flu-season-in-the-news-and-getting-prepared/

As a follow on from the update on the post on the flu, the start of the series on the Immune system and how it works.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/28/smorgasbord-health-column-the-major-organs-and-systems-of-the-body-the-immune-system-and-how-it-works-by-sally-cronin/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/smorgasbord-laughter-lines-comedian-in-residence-d-g-kaye-and-a-joke-from-sallys-archives-4/

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/smorgasbord-laughter-lines-comedian-in-residence-d-g-kaye-and-some-jokes-from-sallys-archives/

Thank you again for all your support this week and I look forward to hearing from you should you wish to participate in any of the current or future promotions.. Sally.