Just to get this out at the onset, I’m not an affiliate of FiledBy.com. However, what they are doing for authors is really superb and again I must say that it is an ideal way at a very good price point (starting at free) to get your visibility empowered on the Web.
There’s been quite a bit back and forth about how FiledBy.com is just creating another place that authors have to update, yada, yada, yada and woe is we authors who shouldn’t have to help with our own marketing. I have two words to say to that, “Boots on!” which in Texas stands for “Stop whining in the cactus, put your boots on, stop the woeing and start marching to your next big book rodeo!”
Even if you just are going to use the free offerings of FiledBy.com, who would not want to at least do that? Do you want to be on the lone prairie all by your lonesome book self? Or do you want to take advantage of the amazing opportunities in this new publishing rodeo and ride like the wind to your many cheering denizens?
I pick ride like the wind, and I hope that means you will to and at the very least fill out your free profile on FiledBy.com .
Here’s a great example of the homepage today to “spur” you on. It features Seth Godin, John Perkins and a few other authors you just might recognize! If you can’t see it because the image is too small – that’s on purpose – so you’ll have to go to FiledBy.com today and see it there.
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I’ve been covering FiledBy.com since it was in beta and encouraging authors to officially register their pages on the site and use it as another way to get some Web 2.0 traction.
This morning Tamara Crabtree was kind enough to send me their latest press release , and it serves as a good reminder to urge all of you to claim your pages. (And hat tip to my pal Charles Decker who is brilliant and was the one to tell me about FiledBy.com in the first place nearly a year ago when it was still in beta.)
Why should you take 4 to 5 minutes and fill out your profile on the site? Because it’s worth your time in Web 2.0 and it would be silly not to do it.
The site currently has over 1.8 author pages and more than 7.5 million book pages. It’s like Wikipedia for authors except without the geeks running it who are fighting over what people can submit and how to keep it pure (like they are on Wikipedia.) The site also offers really cool bells and whistles for authors to utilize.
“Go, go and do this now,” she says, (in her clean up your room voice.)
Note: I love geeks and am married to one who is taking a “hall pass” tonight with his buddy to go see Wolverine and can’t wait to see Star Trek. So geeks are good – just not when they’re fighting.
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