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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Don't forget: The point to blogs, Facebook, YouTube, etc, is for those who do know about them to share with others who don't... that's how they're designed. When news sites quote something from, say, Amanda Hocking's blog, more people check it out from the news site, and share it with their friends. That's how the fanbase grows.
It's the Digital Media model of promotion, and it is quickly replacing the old "paid ads" promotional method. The key is posting something people will share; the hope is for that posting to "go viral," and be shared with a lot of people, either directly or through notice from a more popular site. The theory is that some of those people, once convinced that you're a good guy, will buy your books... and, of course, tell others about them.
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I believe this model works for blogs much better then FB and Twitter.