Help me cause trouble.

Anybody who has known me since the beginning of the year knows how big of a podcast nut I am. Oh believe me anybody that offers up an ear to me will have it talked off non stop about podcasting if I get the chance.

Podcasters likeTee Morris, Pip Ballantine, Chris Lester, Seth Harwood, and last but most certainly not least the Future Dark Overlord himself Scott Sigler have been people that I’ve talked about on a regular basis to anyone who would listen when the subject of podcasting came up.

When April rolled around I sent emails to everyone I knew about Scott Sigler’s hardcover release of Infected. And I would even tell my friends, professors, and people that I didn’t even know about it if I didn’t have their email address. Once when in a bookstore applying for a job I convinced my friend to buy “Infected”, (later he ended up not getting it due to a lack of funds, but at least I was able to talk him into it.) and in the process talked one of the employees up about podcasting. The ones that I listen to that she might like, where she could find them, the ones that had books in her store. And she was convinced that I was the kind of person who knew what I was talking about and that I should in fact work in that store. Lets just hope that I get a call back.

I’ve also converted a few people I know to the world of podcasting, including my good friend and former driver, as well as two of my professors from last semester. So today I’m here to give you an earful on how you can help me cause trouble. And not just any trouble. . .

Double Trouble.

That’s right, what all started off as “Billi’s Crazy Eights”, Tee Morris’ marketing plan for the release of his newest Billibub Baddings novel on 08.08.08 and a coordinated Amazon Rush on that date.

Amazon Rush for those of you not in the know, is a tactic utilized by podcasters to get all of their fans to go to Amazon.com and purchase the book on that date in a mad dash to rocket their book to the top of its respective sale charts on Amazon Books. A tactic like this has proven very successful for podcasters like Scot Sigler, Seth Harwood and Matthew Wayne Selznick and his book.. Because talented podcasters have a large fan base they always have hundreds, if not thousands, of people who are willing to do this. Because you give something away for free if someone loves it, they are going to want to own a tangible copy of that thing that has been given away for free and that’s why this marketing strategy always works.

But why is it being called Double Trouble if I already said it was going to be called Billi’s Crazy Eights you ask? Well because August 8 of 2008 just so happens to be Pip’s birthday, and rather than Tee and Pip constantly ribbing each other on twitter, (well ok, ribbing each other more than usual on twitter) they decided to join forces and release

Billibub Baddings and the Case of The Pitchers Pendant

and

Digital Magic

on the same day, at the same time, as part of the same Amazon Rush. To my knowledge a strategy of this magnitude has not been pulled in the podosphere so it is sure to be EPIC!

You would think that this would be enough of a task for these two amazing podcasters but no, they are further compounding on the fact that if you give something your fans love away for free, they will surely buy a tangible copy of it later, they are releasing both of their novels in .PDF form for free. Absolutely and 100% free of charge for anyone that clicks on the download link.

And since I am committed in helping Pip and Tee to cause Double Trouble, I am providing the download link for both novels here on my blog.

Don’t say Billi don’t take care of his own.

and don’t say that The Dark Goddess doesn’t provide for her court.

Join Tee, Pip, Puck, Billi, myself, and scores of others supportive of this cause at Amazon.com on 08.08.08.

Here is the official promo:

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