http://lillieammann.com/2008/12/20/blog-book-tour-part-3%e2%80%94advice-for-hosts/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 23 May 2012 23:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://lillieammann.com/2008/12/20/blog-book-tour-part-3%e2%80%94advice-for-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-19922 Lillie Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:27:57 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=1743#comment-19922 Jean, Good point. It's a fine line to advertise enough in advance to build excitement without having readers' interest peak too soon. Jean,
Good point. It’s a fine line to advertise enough in advance to build excitement without having readers’ interest peak too soon.

]]> http://lillieammann.com/2008/12/20/blog-book-tour-part-3%e2%80%94advice-for-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-19921 JeanHenryMead Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:09:30 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=1743#comment-19921 Lillie, I learned that you shouldn't begin to advertise your blog tour too early because interest peaks too soon and attendance at the various sites drops off. I started a month early and there was a tremendous amount of interest (2,600 page loads to my site the first week) which dropped off gradually to less than 500 when the tour began. I would advice two weeks before the event at the max. Lillie, I learned that you shouldn’t begin to advertise your blog tour too early because interest peaks too soon and attendance at the various sites drops off. I started a month early and there was a tremendous amount of interest (2,600 page loads to my site the first week) which dropped off gradually to less than 500 when the tour began. I would advice two weeks before the event at the max.

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