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How to Make It Easier for Readers to Buy Your Book Using #AmazonCart

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How to Make It Easier for Readers to Buy Your Book Using #AmazonCart

Book marketing is something many authors dread, so… Wouldn’t it be great if someone could see a tweet about your book and add it to their Amazon shopping cart, all without leaving Twitter? Now they can, thanks to #AmazonCart Imagine how many more customers you can get when you make it so easy for folks to buy.

Here’s an example of #AmazonCart in action

This is the tweet that auto-populated when I went to 1 of my books on Amazon:

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. Here are the details straight from Amazon:

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Help drive sales on Amazon using Twitter with #AmazonCart

We would like to inform you of a new feature – #AmazonCart – that could help grow your sales when you tweet about your books on Twitter.

Customers can add products they see on Twitter to their Amazon.com Shopping Carts without leaving Twitter.

Now, when you send a tweet that includes an Amazon.com product link, Twitter users who have connected their accounts to Amazon will be able to add the product directly to their Amazon.com Shopping Carts simply by replying to the tweet and adding “#AmazonCart.” They will receive a reply tweet and an email confirming the Cart add, and they can complete checkout on Amazon.com at their convenience.

You may begin to see replies containing “#AmazonCart” to your tweets with Amazon.com product links. These replies can also give you a good idea of which followers are engaging with your tweets.

For more information about the feature, visit www.amazon.com/AmazonCart.

To learn about how you can leverage #AmazonCart to drive your next book launch or promotion, reach out to amazoncart-partnerships@amazon.com

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What does this mean to the reader/customer??

If you hadn’t noticed, it can be a pain to use Amazon from your smartphone when you’re inside another app, like Twitter. Now, your reader doesn’t have to remember your title, log in to their Amazon account, or switch apps. Easy-breezy.

What #AmazonCart means for YOU the author

You’re the hero for making things easy for our buyer. You can get more sales.

How to link your Twitter account to Amazon:

You can lick this link to edit your Amazon Social Settings. So, go ye forth and share your Amazon book links on Twitter using #AmazonCart.

Tips for writing tweets about your books

#1 Write your own tweet that speaks to the value of the book in someone’s life. I copied the 1 right from amazon, and it isn’t great, but it offers the free sample, which isn’t too bad. A better idea is to write my own tweet, which I have done.

#2. Rather than using that long Amazon link, make a short link.. Here’s how:

Take the long # at the end of your Amazon link right after the /dp/. Eample: http://www.amazon.com/Tasty-Morsel-Quirky-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B00BVG5Q4M Put it at the end of http://amzn.com, like this: http://amzn.com/B00BVG5Q4M Remember to tell people to reply to buy or for Kindle books, you can tell them to get a free sample.

It’s as simple as that! I wish you successful book marketing. Follow your B.L.I.S.S.! Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady #1 bestselling author, speaker and mentor PS Need more help with book marketing, writing a boo, publishing and more? Begin your 7 day free trial Awakened Author Premium Membership right now. You’ll be able to join the next weekly live call (and get the recordings) Join free now.

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